Shipbucket

You are right. It appears I've misidentified the Northrop BT as the Dauntless. I'll make the changes...

Fantastic work, truly. Really glad to see someone drawing these ships to such a high standard. Last year I had dreams to draw CV-6 myself but I think my days of Shipbucketing are behind me!

I'll see if I can dig up anything on those directors for you. I've been out of this game for a while though, so no promises.

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USN components, camouflage colors, & reference links (World War II only)

A very bad news for this community

Thanks, Colo. It is indeed a sad day if your sb days are over. I also gave up drawing for a while but suddenly find myself with a glut of free time and i've developed a bit of an obsession with US carriers.

USS Hornet CV-8 is on the ways. Should have a wip up in a few days.

Loving it! are you going to do the wartime version too?

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天滅中共全黨死清光!

Thanks dp, I'm planning to do all three sisters at Midway and more guises of the big E.

Awesome!

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The third and final Yorktown Class carrier was USS Hornet CV-8. Not wanting to wait for the new Essex Class to be completed, a third Yorktown Class was ordered to add another carrier to the fleet. Hornet's hull dimensions are identical to CV-5 and CV-6 but there are some obvious differences, including a squared-off flight deck and and different pilot house set up, more like CV-9. She was laid down in Sept '39 and commissioned in Oct '41. In her short but illustrious career, she helped turn the tide in the Pacific War when the chips were stacked against the USN.

This drawing is based on her appearance after her Norfolk Shipyard period in Feb '42. She has her new Measure 12 modified camo, the forward boat crane and island boats removed and a new 30 x 20mm fit.

I'm posting as a WIP... 98% complete: aircraft, main deck boats and deck markings will be added in due course. Any glaring errors, please let me know.



Thanks to Colombamike for some great source material!

Spectacular work on these Charybdis, it's great to see them make an appearance at long last.

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Most EPIC!!!

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

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