US Aircraft Carrier Yorktown CV-5

Steven Van Dyck
Apparently i never made an album for this project, that was on hold for almost 6 years. I had drilled extra portholes in the destroyer's hull, but these were not needed for the timeframe it was depicted in. This week, I corrected that issue. The first part of this build can be found on the Ship's forum at shipmodels.info/mws_..09&hilit=hammann.

Steven Van Dyck
Both ships are painted partially, first with grey Tamiya paint to primer the PE and the with Lifecolor. Now they are masked for the secand camo colors. Hammann was hardest with its horizontal surface deck blue restrictions.

Steven Van Dyck
The ship's camo is painted and a layer of Pledge used to protect the paint for the next steps.

Steven Van Dyck
The railing for both ships is added after painting. I looked for a better seabase, it's more spacious now.

Steven Van Dyck
While unpacking my ESM special prize for Princeton, I also found some time to cast the water base for Yorktown and Hammann. I thought to use aluminum foil for wave shaping, but it caused too many bubbles and was abandoned for a more classical method. Then, some Mig Deep Oceans completed the preparations for today.

Steven Van Dyck
The weathering of the hulls is done with washes for rust, grime and oil. Hammann's boot topping was only Vallejo black, it got scraped off but was quickly repainted. The deck is airbrushed with two wood tones, first red brown and then light sand. The boats got a coat of red brown and a light sand interior.

Dave Flitton
Some excellent work so far!!

Steven Van Dyck
Thanks, Dave. The project is finished now, I added some Wildcats and figures from two different set to have about 50 sailors on the two ships. I detailed the Yorktown deck to show all textures. After 8 years, it can finally rest in my showcase.