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Tks Ex-FAAWAFU, the risk is permanent!  😂

 

Received my CMS leds, they are perfect in terms of light color, rather warm.

I supply 12 volts because I will put up to 5 in series with a suitable resistor.

Here for 4, at put 1k ohms. I set to have a weaker light well yellow thus little Milli-amperes.

 

I'd have a total of about a hundred to set up for the hangar. 

 

They go in place of the original lamps, I could have put a lot less, but visually it didn't work.

 

The 12 v power supply will be done by a transformer, the 12 volts wire for the general power supply will go through one of the hollow feet that will fix the hull to the support. No visible wires.

 

Wiring.

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Then painting, little Mascol to protect the leds.

 

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Only 19 more ramps like this to go up...

 

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We had to "furnish" this partition, which was quite empty... It took a few hours, only scratch or salvage, nothing is planned in this model to furnish, by the stairs, badly turned by the way.

 

Sanding, putty, sanding, putty, sanding...

 

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The 4 large elbowed pipes that can be seen are the elevators to move AA ammunition from the ammunition bunkers to the AA batteries in the front.

 

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It's much better when it's painted.

 

If you want to spot defects on your model during assembly, take macro pictures, I can tell you that they are much easier to spot than with the naked eye, and you can rectify them. It's a bit like recording yourself singing or playing an instrument, the verdict is terrible...  

 

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I drilled into the hangar deck to make the previously planned modification to the auxiliary elevator addition...

 

I have two decks to create under the hangar floor at the front elevator level, a little extra work. 

 

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Main deck (Hangar)

 

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Second deck.

 

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3rd deck.

 

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Transversal view:

 

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Cutting with the Dremel circular saw, do not make any mistake especially.  

 

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Adjusting, if the elevator goes in it's fine.

 

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I can do the big scratch. 

 

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I put a picture of frame 26 with the plan of the decks, it is used as a master couple to define the plates to be cut. The measurements are right model versus plan of the original Yorktown except that the lift is a bit longer, so it must be taken into account, otherwise the hull shape seems correct at first look.

 

I carved it from my wife's loyalty cards. She'll be the ship's godmother for all I care!  I leave it up to you to find the names of the various shops that have sponsored me!

 

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That's it, it's almost over, my big improvement with only scratch. The two hydraulic jacks of the main elevator still need to be made, longer and thinner, on the lathe and made of aluminium as shiny as chrome.

 

Some small flaws to erase here and there, but nothing serious, nothing is really glued yet.

 

The elevator's safety rails are made of very thin 0.3 mm piano strings that I just received. Those in the middle on the right and on the left have a particular shape each and different, maybe to let the beams of the main elevator structure pass through when it is in the low position.

 

There is an escape hatch on the starboard side, probably an emergency exit for the lower decks. Next to the escape route, there is a passageway that crosses deck 3 of the elevator from forward to aft. As a result, the td 207 store is smaller than the 206 at bd.

 

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On the left in the picture, it would be wooden crates in my opinion containing spare parts.

 

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Manufacture of the new, longer aluminium jacks, drilling of deck 3, these jacks go almost all the way to the bottom of the ship... The hydraulic power plant is on the first platform. I'll stop at deck 3...  

 

Deck 4 :

 

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And underneath the first platform with the hydraulic power unit of the lift or front lifts to port.

 

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......I'm really coming to the end of my modification for the auxiliary elevator, it will be faster for the next two, the procedure to follow is now known.


I've finished completely mounting the Aux lift, I had its 4 feet to add. You can see them on the plan.


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I still have to make the automatic safety rails at the back of the photo of the area only, you can see them clearly, as well as the Aux lift in high position. On the plan they are noted "automatic stanchions".

 

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I painted a possible yellow line around the elevator location, I think you can see it (lighter paint than the hangar deck) on the photo taken of the flight deck (CV-6). The masking was sporty...

 

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Now, it must have looked very much like this from the blueprints. No original photos from these angles unfortunately.

 

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The Wildcat gives the scale.

 

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Iceman, I have said it before, your attention to detail and your craftsmanship are absolutely  unbelievable. I only hope in my wildest dreams I can come close to your ability.

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8 hours ago, Jerry L said:

Iceman, I have said it before, your attention to detail and your craftsmanship are absolutely  unbelievable. I only hope in my wildest dreams I can come close to your ability.

Just what @Jerry L said.

 

Would you be able to take a couple of pictures including a paint pot or coin just to give some idea of scale please ?

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6 hours ago, Gisbod said:

You should start up a construction company Pascal! 
 

