The Deck Spotter earned his pay that day.
They had to be good–every inch they saved packingthem in on the bow was another inch to land upon.
Nice photo of a Chicago Piano, too.
Sorry for reminding you of 1.1’s, Cap’n. Hope you kept your dinner down LOL!
Small update… Paint for the air group is in hand.
Received my plans from Floating Drydock, and have scanned and manipulated them into templates to “fix” the hull. About to install “hull spreader/supports,” parts “A-2, 4 and 5,” to provide support before I “whack away” with the Dremel. Then to add many new frames, “plank them,” and add a layer of “body filler.” I hope that my sanding skills, and patience, are up to the task…
…more “air group centric worries…” I pulled out my dozen or so books on Midway, to review and verify the “status” of the aircraft, and deck spotting. My first two selections, Pacific Payback and The First Team, are entirely contradicroty on Yourktown launch order. Pacific Payback proposes Yorktown TBDs launched last, based on an article in The Hook in 1990 by VT-3 rear seat survivor Lloyd Childers. Meanwhile, in The First Team Lundstrom cites interviews with numerous officers supporting the “sensible and believeble” launch of the slower/shorter-ranged planes (TBDs) first…
I have a bunch more books to check, but if there is any input, much appreciated. (The model in the Roger Chesnesu book does have the “traditional” spot of fighters first, but I am leaning the other way…)
Update on the progress of my Yorktown model…
I have scanned, re-sized, printed, and cut out (Thank goodness for computers…!!!) “Hull forms” from Yorktown plans.
Unfortunately, it appears I need one or two more frames at each end to “merge” the “correct midship profile” with the Trumpeter hull before I apply the acetylene torch (Dremel cutoff wheel) and begin planking, in place of the “best efforts” of Trumpeter…
