USS Franklin (CV13) 'The ship that wouldn't sink'. March 1945

[stillp]

Reduce, reuse, recycle - better for the environment!
Great work Ron.
Pete

[Mini Me]

One Helluva Starboard list there 570.....any further and she'll roll over!! Hard to Port!.....she won't answer the helm Sir!! Arrrrrgh!

[spanner570]

Thanks Pete and Rick.

Pete, I'm glad you approve of my attempt to save the planet.

Rick. She went over to 15 degrees+. Not through hull damage, but from the amount of water being pumped into her guts to quell the fires below deck.

I've now added some hanging things (presumably scrambling ropes to shimmy down if abandoning the ship), rigging and deck hose pipes. I tried to find some figures, but not surprisingly I couldn't! So I made excuses for them from thin plastic card.










Nearly ready for some silicone work and add the smoke.
Rather than try and model the ship with the fires and smoke raging, and thus hiding all the aft deck, I'm going to have a bash at a sort of +1 day when the fires are under control, but still plenty of smoke....

Cheers.
Ron

[spanner570]

I'll wrap this up now.
Here is a shot of the finished model. The defiant crew have jury rigged 'Old Glory'

I'll post up a few more pictures sometime soon over in 'Ships Completed'

Thanks to those who took the time to post great comments.



Cheers.
Ron

[Mickc1440]

Superb Ron

[Mini Me]

Lovely work on this one 570 :thumb2: :thumb2: I suspect the "committee" will be along shortly and I might add "well" earned Sir!!

[Jim R]

Great stuff Ron. It must have been terrifying - for the crew I mean, not you modelling. And you've saved the planet

[scottie3158]

Nicely done Ron.

[JR]

Rick is quite right in his assumption, the Committee took one look and without any discussion all put their right hand up to signify a yes.

Well done 570, great build ,esp the back drops that you paint and that damage.

[Mini Me]

Rick is quite right in his assumption, the Committee took one look and without any discussion all put their right hand up to signify a yes.

Well done 570, great build ,esp the back drops that you paint and that damage.

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Not to mention the Smoke and Fire all happening below decks!! :tongue-out3: :tongue-out: :tongue-out2: :rolling::thumb2:

[spanner570]

Thanks chaps. What terrific comments......and the Bo****ks Award too. My cup does indeed overflow. :thumb2:

453. On this occasion the backdrop is 'eu natural', but I really want a sunny day. with no wind...fat chance!

Just as well, because on looking at the other so called finished photos, I've missed out what is probably one of the most important detail of the whole build...Eejit that I am!:upside::upside:
So I've deleted them all and will try and attend to the huge omission tomorrow.

Happy days!

Ron

[Bri62]

Fantastic work and well deserved "The Dogs"

[spanner570]

A belated thanks Brian.

I've finally got around to finishing this.
Basic kit, but just what I needed for the subject matter.

Here's a couple of pickies. I'll post some more over in 'Ships Completed'

Thanks for all the great comments during the build.




Cheers.
Ron

[Allen Dewire]

Don't know what you forgot Ron, but the above pics look fantastic!!!...I take it you've been off caravaning around the planet again over the past few weeks.........

Prost
Allen

[spanner570]

Thanks for the post Allen.
I forgot to add all the water pouring out of the vessel's hanger deck! :upside: It's all the hose water being used to fight the fires. This also caused the severe list to starboard, not by any damage to the hull itself.

Yes, indeed we have been a'wandering again. We travel right through the year, but tend to cram a bit more in during the summer months. So I'm afraid model making takes a back seat whilst the light nights and decent(ish) weather are with us.....Mind you, the nights are closing in, so the bench looks mighty tempting by the hour.....

Cheers.
Ron