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Yes, I agree, that looks good, so nice to see one of our proper carriers (from the past).

That is very good, lots of well finished interest to look at, and a generally well composed diorama too.

I thought some were photos of the real building at first - just amazing modelling work.

That looks great, nice build and finish.

Agreed - the figures look sharp and the painting is excellent!

Now that's looking impressive, very nicely detailed and finished, and all the better as a unique scratch built subject. Certainly good to see an armed trawler as they played such a massive role in the war effort, but constantly overlooked by model makers.

Very good job, excellent detailing makes this an impressive looking carrier.

She looks excellent, very tidy finishing and excellent detailing, makes for a very nice looking finished article.

That looks to be a lucky break as the hulls appear very close in form - that makes a good start to this interesting and probably fairly unique build. I'll be watching with interest too.

That is coming along nicely, and should look really impressive when finished - I'll watch on with interest .

Thanks Gents. I normally ensure I can get to any bit of deck by leaving sub-assembled parts such as chunks of superstructure loose until painted, in this case the large enclosed structure at gallery deck level in the photo above isn't fixed down yet. I can therefore paint all the decks, then dynamically mask while painting the vertical surfaces under low pressure (including the railings, although collapsible 'rope' type railings will be painted a darker colour between the stanchions by fine brush).

Nice to see this again - absolutely inspiring work!

That remedial work mentioned above corrected now - will add the remaining part of the gantry after the flight deck has been fitted. ^^^ just spotted some bent railings which will need straightening - amazing what you don't spot on the real thing but stands out clearly in a photograph! ^^^

Just been having a look through (may have missed this first time round) - absolutely brilliant work, and very enjoyable viewing.

Excellent epic build, and top quality detailing and finishing work.

Superb! The finishing looks very real, and certainly sets a benchmark in finish quality.

Very tidy, looks excellent.

Looking very good now - with all that level of detailed work completed it really comes to life!

Thanks EJ. I noticed some more remedial work needed - the kit supplied rearmost deck and bulkheads at the gallery deck level (one below the flight deck level) protrudes back from the pair of large support column structures, whereas it should be in line, at least the kit supplied deck below (foc'sle level) is more or less correct. I checked this on various photos yesterday, and will need to alter this to pull it back. This needs to be corrected, particularly as there is a fairly visible access stair approximately amidships leading up from a small landing off the gallery level deck up to a gantry underneath the flight deck overhang, as can be seen in this photo of CV-9 leaving Hunters Point in '44, this isn't possible if built as per the kit parts out of the box. photo c/o wikimedia.com - https://commons.wikimedia.org

Thanks again EJS, that's great to see and of real interest. - - - - - - - - A quick update on the build: Working on detailing up the hull, with only minimal details inside the hanger as most of this area won't be very visible. Still a fair amount of equipment to add, but will come back to doing much of this later. Some will need to wait until the flight deck is fitted (this build needs the planning skills of a master tactition, working out the order, which bits to complete early, which have to wait until later stages, etc). These photos shows that quite a bit of cleaning up and sanding joints is needed before reaching the painting stage. The next big step will be adding a similar level of detail to the flight deck edge gantries/galleries, also building up the port side elevator.

Good work going here, am enjoying watching this progress

That is a great diorama which creates quite a powerful scene from this conflict, good work.

That is very good, the feeling being in the real countryside is exceptional. The finishing, the composition and photographic presentation are really top rate.

Wow, those are brilliant photos EJS, thanks for posting. These sort of pictures are an inspiration as well as good references. Also, any stories recounted would be more the welcome, the more these tales are put out there and told, the more they will not be lost.

They seem to be saying the Perrys were good frigates, so would make sense having some of them back but with a better weapons fit - although with the cost of refit on an old hull, would it be better value to knock up some new build Perrys to the existing design? Weapons fit could be the two SH60s, a Mk41 VLS, 3" rapid fire (as existing), CIWS and Harpoon canisters.