Hmmm;
V.F.W. Says that we weren’t in the Zone. We recieved Shore Fire and returned Same. If that isn’t in the zone. Oh Well. Crew petty Officer on the U.S.S. Ozbourn D.D.846
Hmmmph!
The Midway is the one that tried to sink us! Naw, only Kidding. Accidental hull to hull contact. Hurt them as much as it did us. Thankfully No loss of life on our ship, or injuries that required hospitalization. Don’t know about her.
When we ported we were escorted to secure Barracks till the Board of Inquiry called for our testimony. It was during a Refeuling Op that it happened. I still love the old Girl and think she’s a beautiful Ship.
I did at one time have Revell’s rendition of the Forrestal. Don’t remember the scale though. It was one of the Flat Bottom ships.
1/542. The ship was flat bottomed too, so the kit hull is fairly ok except for the bulb missing at the bow. I used the bottom of a Saratoga glue bomb to make a full hull Midway.
Same scale as their FDR/ Midway/ Coral Sea and their many Essex ships.
Their Essex most closely resembles CV-20 USS Bennington.
Bill
the Forrestal class is not flat bottomed like the Iowa class, the Midway class plus a few others. i would buildup the bow for the bulb with .040" sheet plastic not putty then carve/sand to shape. slightly different scale to the 1/535 scale Essex class.
http://www.modelerjoe.net/shipmodellist.html#RevellForrestal
Except for the bulb, the hull is pretty accurate.
535/542= 0.987. Same scale as far as I’m concerned.
Bill
Bill
Okay, I keep hearing this so I’ve got to speak up; “most ships have flat bottoms”, and if you could flip a carrier over, you could put probably seven or more full basket ball courts on her bottom. Folks used to say that Newport class LST’s had round bottoms, that’s why they rolled so badly. Wrong. The Newport classers had narrow bows and narrow stern and wide flat bottoms amidship. Toss a football in a pool and watch how it floats. It’s not because of the roundness, it’s due to the skinny front and skinny rear and wide middle. It’s the same reason you ballast for a higher bow rather than a higher stern - stability.
AND, since I’m on a roll; CV-63 and CV-64 were one class, and CV-66 and CV67 were a separate class. The JFK and America were modifications based on the Kitty Hawk class, but not Kitty Hawk’s.
this link https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/66.htm says America is of the Kitty Hawk class but the JFK is of the John F. Kennedy class https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/67.htm
Convert from the Trumpeter 1/350 Constellation. Hard work,but satisfying