Amazing work.

 

Guy

😊 Tks Guy, It has to remain a pleasure..

 

 

 

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The Canson paper accommodations are not too bad, but I would like to improve them as well as make some other parts, for the elevators, other accommodations, the list is long...

 

So I got interested in 3D modeling parts in order to print them in 3D with resin, this kind of printer being very precise, more than plastic wire. I ordered the printer.

It gives me time to familiarize myself with the 3D Fusion 360 software. It's English, but I don't mind, I found an American youtuber making very good quality beginners' tutorials.

 

After 2 days of class, I manage to come up with things I like. So I'm going to be able to tweak the front moves by adding, furniture, cabinets, bunks and if all this work is presentable at the final print, I'll take apart what I did to replace this part.

 

Here's what it looks like at the moment, it's not going fast, but it's going faster and faster now, when you understand how it works.

 

I put the shot from the Yorktown on canvas, which makes the 3D editing easier. Note that the angles of the trapeze of this front module are different on the plan and on the model, it was necessary to adapt.

 

The outer walls are 0.8 mm thick, the inner walls are 0.4 mm thick. The floor will have to be glued separately, as it would be impossible to paint it properly if it was integrated into the whole.

 

No porthole on this floor on the Hornet, removed versus CV-5.

 

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What I had scratched in Canson:

 

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I have buy the new Photon S.

 

 

After a few disappointments of printing tests (The gallery of horrors), I'll explain , I finally managed to get some presentable things. It's by forging that we become forged... 

 

So I've lowered my ambitions to print my piece in one piece (Vertically) for the moment.

 

So I cut it in two, it will be easy to join and it will shorten considerably the printing time since the two pieces are 11.5 mm high when flat and the complete element is 75 mm vertically.

 

What counts for the printing time is the vertical, the Z-axis, count one hour of printing for one centimeter... I'll let you calculate...

 

Here's how it works.

 

My 3-D drawing isn't finished yet, but it's coming along nicely.

 

The progress in Fusion 360:

 

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The "Slice" program of the printer that allows to design the file that will allow the printing of the 3D file. 

 

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On the left is my first correct impression of the port forward deck without print support, a test. Booze cleaning of the room.

 

In the middle, the next impression with a support (the round studs), it's much better, cleaning with isopropyl alcohol, I save it because the liter is not given at the moment ( Covid stuff )...

 

On the right, the test cube, which must be perfect before starting.

 

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The dimensions fit perfectly.

 

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I printed myself for fun and to test a Spitfire in two half hulls at the same time, just to use a maximum of my printing height (Z axis). The idea of the half hull is to double the size of the plane to produce, a wingspan of 67mm X 2 or 134 mm or a scale of 1/83, not bad! 

 

I would say that this model of Spit is far from the original shape, maybe a mark 1 or V, the regulars will recognize the defects of the model, in particular, the double oil radiator which will be effective only later, too much stitching to the engine, the fuselage a hair too thick at the tail...

 

But this 3D model has the merit of being free. Thanks to the author. Model initially intended for video games It will make me a nice silhouette on my desk, once painted, in blue, like the proto K5054.

 

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That's after 3 hours of printing last night, 2 1/2 hours left for the wingtips.

 

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Here is the result, not yet final (Primer), after a good hour of sanding, you can recognize a Spit! 

 

It has a 135 mm wingspan, about 1/83, the Spit is 11.20 mts.

 

I will be able to make now a nice support that I will create.

 

I will replace the 2 guns that are not very well centered.

 

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Fantastic work, I realize that the green on the deck plates may be a place holder, but every WW2 era American museum ship I've been aboard has red brown paint on the deck and up the bulkhead slightly

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It varies from ship to ship, in fact, no rules.

 

USS Hornet CV-12, grey in shower and green in bed room/office, Captain cabin:

 

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Yorktown CV-10, blue:

 

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The 3D modeling of one of the forward crew quarters below the flight deck of the Hornet also took quite a bit of time to familiarize themselves with the 3D Fusion 360 program and the strict procedures for getting the best out of the 3D Proton S printer.

 

It's all very exciting, I must say, when it goes fast and in the right direction.

 

I've given up printing the bunks with the bulkheads, you lose precision and that causes problems with the paint and therefore the fine details. The beds are ready to be printed separately, in order to detail them a bit more, the rest of the furniture will follow, desks, cupboards and chairs if possible.

 

I'm pretty happy with the result, it fits in to within a tenth of a millimeter, it's pretty incredible. A real satisfaction after many hours of work. 

