From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "Daniel Fuhrer" References: <000001c3f33a$697d7bf0$2501a8c0@Daniel> Subject: Re: Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 12:18:24 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="multipart/alternative"; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_006C_01C408F5.4E827A00" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_006C_01C408F5.4E827A00 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_006D_01C408F5.4E827A00" ------=_NextPart_001_006D_01C408F5.4E827A00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Daniel, Thanks for sending in your Aircraft Carrier article.....it's beautiful. = I'm catching up on a backlog of e-mails....sorry for the slow response. = I'll e-mail you when your article goes on ARC in the next few days. Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com =20 Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Daniel Fuhrer=20 To: sheb@telus.net=20 Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 12:37 PM Gallery Template #11 "1/72 Aircraft Carrier"=20 by "Daniel" -------------------- Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg = here=20 =20 =20 This is my first article I wrote for ARC. I saw the small aircraft = carriers part in the gallery, so I thought I could send in some pictures = of my (nearly) 1/72 mock up fleet of ships. =20 I am an 18 year old guy from Switzerland and I begun with modelling = about 10 years ago. My first kits were a Russian Su-32/34 from Revell = Germany and a Tomcat from the same manufacturer. But I became quickly a = fan of the Tomcat (and the United States Armed Forces), so until now I = bought and built up to 100 US fighter jets of the US Air Force, Navy, = Marine Corps and Army. When I had a little Squadron of Navy jets = completed, I decided to build a carrier for them. I think I designed and = built up to 4 carriers in the last 6 years. Everyone was better than his = predecessor. CVN 80 "Repulse" was the last one and I made it entirely of = wood which I bought in a Do-it-yourself shop. =20 Click on images below to see larger images =20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 03.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 03.jpg=20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 04.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 04.jpg=20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 05.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 05.jpg=20 =20 =20 This carrier was about three and a half meters in length; actually it = would have been something about 240 meters long. Not the size of a = Nimitz-class carrier, I know. But to exactly reproduce a Nimitz-class = carrier, it would have been more than four and a half meters long! That = was too much for my budget.=20 =20 The carrier consisted of two parts, one two meters long, the other a = little bit more than one and a half meter in length. =20 I must say, in the end this carrier was scrapped because of lack of = space in our cellar. That was a sad day. =20 =20 Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg = here=20 =20 =20 The very last ship I made was an Amphibious Assault carrier = derivative. I named it LHAL 1 "Endeavour". LHAL stands for Helicopter = Attack Landing Light, which means, I had to limit the size of the ship. = It was about 2.25 meters in length, actually about 162 meters. This ship = I made of wood and the sides of some plastic sheets I found in a = Do-it-yourself shop. It has a hangar bay and a well deck. But, = unfortunately, this nice ship also had to be scrapped, of course, = because of lack of space. =20 =20 Click on images below to see larger images =20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 06.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 06.jpg=20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 07.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 07.jpg=20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 08.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 08.jpg=20 =20 =20 I sent also some other pictures which show the entire fleet. All other = ships are made of cardboard and cardboard boxes!=20 (On some pictures you see the predecessor of my LHAL, also made of = cardboard!) =20 Now, I hope you enjoyed my pictures. =20 Daniel =20 Click on images below to see larger images =20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 09.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 09.jpg=20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 10.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 10.jpg=20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 11.jpg here. 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Hi Daniel,
Thanks for sending in=20 your Aircraft Carrier article.....it's beautiful.  I'm = catching up on=20 a backlog of e-mails....sorry for the slow response.  I'll e-mail = you when=20 your article goes on ARC in the next few days.
Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourc= ecenter.com
 
Live=20 like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work = like you=20 don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like = nobody's=20 listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Daniel = Fuhrer=20
Sent: Saturday, February 14, = 2004 12:37=20 PM

Gallery=20 Template #11

"1/72=20 Aircraft Carrier" 

by "Daniel"
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Steve=20 Bamford will insert full sized = version of=20 photo 01.jpg=20 here=20

 

This is=20 my first article I wrote for ARC. I saw the small aircraft carriers = part in=20 the gallery, so I thought I could send in some pictures of my (nearly) = 1/72=20 mock up fleet of ships.

 

I am an=20 18 year old guy from = Switzerland and I begun = with=20 modelling about 10 years ago. My first kits were a Russian Su-32/34 = from Revell = Germany and a Tomcat = from the=20 same manufacturer. But I became quickly a fan of the Tomcat (and the = United=20 States Armed Forces), so until now I bought and built up to 100 US = fighter=20 jets of the US Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Army. When I had a = little=20 Squadron of Navy jets completed, I decided to build a carrier for = them. I=20 think I designed and built up to 4 carriers in the last 6 years. = Everyone was=20 better than his predecessor. CVN 80 =93Repulse=94 was the last one and = I made it=20 entirely of wood which I bought in a Do-it-yourself=20 shop.

 

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This=20 carrier was about three and a half meters in length; actually it would = have=20 been something about 240 meters long. Not the size of a Nimitz-class = carrier,=20 I know. But to exactly reproduce a Nimitz-class carrier, it would have = been=20 more than four and a half meters long! That was too much for my = budget.=20

 

The=20 carrier consisted of two parts, one two meters long, the other a = little bit=20 more than one and a half meter in length.

 

I must=20 say, in the end this carrier was scrapped because of lack of space in = our=20 cellar. That was a sad day.

 

 =20

Steve=20 Bamford will insert full sized = version of=20 photo 02.jpg=20 here=20

 

The very=20 last ship I made was an Amphibious Assault carrier derivative. I named = it LHAL=20 1 =93Endeavour=94. LHAL stands for Helicopter Attack Landing Light, = which means, I=20 had to limit the size of the ship. It was about 2.25 meters in length, = actually about 162 meters. This ship I made of wood and the sides of = some=20 plastic sheets I found in a Do-it-yourself shop. It has a hangar bay = and a=20 well deck. But, unfortunately, this nice ship also had to be scrapped, = of=20 course, because of lack of space.

 

 

Click=20 on images below to see larger images

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I sent=20 also some other pictures which show the entire fleet. All other ships = are made=20 of cardboard and cardboard boxes!

(On some=20 pictures you see the predecessor of my LHAL, also made of=20 cardboard!)

 

Now, I=20 hope you enjoyed my pictures.

 

Daniel

 

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Photos=20 and text =A9 2004 by "Daniel"

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