Battle of Coral Sea Yorktown CV-5

[adt70hk]

Come on very nicely indeed Greg. Amazing amount of work so far.

Andrew

 

[BigGreg]

Dear all here is today's update on the diorama....well the "thin-canning" takes a looooot of time..plus l started the degaussing cable enjoy

 

[scottie3158]

Greg,
Love all the work you are putting into this and the results show. keep it going mate.

 

[BigGreg]

Thanks Paul l will...l'm really having a blast...reminds me of the leaves for the Sog diorama....loool

 

[BattleshipBob]

Just found this Greg

Wow, thats a lot of work, it sure shows

 

[Jim R]

Hi Greg
A great deal of thoughtful, careful work. Coming on well.
Jim

 

[BigGreg]

Just found this Greg

Wow, thats a lot of work, it sure shows

Hi Greg
A great deal of thoughtful, careful work. Coming on well.
Jim

Thanks guys really appriciate...l'm still wondering about the supports of the degaussing cables....

 

[JR]

Greetings Greg, that photo the bow end ( Chris has taught me these terms ) shows the amount of work you have done, brilliant.

 

[Mini Me]

Nice!

 

[BigGreg]

Greetings Greg, that photo the bow end ( Chris has taught me these terms ) shows the amount of work you have done, brilliant.

Spasibo tovarich Zhon....

 

[JR]

Spasibo tovarich Zhon....

Merci

 

[rtfoe]

The stressed steel plates are certainly looking good after all that work, Greg.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[BigGreg]

The stressed steel plates are certainly looking good after all that work, Greg.

Cheers,
Richard

Thanks Richard And l haven't really started yet...

 

[boatman]

YES Greg very good work how long do you think it will be to fininsh ? months or yrs like my tiger
chris

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Lovely,lovely stuff,
A pure pleasure to watch unfold,
Andy

 

[BigGreg]

YES Greg very good work how long do you think it will be to fininsh ? months or yrs like my tiger
chris

Since l haven't started any assembly yet...l probably would go for a year....maybe year and a half...

 

[BigGreg]

Lovely,lovely stuff,
A pure pleasure to watch unfold,
Andy

Thanks Andy

 

[boatman]

Since l haven't started any assembly yet...l probably would go for a year....maybe year and a half...

HI Greg yes i thought it would be that long as what you are attempting there is a heck of a lot of work an complex to get that right sort of fininsh an i will be following your build as to me this is something different an well worth the attempt
very well done so far
chris

 

[BigGreg]

Dear all here is today's update on the diorama.....the starboard thin-canning it's 90% done....daaamn it's taking forever...

 

[BigGreg]

Dammmn l'm dumb...l forgot to add the holes for the ropes so l had to start for all over and remove the degaussing cables that l made.....fuuuuuuuuk....sorry.....well tomorrow l will do it properly....