Hi There Guys!!!


The ship is one of the waterlines series of Tamiya, the box maybe similar with another manufacturer. I just hope this will float at is say in the waterline series. the kit consist of 5 sprues and sheet of decal. on the box art the Saratoaga or Sis Sara was in painted in camoulflage scheme known as Measure 21 with Navy Blue Vertical surfaces and Light Gray flight deck and was also painted with a complex scheme known Measure 32/11a (Light Gray, Ocean Gray and Dull black areas.

Well with all the paint suggestion, the instruction only comes up with one color scheme... will follow the Field Blue Option in which a friend of mine provided me a reference with faded color and streaks, I just hope I can pull this out...

The box Art


The hull eventhough its 1/700 its still long at about 15 inches


the details of the Avengers and Hellcats are very detailed.



Cheers!!!

Nice looking kit ER! The Sara is a pretty girl for sure! Following along with interest!!

Thanks for checking in, Todd. still need to check out the instruction some parts are very delicate almost needle like thin

Started the hull started with no fitting issue.

with the waterline started it comes with a weight. the base has an interlocking mechanism.



The Hull attaching the hull on the base plate with no fitting issue, with little seams on both ends that would be address with a liquid putty.

Looking good ER!! Nice to see the pieces going together! If you are planning a base, do you see the need to bother filling in the gap on the bottom? Just curious my friend!

T, as of now still no plan for the base... may a small piece of wood (varnish) with a name plate on it.

Since there's a fine line on the front covered it up with Mr. Dissolved putty.



Fight deck have been tight fitted together with the funnel and bridge.

Sailing Forward with the Ship

primered and pre-shaded it with blue



After a day, sprayed with field blue on the gun base 90% field blue and 10% white. on the flight deck added 20% white... the pre-shade is still distinctive.





Cheers!!

Masking done on the ship, getting ready for the paint as soon as the weather permits... its been a cold and rainy day here in my side of the world... just need to coat the hull and everything will come easy... I Hope





Cheers and have a Wonderful New Year!!

Hey,I know you,looks good here too !!

Nice clean work so far. I'll be watching. I've yet to try my hand on a 1/700 ship, but I've got some in the stash.

Nice to see you Tojo, Thanks for checking in

Hi Stefan, 1/700 is a bit tricky especially on the small parts... it would be good to try one.


Cheers!!

Body color for the hull is done... much of the pre-shade (Darken Navy Blue) is still visible, now the small parts will be the next in line...









Cheers!!! till the next update... next stop bridge, hangars and super structure..

Looking pretty good ER!! Can't wait to see the Island worked up!! Keep up the good work!!

Great work so far!




Bob Pink.

Sorry I missed out on your build so far - great work and I've been following you in 'passive mode' from the beginning!

Looking forward to your progress!

Cheers,
Jan

a small update working on the Island, starting work on the small stuff of the ship.



TRM - working on parallel on the Bridge and Island, I guess done with the Step 1 to 5 lol

Bob - Thanks for checking in

Jan - Hello there! nice to see you come out in the dark

Once again thanks for checking out my progress, much appreciated

Things seem to be coming together now ER!! I know you have a full plate working on some armor builds for the show coming up...not to mention your auto fetishes...LOL!! Keep up the great work on the carrier my friend!!

Your Sara is looking good, my friend. I built the old Fujimi 1/700 scale CV-3 back when I was a kid; this new Tamiya version looks to be soooo much better!

Your blue camouflage is coming together nicely.

Todd - about 50% ready to set sail and will be nuke in the end lol...

Rey - Hello there!!! suggest its about time to get this one and bring back the memories, so far no major issues on this kit that can make your head turn... just only the painting instruction shows the M-21 scheme but on the manual suggest a complex camo scheme M-32/11A that check on internet references.

I Guess step 6 is done with a little touch up base paint... some gun base are small extra is need when it comes to attaching it to avoid parts from flying around or the carpet monster will claim its prize





Cheers!!

Looking good there ER!! Nice to see some more color flying around....and not the tiny pieces!!

I'm crossing my fingers on this one, buddy

When I saw this I thought it was the old Fujimi kit, I think that's who did it. But; the aircraft look quite good. You are doing a good job on this and I am looking forward to following your build on this. I posted some pictures of my finished 1/350 Saratoga. I find the designs of the early U.S. carriers to be very attractive.

Very nice progress ER, taking shape

Good work, looking forward to your updates!

Cheers

Jan

Mark - Hi there!!! thanks for checking out the build, I also saw your build and it really have a lot difference from its early tour, great work you got there!!!

Jan - just right in time, and she's almost ready to set sail. just a bit slow due to the small and fragile parts.


rubber boats stack up and installed around the ship. next would be the guns


Decs done, mock up the bridge and funnel, just need have the flight deck gloss clear to lessen the silvering and flat coated after... Note: decals should be cut out in lengths to make a straight line



Next order on my list
23 set of 40mm quad gun
8 set of 5" single cannon
2 set of 40mm twin gun
16 set of 20mm single gun

last but not the list a new pair of eye glass

Very, Very Nice.

EJ