The Sixty from Dixie CV-60 and the Big John CV-67
Two carriers I was associated with. First up Italeri 1/720 Saratoga. Had to correct the basic island structure and back date to Mid 1970's when I was a lowly plane captain active duty on F-4s, rearranged some sponsons, scratch built the dish antenna. used starfighter decals. Several nick names for her were Sorry Sara, Sinking Sara, Sucking Sixty from Dixie [You got to remember the era that I was in]. There was an attempt to make her a museum but it paned out, they've scrapped her. Second, Monograms boxing of 1/800 John F. Kennedy, built it out the box, using decals from Testors old fictitious USS Georgetown. Did a few Navy Reserve stints on the JFK. Now both are as obsolete as I am. These are older builds, reached a snag in the paint shop on my current build. very frustrating.
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George Henderson said on April 3, 2017
Very nice Robert. No ships in my collection but I've always been interested in the USS Constellation (CV-64)
Craig Abrahamson said on April 3, 2017
Not bad for "old builds", Robert...you can always "spruce 'em up" later on down the road when you hit those "snags" again. 🙂
Bernard E. Hackett, Jr. said on April 3, 2017
Bob, good to see a couple of carriers done. Look real good to me.
I started out on Revell ships, a long time ago. Their Roosevelt remains a favorite. I may still have some of the miniscule air group someplace in the old spares box.
Rob Anderson said on April 3, 2017
Nicely done!
George Williams said on April 3, 2017
Looks like good work from here.
neil foster said on April 4, 2017
Nice Job Bob, I have in my gallery here a build of Airfix's ancient HMS Victorious so I now how difficult these kits can be you made a really nice job.
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John Healy said on April 4, 2017
Nice work, Robert! Ship modeling is the most difficult genre in our hobby, esp. large deck carriers. Those look great!
Rob Pollock said on April 4, 2017
Don't often see any carriers modelled so this is a nice addition. Thanks for posting.
DE4EVER said on April 5, 2017
🙂 ... Greetings ... 🙂 :
Nice rendition of the USS CONSTELLATION Robert, very clean and sharp.
It seems to be a desk top model.
Robert Royes said on April 5, 2017
Thanks all.
Dirk Derks said on April 7, 2017
Hello Robbert,
Indeed, history models.
Job well done.
Regards, Orion / Dirk / The Netherlands.
Charles M Jones said on September 27, 2017
Nice job on the Sara, I was ships company on her so I'm a little biased. Too bad she couldn't be saved, all the names she garnered over the years aside she was a very fine ship. I made the 80 MED Cruise and then rode her up the Delaware River into the Philly shipyard for her SLEP refit.
I've got this kit in my stash maybe it's time to break it out and paint her up and place her on the shelf. As I've already said this is a nice looking build.
Robert Royes said on September 27, 2017
I'm a little biased too, she was the first ship I deployed on .
Robert Royes said on September 27, 2017
I made the '76 cruise and associated work ups.