DONE: F4F-4 Wildcat "13", VF-3, W. N. Leonard, USS Yorktown, Battle of Midway, GB

[109ROAMING]

Looks good Jan!

 

[Wayne Little]

Good work Jan, looking good mate!

 

[Catch22]

Looking good Jan!

 

[Lucky13]

Cheers lads!

See if I can do some work on the Dauntless next...

Dan, I haven't done the putty yet, thanks for pointing it out anyhoo....

 

[marek]

Nice Jan! Keep working!

 

[Lucky13]

Cheers Marek!

 

[Lucky13]

Fiddling with the Wildcat today again...
One thing though, is the Insignia White, white with a spot of grey in it? I don't have Insignia White, so I thought that I'd try to mix it....

 

[Lucky13]

That night, all night, the destroyers chased Japs subs. On the decks of the destroyers, underneath the stars, were piled dead and wounded bodies. Survivors of the Yorktown watched the hulk of their ship still floating through the night. Perhaps she could still be saved?
But at dawn, salvage was seen to be impossible. The ship had a terrible list to port.
Said Captain Buckmaster, "Her flightdeck was in the water, Her battle flags were still flying. We hadn't taken them down."
At 6.30 a.m. all hands on the patrolling destroyers were called on deck.
"Come on topside," somebody said to Chief Wright, "and see your ship go down." Gradually the Yorktown was settling. There was no comotion, no fire. Nobody said anything. She was going stern first.
Taps sounded out across the water from all the destroyers.
Sailors, lining the rails, raised their hands in salute.
At 7.01 a.m. the Yorktown sank. It was June 7, six months to the hour after the first shot at Pearl Harbor.



From Life magazine, November 16th, 1942....

 

[Catch22]

I think, if I recall, Insignia White is pure white.

 

[Lucky13]

Cheers bud!

 

[ozhawk40]

Jan

I have a strict "one at a time" build policy. If I didn't, you just never know what I'd end up with! A Dougcat or Wild-less. . Can't see any Douglas parts in that F4, so you must be managing well.

Keep going!

Cheers

 

[Lucky13]

Cheers mate...

 

[Airframes]

Whatever you do, don't mix them up! That fat little thing is ugly enough without becoming an even stranger Wildless!
Nice work though old boy!

 

[Lucky13]

I'll try to ignore your first comment old boy.... Thank you frightfully old chap!

 

[rochie]

smart work old boy, well done

 

[Lucky13]

With some luck, paint any day now. Same problem here with the paint, need to mix the top and lower camouflage on this lassie. Humbrol gives it as 6*Hu:34 (white) + 2*Hu:41 (ivory)....

 

[Lucky13]

 

[Airframes]

So your Carrier Air Group is progressing well then?!!

 

[Lucky13]

Getting there old boy. Just to do something about the Insignia White and Blue Grey for the old girls.....

 

[Catch22]

Can you get model master there Jan? They have the Blue Gray in their line, I used it for the -1.