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looking forward to seeing how these turn out
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early christmas gift....4 models.
1:24 Revell 1983 Volkswagen Golf II gti (bought)
1:72 Revell PT-109 boat (given, missing instructions, if anybody can help me out on that, it would be very greatly appreciated)
1:350 Banner USS Arizona (given, partially done, nothing I can't fix, missing decals but nothing too major
1:720 Testors/Italeri USS Abraham Lincoln nuclear aircraft carrier. (given, everything is in the box, decal sheet yellowed, need some advice on that, model was partially done, but nothing I can't fix)
EDIT: 1:48 Revell B-25J mitchell (bought for christmas)
1:24 Revell 1983 Volkswagen Golf II gti (bought)
1:72 Revell PT-109 boat (given, missing instructions, if anybody can help me out on that, it would be very greatly appreciated)
1:350 Banner USS Arizona (given, partially done, nothing I can't fix, missing decals but nothing too major
1:720 Testors/Italeri USS Abraham Lincoln nuclear aircraft carrier. (given, everything is in the box, decal sheet yellowed, need some advice on that, model was partially done, but nothing I can't fix)
EDIT: 1:48 Revell B-25J mitchell (bought for christmas)
Lucky13
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Here's a reply that I got from Eagle Editions about the Dora-9 wing:
Hello Jan;
"As far as we know, the wing for the Tamiya 48th scale Dora is okay. What are your concerns?"
Confusing, or what?
Hello Jan;
"As far as we know, the wing for the Tamiya 48th scale Dora is okay. What are your concerns?"
Confusing, or what?
Catch22
Major
1:350th USS Franklin! Hooray!
A4K
Brigadier General
G'day Jan!
Although I haven't seen the Tamiya Fw 190D-9 'in the flesh', I'd read that too about the mistake with the wing centre section. Apparently the original aircraft had their wings,or atleast the wing centre sections, mixed up during reassembly after shipment to the States. As a result the D-13 got the D-9s centre section, and vice versa. The Tamiya kit being based on the USAF Museum's D-9 got the incorrect panel design as a result.
Although I haven't seen the Tamiya Fw 190D-9 'in the flesh', I'd read that too about the mistake with the wing centre section. Apparently the original aircraft had their wings,or atleast the wing centre sections, mixed up during reassembly after shipment to the States. As a result the D-13 got the D-9s centre section, and vice versa. The Tamiya kit being based on the USAF Museum's D-9 got the incorrect panel design as a result.
Jan, did you get the scans I e-mailed to you?
Lucky13
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Just did Wayne and got yours as well Terry....thanks a bunch guys! 
Good...then you will see that the differences are quite small between the D-9 and D-13 wings.....
Lucky13
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True.... I'm sure that could have been some D's flying around with different wings....
Mmm...that is quite possible...
Catch22
Major
I have a bit of an issue with the Franklin. I need to find what squadrons were stationed on her at the time right before she got hit by the Kamikaze, on March 19th, 1945. On the side of the box, it shows VF-13 with F6Fs, VB-13 with SB2Cs, VT-13 with TBFs and VMF-214 with F4Us. It comes with 4 planes of each type. However, it also comes with SBDs, which I thought were phased out by that time. I'm guessing I just got an extra set of planes that they just included them for ease of production or something. I don't want to put them on or leave them off and make a mistake.
Airframes
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I can see your dilemma Catch! Don't know enough about that theatre to comment, but I'm guessing the 'extra' aircraft might be from a 'common' sprue for another carrier? If not, you could include them/some, as 'visiting' aircraft? I'll have a look through my minimal references to see if I can find anything but, as I said, not my 'specialist field', so I don't hold out much hope.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Jan, Re the D9 wing etc. I've checked the 1/48th plans that Wayne sent (thanks again Wayne!) and I can't see much wrong. There IS a slight discrepancy with the length of the wing, which wouldn't be noticeable anyway, unless some 'Anorak' brought out a metric measure or micrometer. And even then, this could be that the plan has been drawn 'Plan', i.e., not allowing for dihedral, in which case the span is more or less correct. The plans check-out well against the original 'factory drawing' I have in the Nowarra FW190 - Ta152 book, and even the so-called 'wrong' spinner and prop looks good enough to me. I'll just go with a D9, as I can't be ar*ed to convert the upper cowling etc for a D11 or 13. I'll probably 'enter' this one in the Group Build thingy as well, proabably a JG2 bird, or maybe the Barkhorn one I sent the profile of; that's IF I can hand-paint the name below the cockpit!!
No SBD's...
