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JackJ · Posted: Thu 09 Oct 2008 14:42 pm Post subject:

Any Aircraft Carrier can be built as long as its from an airfix box.
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walrus · Posted: Sat 11 Oct 2008 13:04 pm Post subject:

not sure if this is the correct place so apologies if not

Some may know already about Tumbling Dice, but i chanced upon them and saw they do 1/600 aircraft at a reasonable price.

http://www.tumblingdiceuk.com/index.html

click on the appropriate era.

There is also a link to Dom's Decals if you want the markings!

The aircraft that come with the Victorious would not necessarily have been together- Sea Vixens were only a passing guest onboard butvthey are a favourite of mine. As I have a Xtrakit FAW2 with markings for Victorious I am going to keep them, and get something suitable to match!

i think i might get some Gannets and Buccaneers if suitable.

thomasweir · Posted: Tue 14 Oct 2008 16:59 pm Post subject:

Is anyone brave enough to build the Moskva or the Forrestal ? I remember seeing them in Woolco in the late 70s but never had enough pocket money to purchase them.

I did however build the Ark Royal and Victorious in the 70s and I think they are still in my brothers attic. My Father was a Fleet Chief in the RN and was based at the RN dockyard in Singapore when the ship caught fire thus cementing its doom and preventing it from been converted to operate F-4Ks. Not bad for a WW2 carrier.

walrus · Posted: Tue 14 Oct 2008 17:10 pm Post subject:

thomasweir · Posted: Tue 14 Oct 2008 17:28 pm Post subject:

The fire damage was the excuse the government needed to lay her to rest as they were trying to run down the carrier fleet. They had already cancelled the CVA-01 carrier class (Queen Elizabeth) and their defence ships. The Type 82 HMS Bristol Cruiser was the only one completed. They also got their mits into preventing HMS Hermes from been converted to operate F-4Ks. It was converted into a commando ship to replace HMS Albion. F-4Ks now that would have given the Argentines something more to think about in the Falklands

walrus · Posted: Thu 16 Oct 2008 00:59 am Post subject:

Can some one more experienced answer some questions please?

1. Would it be a good idea to put some sort of blanking behind the wash hole things (technical term)

2. i assume some of the fine raised lines on the hull and deck are painting guides that can be removed?

3. the deck is given as HU117, US light green surely the deck was grey?

thanks in advance

Ratch · Posted: Thu 16 Oct 2008 16:05 pm Post subject:

walrus · Posted: Thu 16 Oct 2008 21:09 pm Post subject:

Ratch · Posted: Fri 17 Oct 2008 08:39 am Post subject:

walrus · Posted: Fri 17 Oct 2008 11:14 am Post subject:

299_paul · Posted: Fri 17 Oct 2008 14:57 pm Post subject:

walrus · Posted: Fri 17 Oct 2008 15:04 pm Post subject:

Thanks for that Paul- will have a little time for research so will try and check it out- from an aesthetic point of view 117 would be prettier

walrus · Posted: Fri 17 Oct 2008 17:20 pm Post subject:

There is definitely superstructure seen through the big hole things in the hull-i am gonna blank it off

the horizontal raised line is a stringer line and can be see on photos- though at 1/600 guess it isn't crucial.

can't find any reference to green decks

Ratch will pm soon

walrus · Posted: Sat 18 Oct 2008 16:39 pm Post subject:

299_paul · Posted: Mon 20 Oct 2008 13:15 pm Post subject:

Fair enough walrus, was only a thought (plus Fearless wasn't an aircraft carrier anyway, she was an amphibious assault ship).
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walrus · Posted: Mon 20 Oct 2008 13:57 pm Post subject:

No problem Paul- there may be some reason why the instructions and box art have a green deck- it may have been a short lived experiment ?

My brother served on the Ark and states that carrier decks were not green-photos seem to back it up. It may have been because of the steel flight deck- don't know about the Fearless flight deck.

so unless anyone knows different...

Ratch · Posted: Mon 20 Oct 2008 16:16 pm Post subject:

Does anyone have any ideas for the colours of the ships boats and launches for HMS Victorious

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walrus · Posted: Mon 20 Oct 2008 17:39 pm Post subject:

would you adam an eve it!

scroll down and check out the pic of a bucc taking off!

must have been some weird effect of the salt spray to affect the film in the camera?- ahem

Murdo · Black Star Joined: 17 Nov 2008 Posts: 48

Hi all, and Paul (Walrus)

Newbie (to this site, but not to many others)

I was brought up on Airfix kits and I'm really happy to see them still around.

I've joined this GB as I'm building the 1/600 HMS Victorious just now.

I take it that AM PE and some scratchbuilding is allowed?