THE UPDATED FUTURE GROUP BUILDS POLL.... - Page 3 - Aircraft of World War II

Bill G. · 02-04-2009, 01:00 PM

To Njaco:

Cool space ship 190. I wonder what you are using for heat shielding to re-enter the atmosphere? Just kidding. And being new here, you have probably heard it many times before.

Now to be serious. Ships come in a great many scales. You don't want to paint 1/350 figures, try 1/1250? Or am I giving you a head ache now? Or a nightmare? I did get nice smile reading your answer.

To Lucky13:

Which USS Yorktown? The Navy has had a few over the years!

Oh, Lucky, when I was in Iraq in 2003, 2004, the signal team I was assigned to was Kilo One Three. I joking referred to our house at Camp Victory and BIAP as Motel Thirteen, where we keep the blackout light on for you!

I wanted to answer the phone in the house as Motel Thirteen. But the Section Sergeant said absolutely NO!!!! RATS!!!!

Bill G.

Lucky13 · 02-04-2009, 01:42 PM

What a party p**per, eh?

There's only two Yorktown's for me BG....the CV-5 and CV-10!

I think that they had two or three USS Yorktown before the first flattop....or do I remember wrong?

Njaco · 02-04-2009, 01:43 PM

Thansk Bill about the siggy. Its just my latest and with a different perspective.

Quote:

I did get nice smile reading your answer.

Thats why I posted but maybe sometime in the future we could do ships - I wouldn't mind doing the Blucher.

Lucky13 · 02-04-2009, 01:56 PM

True Chris! I'd love to do one of the old BB's. Too bad that USS West Virginia and a couple of others that I'd love to do are so %$#$#% expensive in 1/350, list Price at $425.00!

But, a "tin can" would be cool too!

BombTaxi · 02-04-2009, 02:17 PM

Did someone say ships?

Wouldn't mind a ship build. ICM do 1/350 scale German WWI dreadnoughts, and White Ensign Models have some very cool (if pricey) stuff in their range. You got me thinking now...

Bill G. · 02-04-2009, 03:28 PM

Lucky 13

I did a bit of Googling and there have been five Yorktowns in the US Navy. The last CG-48 is no longer in commission. Here is a quick run down.

Sloop of War 1838 sunk 1850
Twin Screw Gunboat 1889 Decommissioned 12 Jun 1919 Scrapped 1921
CV-5
CV-10
CG-48 Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser
Keel laid 19 Oct 1981
Launched 17 Jan 1983
Commissioned 4 Jul 1984
Decommissioned 3 Dec 2004

I have built and still have the old Revell 1/5?? model of the CV5 Yorktown in her pre-war paint.

Bill G.

Njaco · 02-04-2009, 04:11 PM

aarrgghhh!! You closed the suggestion thread.

I thought a Movie build would be cool. I have a Duck I'm dying to do like "Murphy's War"!

I'll shut up and go away now.

Lucky13 · 02-04-2009, 04:25 PM

Yeesss....you just do that!

Airframes · 02-04-2009, 04:31 PM

Darn, I also suggested movie subjects - always wanted to do a 'Buchon' from th BoB movie, just for starters, then a Mossie from 633 Sqn, then....

A4K · 02-04-2009, 05:01 PM

...then the 'Dambusters'! You could make the Upkeep mine from a deformed roll of toilet paper!

Airframes · 02-04-2009, 06:02 PM

Have to be a big Lanc for that then!

A4K · 02-04-2009, 07:30 PM

Not really, have you seen the size of the mock-up mine they used for that film ??!

It really did look like a giant deformed toilet roll too, I've no idea what they used for the dummy to make it look like that. Maybe it was sponsored by kleenex...

Airframes · 02-04-2009, 10:54 PM

It was big, wasn't it? It was like that for two reasons though. First, the actual weapon was still on the 'Secret List' when the movie was made, 1953(?), and second, the producers wanted to ensure that it would be visible. So, they best-guessed the shape, and made it big, to be seen in most shots. The thing is, it actually resembled the original shape of 'Upkeep', when it had a banded, wooden outer casing!

A4K · 02-05-2009, 03:08 AM

Good points Terry! I knew it was still secret at that time (I think it was only disclosed in 1979 or so). The joke with that is the Germans found an intact mine at the bottom of one of the dams the morning after the raid!

Airframes · 02-05-2009, 12:10 PM

Yep! And apparently they looked at making a similar weapon themselves, for use against, I think, Russian targets. But I don't beleive they went ahead with any trials.