 

I still have the floor to be printed, it's ready, as well as the central block of cabins, which is also separate.

 

The most tricky part was dismantling the old cardboard assembly...

 

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All that's left is to paint it white! 

 

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3D printing of the floor will start, it will take 6 hours because it's hight.

 

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Floor's up.

 

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Tks Jamie.

 

3D design of ventilation ducts, fans, fresh air unit.

 

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Preparing the print file with the Photon S.

 

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A printing test of an air conditioning unit, too small for me, I would make it bigger, but the details are there, you can see the two little pipes.

 

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Large AA battery from the front platforms. Cabinets, and a test of moving fans. I finally got my gray resin. It greatly increases the details compared to the green one, it's impressive the difference in print quality. Good thing I finished the bottle of green. It's a pity I didn't receive it earlier, some details would have been much more present on the walls in particular.

 

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Gluing the ventilation, air conditioning and cupboards, it's starting to look good, missing desks, benches and possibly chairs if I can print something presentable...

 

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The Hornet was equipped with eight 5-inch (127 mm) / 38 dual-purpose guns and 16 1.1-calibre (28 mm) / 75 anti-aircraft guns mounted in quad (four guns working together). 

 

It originally had 24 0.50 inch (12.7 mm) Browning M2 machine guns, but these were replaced in January 1942 by 30 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns. An additional 28-mm quadruple support was later added and two more 20-mm anti-aircraft guns were added for a total of 32.

 

The  Hornet was originally equipped with 8 x 5"/48 (127 mm) caliber dual-purpose (DP) guns. In February 1942, the armament suite was revised to 8 x 5"/38 DP guns:

 

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Manufacturing the desks, I simplified, because on this scale you have to do it to make something.

 

I'll need 30, please...  🤨

 

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1 hour later, the desks are printed, the desk lamp has not passed the test (0.2 mm rod) . It doesn't matter, the base is there though.  

 

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Painting:

 

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One of the 2 machine guns of the bow station, I'm missing some brass parts in the box, especially the 30 guns...  For those two, I made do with what I had on board. I made a complaint to the kit seller:

 

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This front block is almost finished, it's true that I didn't plan at the beginning of the editing to do so much scratching and modifications, which complicates the editing of some elements when it's not foreseen in the editing process. 

 

The risk of damaging what has already been mounted is great, we all know that, the more the model advances, the more we have to be careful in our gestures and movement of the object.

 

For the details I will stop here, just the benches and chairs. It will be easier for the central part and the back, because I know exactly what I'm going to do.

I've just mounted the masts for the paravanes with scratch, the steel cables have to be mounted.

 

For the guns of the bow platform, I made the rubber bellows for the guns protection with copper wire, I hope to receive these missing parts. For two barrels it's ok, but for 30... No news from the seller...

 

I made it out of tinplate at first, but it wasn't thin enough:

 

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That's better.

 

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Here on the CV-5 plan, we can see very well how the paravanes are rigged? It would be interesting to reproduce this rigging, a plate will have to be added at the bottom of the bow.

 

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I made a basic chair.

 

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Tonight I've just put the final touch (finally!) on the forward crew station.

 

I've printed the beds, they are in two parts, the mattress and the bolster, and the two beds canvas and tubes. The tubes are 0.3 mm, the size of the smallest standard piano wire, this printer is really incredible.

 

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I had started on April 20, 2020, but I got to about this point today, Beffy.

 

Today, May 26:

 

Installation of the hangar side catapult rails:

 

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Installation of the fishplates on each side. Anthracite paint.

 

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I've started the starboard forward bulkhead of the hangar.

 

Having some great HD pictures of this side of the ship, you can zoom right in, and I found a few small errors. I was able to correct some of them, but the main one would require too many modifications, so I'm dropping it.

 

You can see that the bulkheads are not accentuated enough on the model.

 

On the other hand, I modified the pseudo ventilation system of the hangar. I put the original mount as planned, compared to the photo, the electric motor is missing, and the box under the motor that connects the fan to the rising duct.

 

The electrical cabinet is too small, and one is missing on the back, the one that is on an angle... 

 

Impossible to put this last one, the stall is not good, and there is no place for it. 

 

I also added the two missing IPN (Structure).

 

That's what it looks like: 

 

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Trumpeter assembly:

 

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Once modified with my freshly printed parts. I also added some unplanned PE, ladder and platform to access the electrical cabinet.

 

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A few bridges to mount in perspective...

 

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A lot of upgrades installed, then painting:

 

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Port bulkhead.

 

I just added two IPNs for the moment, I need to find some documents on this side...

