I’m looking to build myself an aircraft carrier… but a Canadian aircraft carrier.
My problem is that I’m having a difficult time finding a Majestic class a/c. Anyone have any leads I can follow up to find one?
Thanks,
Rich
You wan the Heller Arromanches [sp?] as the preferred starting point.
This just in!
L’Arsenal of France has just announced on Steelnavy that they will have available next week at the Telford show in the UK their new 1:700 scale Colossus and Majestic carriers. The Colossus is 1944-1946 fit and the Majestic will be in the 1954 fit.
http://members.boardhost.com/Warship/msg/209812.html
L’Arsenal’s website is below. The info is so new that it isn’t on the site yet.
You can oreder from Jacques at L’Arsenal (he’s good people). White Ensign will probably have them soon as will Pacific Front Hobbies in the States
I took a look at your links… and I’m a bit confused. The 1/700 Arromanches 1954 fit ship, was she not the HMS Colossus (Colossus class) that the RN transferred over to the French Navy immediately after the war?
Ok, I guess my question is… what’s the difference between the Colossus class and the Majestic class?
Rich
A Magestic is a modernized/improved Colossus
Colossus class light fleet aircraft carriers
Displacement: 18,300 tons full load
Dimensions: 630 x 80 x 23 feet/192 x 24.4 x 7 meters
Extreme Dimensions: 695 x 80 x 23 feet/211.8 x 24.4 x 7 meters
Propulsion: Steam turbines, 4 boilers, 2 shafts, 40,000 shp, 25 knots
Crew: 1300
Armor: none
Armament: 6 quad 2 pound AA, up to 32 20 mm AA or 12-21 40 mm AA
Aircraft: 37
Concept/Program: A mass-production carrier, between the fleet and escort types in capability, designed for rapid production in all shipyards, especially merchant yards and yards without recent carrier construction experience. New construction to this design was selected after consideration of several alternatives, including conversion of existing fast warship and/or merchant hulls. Most of these ships were completed too late to see significant WWII service, but many saw extensive postwar service in foreign navies.
Magestic class light fleet aircraft carriers
Displacement: 17,780 tons full load
Dimensions: 630 x 80 x 23 feet/192 x 24.4 x 7 meters
Extreme Dimensions: 695 x 80 x 23 feet/211.8 x 24.4 x 7 meters
Propulsion: Steam turbines, 4 boilers, 2 shafts, 40,000 hp, 25 knots
Crew: 1300
Armor: none
Armament: 6 quad 2 pound AA, 19 40 mm (design)
Aircraft: 37 (design)
Concept/Program: Originally ordered as Colossus class, but changed to a modified design, incorporating various improvements. These ships were suspended at the end of WWII, and none ever commissioned in the RN. Construction work was not resumed until the ships were sold to foreign navies; eventually two ships were completed to a slightly modified version of the original design, three to an extensively modified design, and one was scrapped incomplete.
Design: Same as Colossus except a strengthened flight deck, improved subdivision and improved armament were fitted.
source: HazeGray.org
FYI,
Haze Gray does not allow direct links to images. The direct links eat up their bandwidth(which they pay for).
However you can typically link to their pages so people can find the images they need.
http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/canada.htm
(We’ll see how long that works… [;)] ]
Thanks for the info. Oooh, I see I’m going to have to do some serious modding to make a standard colossus class into the HMCS Bonaventure. Since I see most Colossus/Majestic class ships didn’t have steam catapults and angled flight decks, this is going to be fun 
Anyone have a bevvy of pictures or plans that could help me in building CVL 22?
Thanks,
Rich
Well, I’m still looking for a Majestic class light carrier. I found that OzMods started a 1:350 project in 2004 and passed the project on to The Resin Shipyard in 2009.
I contacted TRS last night and they say that they’re working on HMCS Bonaventure and HMAS Melbourne side-by-side and expect a release in a couple of years.
Cheers,
Rich
Not sure how much this helps, but have you seen this?
http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/assets/pdf/e_AircraftCarriers.PDF