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Nightfighters vs. Bombers.	5	19.23%
The Jet Age 1944-45.	3	11.54%
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02-04-2009, 01:42 PM	#32
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	What a party p**per, eh? There's only two Yorktown's for me BG....the CV-5 and CV-10! I think that they had two or three USS Yorktown before the first flattop....or do I remember wrong? __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

02-04-2009, 01:56 PM	#34
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	True Chris! I'd love to do one of the old BB's. Too bad that USS West Virginia and a couple of others that I'd love to do are so %$#$#% expensive in 1/350, list Price at $425.00! But, a "tin can" would be cool too! __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

02-04-2009, 02:17 PM	#35
BombTaxi Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Brownhills, W. Mids, UK Posts: 1,189	Did someone say ships? Wouldn't mind a ship build. ICM do 1/350 scale German WWI dreadnoughts, and White Ensign Models have some very cool (if pricey) stuff in their range. You got me thinking now... __________________ Good generals think about tactics. Great generals think about logistics. "If freedom is to be saved and enlarged, poverty must be ended. There is no other solution." - Nye Bevan "Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to ask for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee" - John Donne, Meditation XVII

02-04-2009, 04:11 PM	#37
Njaco The Pop-Tart Whisperer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States Posts: 10,236	aarrgghhh!! You closed the suggestion thread. I thought a Movie build would be cool. I have a Duck I'm dying to do like "Murphy's War"! I'll shut up and go away now. __________________ "If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it's English, thank a soldier!" http://www.njcacoa.org/

02-04-2009, 01:00 PM	#31
Bill G. Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Plainwell, MI Posts: 460	To Njaco: Cool space ship 190. I wonder what you are using for heat shielding to re-enter the atmosphere? Just kidding. And being new here, you have probably heard it many times before. Now to be serious. Ships come in a great many scales. You don't want to paint 1/350 figures, try 1/1250? Or am I giving you a head ache now? Or a nightmare? I did get nice smile reading your answer. To Lucky13: Which USS Yorktown? The Navy has had a few over the years! Oh, Lucky, when I was in Iraq in 2003, 2004, the signal team I was assigned to was Kilo One Three. I joking referred to our house at Camp Victory and BIAP as Motel Thirteen, where we keep the blackout light on for you! I wanted to answer the phone in the house as Motel Thirteen. But the Section Sergeant said absolutely NO!!!! RATS!!!! Bill G.

02-04-2009, 03:28 PM	#36
Bill G. Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Plainwell, MI Posts: 460	Lucky 13 I did a bit of Googling and there have been five Yorktowns in the US Navy. The last CG-48 is no longer in commission. Here is a quick run down. Sloop of War 1838 sunk 1850 Twin Screw Gunboat 1889 Decommissioned 12 Jun 1919 Scrapped 1921 CV-5 CV-10 CG-48 Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser Keel laid 19 Oct 1981 Launched 17 Jan 1983 Commissioned 4 Jul 1984 Decommissioned 3 Dec 2004 I have built and still have the old Revell 1/5?? model of the CV5 Yorktown in her pre-war paint. Bill G.

02-04-2009, 04:25 PM	#38
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	Yeesss....you just do that! __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

02-04-2009, 04:31 PM	#39
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,062	Darn, I also suggested movie subjects - always wanted to do a 'Buchon' from th BoB movie, just for starters, then a Mossie from 633 Sqn, then.... __________________

02-04-2009, 05:01 PM	#40
A4K Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,224	...then the 'Dambusters'! You could make the Upkeep mine from a deformed roll of toilet paper!

02-04-2009, 06:02 PM	#41
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,062	Have to be a big Lanc for that then! __________________

02-04-2009, 07:30 PM	#42
A4K Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,224	Not really, have you seen the size of the mock-up mine they used for that film ??! It really did look like a giant deformed toilet roll too, I've no idea what they used for the dummy to make it look like that. Maybe it was sponsored by kleenex...

02-04-2009, 10:54 PM	#43
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,062	It was big, wasn't it? It was like that for two reasons though. First, the actual weapon was still on the 'Secret List' when the movie was made, 1953(?), and second, the producers wanted to ensure that it would be visible. So, they best-guessed the shape, and made it big, to be seen in most shots. The thing is, it actually resembled the original shape of 'Upkeep', when it had a banded, wooden outer casing! __________________

02-05-2009, 03:08 AM	#44
A4K Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,224	Good points Terry! I knew it was still secret at that time (I think it was only disclosed in 1979 or so). The joke with that is the Germans found an intact mine at the bottom of one of the dams the morning after the raid!

02-05-2009, 12:10 PM	#45
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,062	Yep! And apparently they looked at making a similar weapon themselves, for use against, I think, Russian targets. But I don't beleive they went ahead with any trials. __________________

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