P-59A Posted August 2, 2018 Share #1 Posted August 2, 2018 Has anyone seen one of these before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share #2 Posted August 2, 2018 When do you think this was made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted August 2, 2018 Share #3 Posted August 2, 2018 No idea on the age but that is impressive. I can't tell if the battleships are pre Iowa class models. Can I ask if that is yours? I see a battleship with 3 turrets in front of the superstructure. Did the Japanese super battleships have that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share #4 Posted August 2, 2018 No idea on the age but that is impressive. I can't tell if the battleships are pre Iowa class models. Can I ask if that is yours? I see a battleship with 3 turrets in front of the superstructure. Did the Japanese super battleships have that? I think destroyers had three turrets. This is being offered for sale. I am heading down to look at it this weekend. I am not a Navy person and have no idea of the details of what is shown. The asking price is 400. All I know is who ever built this had first hand knowledge of what a ship yard looked like. I have no idea if it depicts any one yard, but based on the aircraft it depicts WW2 era. The guy who built this was on a personal mission to recreate something he knew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share #5 Posted August 3, 2018 more pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted August 3, 2018 Share #6 Posted August 3, 2018 That is just fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted August 3, 2018 Share #7 Posted August 3, 2018 Didn't some us cruisers have interesting numbers of turrets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 3, 2018 Share #8 Posted August 3, 2018 Those are CLAA's - Scout Cruisers adapted for Anti-Aircraft defense, probably Atlanta class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 3, 2018 Share #9 Posted August 3, 2018 The Battleship with the 4 gun turret is a British King George V class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share #10 Posted August 3, 2018 I just read the King George participated with the USN Task force 57 in May of 1945. Would it be fair to say this depicts a Pacific force? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 3, 2018 Share #11 Posted August 3, 2018 Pretty much, There's the Hornet (with B-25's on the flight deck) and a Jeep (escort) carrier, another Essex class, Gato subs, Fletcher destroyers, and another British Battle Cruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pararaftanr2 Posted August 3, 2018 Share #12 Posted August 3, 2018 It's a great looking piece of work, but the ships are a mixed bag. For example, you have the Hornet with a deck load of B-25s, which would be from April 1942, but you also have an Essex class carrier, the first of which didn't reach the PTO until May, 1943. Hornet was sunk in October of 1942. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted August 3, 2018 Share #13 Posted August 3, 2018 It's one of those things where you say "what would I do with that? But at $400. I'd say it's a bargain. There is so much there. Can you tell whether they were scratch made or from kits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share #14 Posted August 3, 2018 In this photo you can see a part of the ship came off. Looks like a kit to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share #15 Posted August 3, 2018 It's one of those things where you say "what would I do with that? But at $400. I'd say it's a bargain. There is so much there. Can you tell whether they were scratch made or from kits? That is the question I have been asking myself. "What do I do with it?" and "Were could I put it" It's cool as hell though. I don't see any way I could make one for less than $400.00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share #16 Posted August 3, 2018 It's a great looking piece of work, but the ships are a mixed bag. For example, you have the Hornet with a deck load of B-25s, which would be from April 1942, but you also have an Essex class carrier, the first of which didn't reach the PTO until May, 1943. Hornet was sunk in October of 1942. Ok, so it's not 100% historically accurate. Does that mean I shouldn't buy it? I think if I wanted to I could remove the B-25's and call it good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share #17 Posted August 3, 2018 It is about 28"W x 40"L and weighs around 30 lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted August 3, 2018 Share #18 Posted August 3, 2018 Ok, so it's not 100% historically accurate. Does that mean I shouldn't buy it? I think if I wanted to I could remove the B-25's and call it good. Its a real nice depiction of someone interpretation.I doubt that the builder was concerned with historical accuracy at the time.Im sure he built the kits and set them as he saw fit.I would leave it as is.The B25s are part of the vintage kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share #19 Posted August 3, 2018 Its a real nice depiction of someone interpretation.I doubt that the builder was concerned with historical accuracy at the time.Im sure he built the kits and set them as he saw fit.I would leave it as is.The B25s are part of the vintage kit. Hey Doyler, I was being facetious when I said that. I wouldn't alter it. Any idea of age on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pararaftanr2 Posted August 3, 2018 Share #20 Posted August 3, 2018 No one here said you shouldn't buy it because it is not historically accurate. We have all simply offered you information on what you are looking at because you said "I am not a Navy person and have no idea of the details of what is shown." Only you can decide if it is appealing enough to warrant the expense at the price being asked and if you have a place for it, considering its large size. It was obviously a labor of love by the builder and like a fine oil painting, I wouldn't recommend making changes to it, other than those necessary to preserve it, if you choose to make the acquisition. Best of luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share #21 Posted August 3, 2018 This is Hunters Point aka Treasure Island. The display may not be of this place, but it looks of the period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted August 3, 2018 Share #22 Posted August 3, 2018 Hey Doyler, I was being facetious when I said that. I wouldn't alter it. Any idea of age on this? Has a 60s-70s look to me. I built a USS Missouri in the mid 70s as a kid.Cant recall the maker of the kit (probably Aurora)but most things here were Auroa,Revell,Lindburg,Monogram at the dime store.When we made a trip out of town which was not often I would see the Tamiya and Hasegawa kits at a couple shops and Woolworths.There was a Target and Kmart built mid 70s that carried a lot too. Looks like the Missouri by one of the carriers...?? Im no ship expert but my model(I still have it)has the two sea planes on the launchers on the back too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share #23 Posted August 3, 2018 No one here said you shouldn't buy it because it is not historically accurate. We have all simply offered you information on what you are looking at because you said "I am not a Navy person and have no idea of the details of what is shown." Only you can decide if it is appealing enough to warrant the expense at the price being asked and if you have a place for it, considering its large size. It was obviously a labor of love by the builder and like a fine oil painting, I wouldn't recommend making changes to it, other than those necessary to preserve it, if you choose to make the acquisition. Best of luck! I was being a jerk, sorry about that. It is nice, but I still don't know what I would do with it. The kid in me screams yes and the adult says why? You are correct, it is 3D art in a horizontal format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Kraut Posted August 3, 2018 Share #24 Posted August 3, 2018 Great display. I recall building some of these kits (ships, subs, landing crafts, hangars, planes etc.) myself in the late 1970's. I think they were 1/720 scale and made by HASEGAWA (Waterline series). Lars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share #25 Posted August 3, 2018 Great display. I recall building some of these kits (ships, subs, landing crafts, hangars, planes etc.) myself in the late 1970's. I think they were 1/720 scale and made by HASEGAWA (Waterline series). Lars Waterline series? Ok, I was wondering how he did that. Do you remember if it was a build your own ship yard a piece at a time kind of deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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