New from Eduard - WWII US Navy Carrier Deck Base

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Eduard is bringing out a product that should be very welcome to us WWII USN aviation modelers: a carrier deck base in styrene and 1/48 scale:

I think there have been resin bases occasionally, and printed decks. And back in the day, there were some makers who made the toughest detail to replicate-the tie-down strips. Those are long since unavailable. This is a godsend for us and our 1/48 scale Navy planes.

It’s labeled as the deck of an Essex-class carrier, but I think it will work for the Yorktowns, too. Not for the Lexingtons, though; their decks had a different pattern to its planking.

I can hardly wait to get a couple of these!

Best regards,
Brad

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Hi Brad currently building a TBF-1C Avenger need to find a scale 1/32 aircraft deck how did you go with the Edward set up mate

Thanks
Mike K

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@Mike_kennedy

An alternative if you are interested, is these display bases by Bases By Bill.

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I wonder if trains.com would carry those so we can use a gift card on them? :grin:

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I believe that it is a reissue of an older item that I picked up a few years back

I painted mine in pre WWII colors for use with my Tamiya F2A

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That will be great for US Navy aircraft modelers. A long time ago in the days of the old Squadron they sold some resin bases for 1/72,1/48,& 1/32 aircraft and even one or two for armor modelers. They were called “Moments in Time” by True Details.

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Eduard also makes an IJN carrier deck like this in 1/48

Just paint it yourself…

Zoukei Mura also makes a series of pre painted circular bases of carrier deck types & airfields in 1/48 and 1/32

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Hi, Mike! I haven’t used the ones I got yet, but the detail is very finely engraved and should paint up nicely.
I like the size, too. I expect that I might cut one down to rotate the deck planks out of parallel to the sides of the base, for visual interest. At around $12.50 apiece, it’s a bargain.
But it’s in 1/48 scale. I don’t know of anyone who makes a 1/32 scale deck in styrene. There might be some resin products out there, or printed. And Eduard could certainly bring this product out in the larger scale, too.

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Yes, that’s correct, Stik! Eduard first released this in 2001, and discontinued it some time after.
Yes, it certainly works for the Yorktown or Enterprise when they still had the pre-war livery, as well as during the war.