Litvyak Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Curious as to what options if any there are for modelling the Bonnie? Is there a model of a Majestic class CVL that could be modified? Scale isn't especially important, though /ideal/ would be 1:350 or 1:700, I think... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rcaf_100 Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 One option I've heard of is to modify Heller's 1/400 HMS Colossus/Arromanches. The six Majestic class carriers were built as Colossus class and modified before completion. http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=42158 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 You could go to Tonys place in Hamilton and get the measurements off the 1/72 scale one at his place. THe trackers are his, the Sea King and Skyhawk were by some other guy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Litvyak Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 Thanks for the suggestion, Phantom, but I dunno if Translink has started a bus service to Hamilton yet. ;p Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alvis 3.1 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 The Heller kit can really be turned into any of the Canadian postwar carriers, Warrior, Maggie or Bonnie. I got as far as doing the angled deck for Bonnie (quite easy actually) but those dang sponsons defied me. There are 4, two fore and two aft, port and starboard, so you can't make one and cast it for the rest. Each one is different from the rest. Ugh! I think White Metal models out of the UK did Trackers in 1/400. Heller really should release the Arromanche kit as a series of carriers, as that basic hull provided many of the worlds' navies with carriers, from Brazil, Argentina, the UK, Australia, and India, to Holland and Canada. A few resin or newly tooled plastic parts in each kit to make it the "Vikram" or the "Bonnie" or whatever, and Heller would likely sell a few that way. Alvis 3.1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Litvyak Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 1/400 seems to be a pretty odd scale for ships... but if that's what's available, that's what's available! Though I'd kinda prefer something in a more usual scale, as long term I'll probably want to build a few other RCN ships (and maybe even an RN, RAN and RNZN ship, too)... tl;dr I'd like as standard a scale as possible. I there's kitbashing needed to build the Bonnie anyways... isn't there another carrier kit that could serve as a basis? I don't know much at all about ships, but I can't see one carrier hull being all THAT different from the next? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RiderFan Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 The Heller Arromanche is pretty much the best bet for converstion to any of the Canadian carriers. Ships have a lot of strange scales because they're 'box scale' really... meaning, in most cases, they scale the kit to fit in a box. That and manufactures seem to want to define their own standard scale for ships. So you get a few oddly scaled kits from time to time. If you're anywhere near Langley BC, go into C&C Hobbies down town Langley. They have a Bonnie that someone built from the Heller kit (although the owner will try to tell you it was scratch built). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Litvyak Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 Thanks for the tip, Rider! I live at the south end of the Patullo, so I'll have to make the trip out to Langley one of these days! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Litvyak Posted September 10, 2011 Author Share Posted September 10, 2011 Just discovered that L'Arsenal has a 1/700 scale Arromanches... can anyone comment on the kit? Is it worth the €100? I just picked up a 1/700 Gato-class sub to do HMCS Grilse with (impulse buy, but at $9 it's no issue...), so that tips my desire towards that scale if possible - space concerns do so, too, but... I've also found kits for Tribal class and Halifax class ships in 1/700... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Can't comment on the quality of the kit, but I did not pay THAT much money for my 1/350 Enterprise WITH photo etch and after market aircraft AND CVW-8 decals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RiderFan Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Just discovered that L'Arsenal has a 1/700 scale Arromanches... can anyone comment on the kit? Is it worth the €100? I just picked up a 1/700 Gato-class sub to do HMCS Grilse with (impulse buy, but at $9 it's no issue...), so that tips my desire towards that scale if possible - space concerns do so, too, but... I've also found kits for Tribal class and Halifax class ships in 1/700... Where did you find a CPF kit in 1:700??? I'm only aware of the 1:350 resin kit (which I have but yet to build). I'm also going to assume that the Tribal is a 280 class? Not the old WWII Trible? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Litvyak Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 Where did you find a CPF kit in 1:700??? I'm only aware of the 1:350 resin kit (which I have but yet to build). I'm also going to assume that the Tribal is a 280 class? Not the old WWII Trible? http://www.resinshipyard.com/pages/catalog.html The 1/700 Halifax is on there - #C-7001. The Tribal is the WW2 one - Trumpeter I think it is? HMCS Huron. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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