Metabarons flight deck decals

[dedo]

Here is the listing of carriers, flight deck decals will be developed for:

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Class abbreviations:

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| Lan | Langley |
| Ran | Ranger |
| Esx | Essex |
| Was | Wasp |
| Ils | Illustriuos |
| Imp | Implacable |
| Ark | Ark Royal |
| Adm | Admiral |
| Cas | Casablanca (old style AA) |
| GrZ | Graf Zeppelin |
| Jef | Jeffre |
| Aqu | Aquila |
| Maj | Majestic |

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AA mod:

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AA carrier base model (cbm);
 for any cbm a layout drawing (shape file) of the flight deck has to be developed;

(green= cbm layout drawing / shape file created)
 (red=cbm layout drawing / shape file missing)

Graf Zeppelin,
 Casablanca,
 Seydlitz,
 Essex (Classic AA 1981),
 Wasp,
 Illustrious,
 Majestic,  
 Akagi,
 Shinano,
 Aquila,
 Kostromitinowa

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Drawing:

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Available drawings
 a) + (highly detailled drawing available)
 b) - (no drawing available)
 c) BW (black and white drawing available)

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decal file:

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a) not yet
 b) in progress
 c) yes

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Carrier flight deck list

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| Nation   | Carrier name | Class   | AA-mod   | Drawing   | decal file |
| US | CV-1 USS Langley | Lan | Cas | + | not yet |
| US | CV-4 USS Ranger | Ran | Cas | + | not yet |
| US | CV-5 USS Yorktown | Esx | Was | + | not yet |
| US | CV-6 USS Enterprise | Esx | Was | + | not yet |
| US | CV-7 USS Wasp’42 | Was | Was | + | yes |
| US | CV-7 USS Wasp’43 | Was | Was | + | yes |
| US | CV-8 USS Hornet | Esx | Was | + | not yet |
| US | CV-9 USS Essex | Esx | Was | + | not yet |
| US | CV-10 USS Yorktown | Esx | Was/Esx | + | in progress |
| GB | HMS Illustrious 1943 | Ils | Ils | + | Yes |
| GB | HMS Formidable 1942 | Ils | Ils | + | Yes |
| GB | HMS Indomitable 1938 | Ils | Ils | + | not yet |
| GB | HMS Indomitable 1944 | Ils | Ils | + | not yet |
| GB | HMS Victorious 1945 | Ils | Ils | + | not yet |
| GB | HMS Ark Royal 1938 | Ark | Ils | + | not yet |
| GB | HMS Ark Royal 1940 | Ark | Ils | + | not yet |
| GB | HMS Ark Royal 1941 | Ark | Ils | + | not yet |
| GB | HMS Implacable 1944 | Imp | Ils | + | not yet |
| GB | HMS Implacable 1945 | Imp | Ils | + | not yet |
| GB | HMS Indefatigable | Imp | Ils | + | not yet |
| GB | HMS Anson 1942 | Adm | Ils/Aqu | + | not yet |
| GB | HMS Howe 1929 | Adm | Ils/Akg | + | not yet |
| GB | HMS Biter | Ave | Cas | + | not yet |
| AUS | HMS Unicorn 1943 | Maj | Maj/Ils | + | in progress |
| AUS | HMS Vengeance 1945 | Maj | Maj | + | in progress |
| ITA | Aquila | Aqu | Aqu | - | not yet |
| FRA | Joffre 1942 | Jof | Shi | + | not yet |
| FRA | Painleve 1945 | Jof | Shi | + | not yet |
| GER | Graf Zeppelin | GrZ | GrZ | BW | not yet |
| RUS | Kostromitinowa | Kos | Kos | BW | not yet |
| JA | Taiho | Tai | Shi | + | not yet |
| JA | Akagi | Akg | Akg | + | Yes |
| JA | Kaga | Kag | Shi/Akg | + | not yet |
| JA | Soryu | Sor | Shi/Akg | + | No/Yes |
| JA | Zuikaku 1943 | Zui | Shi/Akg | + | not yet |
| JA | Zuikaku 1944 | Zui | Shi/Akg | + | not yet |
| JA | Hiryu 1942 | Hir | Shi/Akg | + | not yet |
| JA | Shinano | Shi | Shi | + | not yet |
| JA | Shokaku | Sho | Shi | + | not yet |

[Tall Paul]

Dedo,

––YES, I would definitely be interested in purchasing several of your CV deck decals for my on-going project of a highly detailed/painted A&A game set.

––Also, I thought I’d mention the CVE escort carrier that HBG produced, I believe it was a “Casablanca” class.  I didn’t see it in your listing of available A&A units.

––I’m very much looking forward to your making ALL of these decals available. Keep up the good work!

“Tall Paul”

[LHoffman]

Here are some of Enterprise. I could not find any plan drawings, but these should work pretty well if you can modify a comparable file… e.g. Yorktown or Hornet or Essex.

[LHoffman]

Having some decals in the early war style (for Lexington, Saratoga, Yorktown, Enterprise and Hornet) would be cool. Wasn’t sure if you planned on doing some of these.

The lines are yellow and there are abbreviated markings of the ship name at the bow and stern of the flight deck.

[LHoffman]

Here is one more of Enterprise early war and mid war.

This is a good site for finding some drawings, if you didn’t already know about it.

http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/

[LHoffman]

Noticed you were missing Essex too.

[dedo]

:-) That’s great support, thank you very much! :-)

[LHoffman]

@dedo:

:-) That’s great support, thank you very much! :-)

You are welcome.

[dedo]

cbm shapes of:

Illustrious
Shinano

cbm shapes are the background layers for the flight deck decals. They are related to the dimensions of the sculpts.

[LHoffman]

Thanks Dedo, these are quite nice.

[dedo]

Wish list:

• What I still need is a silhouette of the flight deck of the sculpt of the italian carrier “Aquila”. Does anyone have one? Even though I got two sculpts of the Aquila I can’t scan them due to there huge island (tower part of the ship) and I don’t want to “decapitate” my italian carriers, because they are already painted.

• coloured drawings of Aquila, Kostromitinowa and Graf Zeppelin

…I appreciate any support, there is still a lot to do…

[dedo]

First try of the HMS Illustrious.

In my opinion, the sculpt designer must be somewhat blind…definitely, this sculpt wasn’t build to the dimensions of the original. There were a lot of differences in width and length of the sculpt in comparison to detailled carrier drawings, especially it was a pain to adjust bow and stern.

However, here it is…

[jluna1273]

These are awesome.

[dedo]

Second one…

CV HMS Formidable 1942 (Illustrious Class)

[dedo]

first try of the USS wasp….

[dedo]

USS Wasp with wooden deck and blue strips…. (National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola)

[dedo]

Illustrious Class Mk II
Here is the ‘pill-box’ version of the illustrious class. When I tried the former decal version, it occured that the ‘bumps’ on the flight deck (AA-guns) brought some problems about when attaching the decals. Additionally, the island (tower) shape was modified.

[dedo]

First attachment of decals: USS Wasp

• hull painted simply in grey (revell 76)
• flight deck painted in white (revell 5)
• smaller pill boxes cut off

[LHoffman]

Looks very good Dedo. Keep it up man.

[Pacific War]

Count me in!!  Especially if you do some of the cool Japanese camouflaged  ones!