U.S.S. Intrepid CVA 11, aircraft carrier (1968)

This is a 1:350 scale model of the U.S.S. Intrepid, CVA 11, returning to Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, USA, after six months duty in the western Pacific during the US war against Viet Nam.

The builder, Ray Bean of Winnipeg, spent four and a half years on the model, and has added extra aircraft, boats, a Moran tug, and a lot of sailors in dress whites lining the railings. The extra boats, cradles, yellow gears, and aircraft are 3D printed by Shapeways.

Ray wants people to know that he built this after having a stroke and brain injury. If he can do it, you can do it. Just get out and build it!

As a challenge you can try to find some of the bicycles hidden in the model. 

Thanks Ray,
from John Clearwater

Ray Bean and his 4.5 years of work on the U.S.S. Intrepid in 1:350 scale

Ray Bean's 4.5 years of work on the U.S.S. Intrepid in 1:350 scale

  

Ray Bean's 4.5 years of work on the U.S.S. Intrepid in 1:350 scale

HMS VICTORY (cross section)

This HMS VICTORY model project began in early 2017 with a 1:200 scale wooden kit from an unnamed company in China. Three years later it is finally finished. Plans would have been helpful.

This is a cross-section of the famous sailing battleship commanded by Admiral Nelson and victorious at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805. It is preserved as a national treasure at the Royal Navy Yard in Portsmouth.

The hull at it's widest is a mere 80 mm across. It is 350 mm high from bottom of the keel to top of the main mast. The main yard is 175 mm across.

What made the build so very difficult is that the box mailed from China did not have the instruction sheets in it. So everything is a guess based on photos of the real thing and of professional models of the Victory. It is an all-wood kit. Only the gun barrels are brass. The kit costs about $30. There are several parts remaining and without plans I have no idea what they might be used for!

John Clearwater

April 2020 Meeting Cancelled

Due to concerns about the covid-19 virus and city closures related to it Capital Marine Modellers' Guild April 2020 meeting is cancelled.