PF Naughton

Hi, Have you considered maybe cutting one of the soft plastic kits up to make castings of the parts? I have seen other make some smaller parts with stuff you can buy from a Hobby Store. I haven't tried it yet myself, but I did buy something called the Alumilite Super Casting Kit recently and hope to give it a try for some stuff that I am working on. Regards Pat

Hi, Your build looks great. I wish someone would do a 1/35 scale Sea Cat and Sea Slug launcher kit. Pat

Hi, that turned out really nice. She looks kind of like a mini-Vanguard 😀

Hi, I'd like to see an injection model kit of some UK and related cold war era carriers. I have the old Airfix 1/600 HMS Victorious after her angled deck conversion, which can be a reasonable basis for that ship, but other ships like Fujima's HMS Eagle, are either from earlier in thier careers, or appear to only be available as either resin or 3D printed kits, and as such are a bit pricey. A kit of HMS Hermes (either as a catobar or amphious/STOVL type ship), HMS Bulwark, and HMS Ark Royal (R09) from her final deployment would be nice, as would either a kit of HMAS Melbourne, HMCS Bonnyventure, the Minas Gerias, 25th of May, or INS Viraat. Similarly some of the newer aircapable ships like the INS Vikramaditya or the new INS Vikrant or the Italian Cavour would also be nice. Pat

Hi, Can't wait to see more. Pat

Hi, I fear that describing the MPF turret as being the same as an M1 turret may be a bit of a misnomer, eventhough many references describe it as such. In particular, in lookingat the turrets externally, there appear to be many differences, particularlyin shape. While some of thismay be due to differing external armoring packages, the differences in the front of the turret (where the M1 is noticably assymmetrical, but the MPF turret is not) suggests potential internal differences as well. And the aft portion of the turret is also noticably different as well. As such, as noted by some, though not all sources, the MPF turret is likely more "derived from" or "based on" the M1 turret, rather than being the same as, or an alternatiely armored version of the M1 turret.

Wow, that turned out really nice PS. The other builds look good too.

Hi, That looks nice. Thanks for posting. Pat

Wow, your build is looking very impressive 😀

Hi, I believe it was their M5A1

Cool, I look forward to seeing how it turns out 😀

Hi, That looks incredible. 😀

Hi, that looks great so far. I eager to see how it all turns out. Pat

Hi, That looks incredible 😀

Hi, Thanks for the info. I had heard of Black Bess before but had never seen arepresentation of how she looked. 😀

Hi, It looks like you have most the US and UK/Commonwealth types represented (as well as a captured plane in Japanese markings). Have you considered doing a Belgian, Finnish or a Dutch variant? 😀 (I've always wanted to try and do one in notional Polish markings to represent what the plane might have looked like if Brewster had been able to fulfill that order). Regards Pat PS. Also, out of curiosity, what is the story behind the version on the far left, front row, with what looks like extra exhaust ducts (?) around the engine cowling?

Hi, Those look really nice.

Hi, That looks great. It's always fascinating to me to be able to see the insides of stuff. 😃

Hi, The build and diorama both look great 😃

Hi, Your build/conversion looks really nice. 😃

Hi, I think that the color scheme may have varied a bit at different times during the Post War period, but here are two different color images of the ship. Pat Image PS. Sorry for my poor spelling. I'm from Virginia 😬

Wow, that is so tiny. You did a great job building and photographing it

Hi, That looks really nice. Pat

Hi, That could make for an interesting build or mini diorama. Pat

Hi, Your build and photos look great. Pat