1/700 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42)

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February 28, 2023
The 1945 CV-31 shows the relative size of the Essex-class ships compared to the Midway class. It's also in the Measure 12 that FDR will wear.
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Waterline, main deck and forecastle plates traced.
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Waterline plate with initial framing with Essex class underwater hull for size comparison.
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Hull sections in place.
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Forecastle plate.
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Aft sections of main deck in place.
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Stern "roughage" in place.
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Main deck complete.
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Stern, island and forecastle wall sections in place so model can be flipped for hull work.
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Main deck sponsons going in place.
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Model flipped so hull plating can proceed.
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February 28, 2023
Hull plating starts forward.

Comments

19 28 February 2023, 23:23

Michael Kohl
Who the hell needs kits anyway? 😉
Courious how this develops. Cool start.

1 March 2023, 08:21

Hans-Jürgen Haag
A big project owsom start! 👍👍👍👀👀👀

1 March 2023, 09:13

Stephan H.
What a commitment 👍 quite many turrets on a CV that´s interesting. Looks like "integrated destroyer support" 🙂

1 March 2023, 10:31

Andrew P
Pretty aggressive project. I'll be watching!

26 August 2023, 11:24

Björn Leichsenring
Very cool. I stay here.

5 September 2023, 06:40

Davide Vitali
Ahh, these kind of builds are a joy to the eyes!

5 September 2023, 07:35

Lochsa River
sittin in for this one

5 September 2023, 07:38

Andrew P
Would love to see more!

9 December 2023, 13:21

Patrick Hagelstein
Wow! Very cool! The way you build this ship in sections looks to be very accurate and doesn't make you dependent on faulty kits. I also like your wooden 'dry dock'. Is that dark gray piece a stone slab to have a perfect level surface to work from?

9 December 2023, 13:30

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Scratchbuilt model of the FDR as completed in 1945.

U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42)

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