Air Group 13 October 1944 - March 1945
VF-13 x 31 F6F
VB-13 x 31 SB2C
VT-13 x 18 TBM
Then to,
Air Group 5 March 1945
VF-5 32 x F4U, 4 x F6F-5N, 2 x F6F-5P
(VMF-214 F4U VMF-452 F4U )
VB-5 15 SB2C
VT-5 15 TBM
Lucky13
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Excellent info there Wayne.... I know that Captain J. J. "Jocko" Clark got rid of the SB2C from Yorktown in '43, because as he put it, if I remember correctly, they weren't good enough even to use as anchors....so he swapped them for new SBD-3's instead.
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Benevolens Magister
I really should learn more about that theatre, and the aircraft therein. To me, 'SBD' is something unheard and rather unpleasant!!
Catch22
Major
Thanks Wayne, that's exactly the info I was looking for and couldn't find. Were both AGs 13 and 5 on the carrier at the same time? I suppose it's inconsequential to me as I only have so many planes, but it would be good to know, especially with the -5Ns.
Lucky13
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I think that the Essex class only held about 90 planes...AG 80, AG 5 probably about the same, so if they'd have on the carrier at the same time, it would have been rather crowded....
USS Franklin (CV-13) Ship's Statistics
USS Franklin (CV-13) Ship's Statistics
Can't say for sure Cory but I doubt it , it would seem that there was a reshuffle of Air Groups and aircraft types Feb/Mar 45?
Ok, found this info.....after posting...
During the initial landings on Leyte (20 October) her aircraft hit surrounding air strips, and launched search patrols in anticipation of the approach of a reported enemy attack force. On the morning of 24 October her planes sank a destroyer and damage d two others. Franklin, with Task Groups 38.4, 38.3, and 38.2 sped to intercept the advancing Japanese carrier force and attack at dawn. Franklin's four strike groups combined with those from the other carriers in sending to the bottom four Japanese carriers, and battering their screens.
Retiring in her task group to refuel, she returned to the Leyte action on 27 October, her planes concentrating on a heavy cruiser and two destroyers south of Mindoro. She was underway about 1,000 miles off Samar on 30 October when enemy bombers appeare d bent on a suicide mission. Three doggedly pursued Franklin, the first plummeting off her starboard side the second hitting the flight deck and crashing through to the gallery deck, showering destruction, killing 56 and wounding 60; the third disc harging another near miss at Franklin before diving into the flight deck of Belleau Wood.
Both carriers retired to Ulithi for temporary repairs and Franklin proceeded to Puget Sound Navy Yard arriving 28 November 1944 for battle damage overhaul.
She departed Bremerton on 2 February 1945 and after training exercises and pilot qualification joined TG 58.2 for strikes on the Japanese homeland in support of the Okinawa landings. On 15 March she rendezvoused with TF 58 units and 3 days later launch ed sweeps and strikes against Kagoshima and Izumi on southern Kyushu.
Before dawn on 19 March 1945 Franklin who had maneuvered closer to the Japanese mainland than had any other U.S. carrier during the war, launched a fighter sweep against Honshu and later a strike against shipping in Kobe Harbor. Suddenly, a sing le enemy plane pierced the cloud cover and made a low level run on the gallant ship to drop two semi-armor piercing bombs. One struck the flight deck centerline, penetrating to the hangar deck, effecting destruction and igniting fires through the second a nd third decks, and knocking out the combat information center and airplot. The second hit aft, tearing through two decks and fanning fires which triggered ammunition, bombs and rockets. Franklin, within 50 miles of the Japanese mainland, lay dead in the water, took a 13° starboard list, lost all radio communications, and broiled under the heat from enveloping fires. Many of the crew were blown overboard, driven off by fire, killed or wounded, but the 106 officers and 604 enlisted who voluntarily r emained saved their ship through sheer valor and tenacity. The casualties totaled 724 killed and 265 wounded, and would have far exceeded this number except for the heroic work of many survivors. Among these were Medal of Honor winners, Lieutenant Command er Joseph T. O'Callahan, S. J., USNR, the ship's chaplain, who administered the last rites organized and directed firefighting and rescue parties and led men below to wet down magazines that threatened to explode, and Lieutenant (junior grade) Donald Gary who discovered 300 men trapped in a blackened mess compartment, and finding an exit returned repeatedly to lead groups to safety. Santa Fe (CL-60) similarly rendered vital assistance in rescuing crewmen from the sea and closing Franklin to take off the numerous wounded.
Franklin was taken in tow by Pittsburgh until she managed to churn up speed to 14 knots and proceed to Pearl Harbor where a cleanup job permitted her to sail under her own power to Brooklyn, N.Y., arriving on 28 April.