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TOMLABEL -> A Good News OT: 1/350 CV5 Yorktown by Merit announced!!!! (8/8/2014 1:31:06 AM)
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(I couldn't find the modeling thread - you'll be strong!)
Finally!!
Information just came out yesterday. Waited a long time for someone to try to do an accurate hull of the Yorktown class in 1/350 ever since the Trumpy Hornet disaster!!!!
And now we are gonna have a Yorktown class from Midway!!!! Must be a CV6 following I hope, but it would be easy to convert this kit to CV6 at the Midway time frame.
Here are a couple of quotes from another site:
"The hull is close. It's a million times better than the Trumpy hull, and it's even closer than the 1/200 Merit USS Hornet hull. I may get to hold the test print of the hull this week.
I can say, though, that if they incorporate all of the feedback given -- and according to the CAD we've been seeing they are listening -- the AA fit and other details are spot-on for Yorky at Midway."
and.....
"Indeed it is not a joke. I have held the hull in the very hands typing this - at the Nats in Hampton today. I have made my objections to Trumpy's (and BWN's) HORNET very loud and clear in the CASF CV-8 HORNET thread. The hull looks to be very good in its agreement to the plans I have worked with for many years. This is is a test shot, and the Merit rep discussed some errors to be corrected and listened to some thoughts I provided. I did not have those plans with me (of course) but it sure looked right in most respects. This was hull only. The Rep said they were reluctant to bring other parts because he knew they were in need of correction and so did not want to get too much of a negative vibe going before they had a chance to do it right.
In this same discussion he talked about folks on this board with which he has worked by name, but that, to me, shows they are trying to do it right. Thanks to all who have helped get them this far. I am very optimistic we will have a worthy representation of CV-5 (and probably the other two in the class) before our grandkids sell our unbuilt kits at some garage sale in thirty years.
I did not take any photos. Fair warning: there is some out of scale hull plating treatment on the test shot that will be revised more to scale by production time so give them a chance to make that change as well. The hull shape under it is what counts. Remember that when you see the test shot photos."
TOMLABEL
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