Starboard with the flight deck in position ti check adjustment and just for fun.

 

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Port side in progress.

 

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If we look closely at this new HD photo of the Hornet at quay, probably in February 1942 like the other one, we notice that the first block with 4 sliding doors, is almost identical with starboard, not at all on the model. The ventilation duct placed at the back of this block is identical to starboard, the cut at the seagoing station prevents us from seeing the bottom, the fan.  

 

We also notice two small very thin masts in IP beam on the sliding door n°1 and in front of the opening of the biggest one the N°4. These two masts are emergency BF radio antenna masts that can be deployed on port side only, and all along the hull.


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Merit's configuration:

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While searching on the net on the English-speaking forums, I found details about what seemed to me to be load masts, were in fact the gallows of the BF radio emergency antennas, in case those of the island would be destroyed. It's specified on the plans of the Hornet CV-8 that I would like to acquire, but unfortunately, the founder of the Maryland Silver site that sold them in the USA died in 2019 and his site with ...

 

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They are clearly seen here during the rescue attempt of the Hornet by the USS Russel (CD-414), which is placed on the port side and berths the Hornet, the sea is calm. 26 October 1942.

 

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On this other HD photo taken when the Hornet arrived at Pearl Harbor, we can see through the starboard doors of the empty hangar (the planes must have reached the Pearl base.) the port door n° 4, and the famous sloping pipes and the radio mast which is therefore placed in the middle at the level of the port coupé. 

26th May 1942:


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This is all I found on the internet about images of this CV-8 Hornet plan:

 

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A lot of progress during these two days, thanks to a lot of photo documentation, I arrive at a configuration of the places probably quite faithful by dint of cross-checking, but it still lacks data, we make do with it:

Port bow, hangar doors 1,2,3,4:

 

I've made copies by recreating starboard side pieces, fan ruffles, and the large vertical structural brace, I've printed several copies while I'm at it... I had already printed several copies of the electric motor and the electrical cabinet. I added some PE, ladder and platform and reused the existing PE. I still have a lot of accessories to create and print for that corner... Antenna masts BF.

 

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I made the structural reinforcements for the AA platform and gangway, port and starboard, there are two types. Plus a few lines of pipe that I will use later, but not much better for the latter.

 

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Starboard bow, hangar doors 1,2,3,4:

 

I came across this very good quality hd photo of the starboard bow that I'd had for a few days but I hadn't thought about zooming in. The Hornet is being finished at the yard.

 

You can see very well the aft fan of the area, and especially the radial fan with precision which is at the front mon so much of the 4 td door. Moreover one can see that a small platform without railing is present near the main platform of the stairs. 

 

The radial fan is shown on the PE Tetras kit:

 

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So I went back to my editing, took off or erased a lot of things! (It's getting complicated, it was almost over... In this case you have to take a thousand precautions to avoid damaging anything, taking your time is the key word).

Merit turned it into an L-shaped platform, which I took out of the way... I cleaned up this portion, removed one of the 2 portholes, moved one, a door that does not exist. I modeled the ductwork and its radial fan, then printed it out. 

 

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Creation of copies of identical parts for mainly port side, structure, fan. 

 

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Port forward:

 

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Starboard forward:

 

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Port and starboard forward.

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Starboard, before and after modification:

 

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Phase one:

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Phase 2

 

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Wildcat, set offsets for April 1942. 

 

Thanks to my friend Bruno for printing them out for me, otherwise I don't know how I could have gone on with the authenticity. 


They are superb, so small, and so easy to install. A matt veil will be sprayed to protect them and integrate them even more after a new touch of patina. 

 

There are 29 Wildcat's left to decorate at this time, only 4 are built! There are still 61 planes to be mounted, Devastator, Dauntless and 64 delivered to be glued ... + sixteen B25 Mitchells to build, paint and decorate. 

A crazy thing. My parking lot is going to be busier than the runway parking lots at Heathrow airport right now.

 

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I started inside the forward hangar, the bulkheads. It's a lot of work because it's not really supposed to be visible from above.

 

On this picture, which is worth gold because there are few of them, of the Big E hangar (USS Enterprise, during its demolition), we can see the rollers of the side metal curtains as well as the electric motor and its gearbox. A ladder provides access for maintenance and repairs.

 

You can also see the door and the only porthole that I've already put back in the right place outside. I have a waterproof back door to make.

 

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Modeling of motor, gearbox and support.

 

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The rolls of the curtains, the different curtains are not the same size on the port and starboard sides.

 

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The motor, it's really small...

 

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