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Re: YORKTOWN CV-5 at Battle of Coral Sea
Posted: Fri May 01, 2026 3:19 pm
by speedgraflex
Modge Podge is the best. Gloss is good for instrument dials too. Fantastic waves, wake and depth of color. Very realistic!
Re: YORKTOWN CV-5 at Battle of Coral Sea
Posted: Fri May 01, 2026 8:33 pm
by BlackSheep214
I quit!
I've got the 1/350 scale Trumpeter Hornet kit in my stash along with the extra aftermarket B-25 bombers. I planned on building it with Doolittle Raiders.
Definitely gonna have to keep in touch with you when comes the time for me to build it. So many questions and advice you can give me.
I'm intimidated to replicate all the finer details you put into it. I honestly wouldn't know where or what to.get.
Re: YORKTOWN CV-5 at Battle of Coral Sea
Posted: Sat May 02, 2026 1:53 am
by FullMetal
speedgraflex wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2026 3:19 pm
Modge Podge is the best. Gloss is good for instrument dials too. Fantastic waves, wake and depth of color. Very realistic!
Indeed Modge Podge is the best...and thank you for your kind comment
Re: YORKTOWN CV-5 at Battle of Coral Sea
Posted: Sat May 02, 2026 2:00 am
by FullMetal
BlackSheep214 wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2026 8:33 pm
I quit!
I've got the 1/350 scale Trumpeter Hornet kit in my stash along with the extra aftermarket B-25 bombers. I planned on building it with Doolittle Raiders.
Definitely gonna have to keep in touch with you when comes the time for me to build it. So many questions and advice you can give me.
I'm intimidated to replicate all the finer details you put into it. I honestly wouldn't know where or what to.get.
I will be more than happy to help you 
...Remember that Enterprise, Hornet and Yorktown are all Yorktown class with some differences that make them "unique"
Re: YORKTOWN CV-5 at Battle of Coral Sea
Posted: Sat May 02, 2026 12:14 pm
by BlackSheep214
I’ve got the Tamiya USS Fletcher destroyer in my stash but it’s been shelved for so long. Why? My dad served on the Fletcher class USS Wadleigh after high school. So many differences to build the Wadleigh especially the tower. Can’t figure out which type to get. Says it’s the square type. No aftermarket kit for it. Any advice would be appreciated.
Re: YORKTOWN CV-5 at Battle of Coral Sea
Posted: Sat May 02, 2026 12:53 pm
by Gary Brantley
I love that "bow on" shot of the waves! Fantastic work! 
Re: YORKTOWN CV-5 at Battle of Coral Sea
Posted: Sat May 02, 2026 6:11 pm
by Stuart
Re: YORKTOWN CV-5 at Battle of Coral Sea
Posted: Sun May 03, 2026 1:08 am
by FullMetal
BlackSheep214 wrote: ↑Sat May 02, 2026 12:14 pm
I’ve got the Tamiya USS Fletcher destroyer in my stash but it’s been shelved for so long. Why? My dad served on the Fletcher class USS Wadleigh after high school. So many differences to build the Wadleigh especially the tower. Can’t figure out which type to get. Says it’s the square type. No aftermarket kit for it. Any advice would be appreciated.
You want to build the DD-689 Wadleigh so i saw this for the "square-bridge"
https://www.model-monkey.com/product-pa ... 3k8eufEDlN
Or you can go full scratchbuilding with plasticard...
Re: YORKTOWN CV-5 at Battle of Coral Sea
Posted: Sun May 03, 2026 1:09 am
by FullMetal
Re: YORKTOWN CV-5 at Battle of Coral Sea
Posted: Sun May 03, 2026 1:10 am
by FullMetal
Thanks Stuart
