Patriot's Point Maritime Museum's Model restoration updated February 12, 23
Feb 12, 23: Last three Kingfishers models for the Patriot's Point museum. These models depict the OS2Us onboard the USS Baltimore (CA-68) circa 1944. Sept 25, 22: 3 more Kingfishers for USS North Dakota (BB-57) May 16, 2022: The Coastal Carolina Modelers Association of which I'm member is restoring several ship models at the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum . The USS Yorktown (CV-10) is the center of the museum and where most of the model work is taking place. My latest part in the restoration effort is the building of the model aircraft to be displayed on the ships. The first planes are two float planes to display on the battleships and cruisers. Club member Gary of GT Resins fame is casting the models in 1/96 scale: the scale of the ship collection. Here are two kits of the Vought OS2U Kingfisher with a 3 inch/ 8cm ruler: Here's the main floats; the aft strut isn't quite long enough. Some of the resin flash and super glue served as filler to e