From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "Konley Kelley" References: Subject: Re: USS Essex and David McCampbell's F6F-5 Hellcat Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 16:31:23 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0315_01C5048D.AA46E580" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0315_01C5048D.AA46E580 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Konley, I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today. Thanks = for sending it in. =20 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. =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Konley Kelley=20 To: Steve Bamford ARC=20 Cc: kkelley@dcccd.edu ; Konley Kelley=20 Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 4:58 PM Subject: Re: USS Essex and David McCampbell's F6F-5 Hellcat Steve: I don't know if this "switch" will make it in time as you are posting = past images sent by me and a lot of other people, but I've increased the = fleet!! I am having fun working in 1:700 scale and really enjoyed = painting the Tamiya USS Essex in a dazzle camo scheme. So, I picked up a = 1:700 Tamiya USS Cushing and dressed it in dazzle to join the USS Essex = in the background of this image featuring Navy Ace David McCampbell and = his 1:48 Hasegawa Hellcat.=20 Enjoy! -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- On Sunday, October 17, 2004, at 03:54 PM, Steve Bamford ARC wrote: =20 Hi, Thanks for sending in your article. I'll e-mail you when your = article goes on ARC....usually articles take about 3 or 4 weeks = (although this has crept up to 6 to 8 weeks currently) from the time = they are sent in until they go on ARC.=20 Please forgive me for sending an automated message....but my e-mail = flow is increasing. Your submission will of course be handled by me = with great care. =20 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 ----- From: Konley Kelley To: Steve Bamford ARC Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 1:43 PM Subject: USS Essex and David McCampbell's F6F-5 Hellcat Steve: I finished a 1:700 Hasegawa USS Essex. Like the 1:700 Akagi kit, it = was fun to build. I also built the little 1:700 IJN destroyer I picked = up on eBay. The attached images features the USS Essex and my 1:48 Hasegawa = F6F-5 Hellcat with markings for Cdr. David McCampbell, the top U.S. Navy = ace. In building the Essex, I reasoned (via some research) that the = Essex was camoflauged in the the "dazzle" scheme, Measure 32 (a fun and = challenging paint job). McCampbell did one tour on the Essex then left = the ship just prior to a damaging kamikaze attack that sent her home for = repairs. After that, the Essex returned to sea in an overal grey/blue = scheme that I guess was common on late WWII vessels in the Pacific. I built the Hellcat about nine months ago. It received the first of = my three US Navy Verlindin pilots who had to be broken and crammed into = the seats of the Hellcat and AM Dauntless. Despite that challenge, the = Verlindin pilots are very detailed which adds to the realism of any kit = where the modeler wants to display a pilot figure. I now plan to redo my Butch O'Hare 1:48 Monogram Wildcat image on my = website with a 1:700 USS Lexington I want to build at the time of the = defense O'Hare gave the ship during the early '42 Rabaul campaign with = netted him the Medal of Honor. For more ace images, see my website at = http://home1.gte.net/konman/AcesMenu.html. ------=_NextPart_000_0315_01C5048D.AA46E580 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
Hi Konley,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on = ARC=20 today.  Thanks for sending it in.  
 
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 Konley = Kelley
Cc: kkelley@dcccd.edu ; Konley = Kelley
Sent: Saturday, October 23, = 2004 4:58=20 PM
Subject: Re: USS Essex and = David=20 McCampbell's F6F-5 Hellcat

Steve:

I don't know if this "switch" will make = it in=20 time as you are posting past images sent by me and a lot of other = people, but=20 I've increased the fleet!! I am having fun working in 1:700 scale and = really=20 enjoyed painting the Tamiya USS Essex in a dazzle camo scheme. So, I = picked up=20 a 1:700 Tamiya USS Cushing and dressed it in dazzle to join the USS = Essex in=20 the background of this image featuring Navy Ace David McCampbell and = his 1:48=20 Hasegawa Hellcat.

Enjoy!




On Sunday, October 17, 2004, at 03:54 PM, Steve = Bamford ARC=20 wrote:

 
Hi,
Thanks for = sending in your article.  I'll e-mail you when your article = goes on=20 ARC....usually articles take about 3 or 4 weeks (although this has = crept up=20 to 6 to 8 weeks currently) from the time they are sent in until they = go on=20 ARC. 
Please forgive me for sending an automated = message....but my=20 e-mail flow is increasing.  Your submission will of course be = handled=20 by me with great care.
 
Steve Bamford
Aircraft = Resource=20 Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com
 
Live=20 like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been = hurt.
Work like=20 you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing = like=20 nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

----- = Original=20 Message -----
From:=20 Konley = Kelley
To:=20 Steve Bamford = ARC
Sent: Tuesday, = September 07, 2004 1:43 PM
Subject: USS Essex and David=20 McCampbell's F6F-5 Hellcat

Steve:

I finished a 1:700 = Hasegawa=20 USS Essex.  Like the 1:700 Akagi kit, it was fun to = build.  I also=20 built the little 1:700 IJN destroyer I picked up on eBay.

The = attached images features the USS Essex and my 1:48 Hasegawa F6F-5 = Hellcat=20 with markings for Cdr. David McCampbell, the top U.S. Navy = ace.  In=20 building the Essex, I reasoned (via some research) that the Essex = was=20 camoflauged in the the "dazzle" scheme, Measure 32 (a fun and = challenging=20 paint job).  McCampbell did one tour on the Essex then left the = ship=20 just prior to a damaging kamikaze attack that sent her home for=20 repairs.  After that, the Essex returned to sea in an overal = grey/blue=20 scheme that I guess was common on late WWII vessels in the = Pacific.

I=20 built the Hellcat about nine months ago.  It received the first = of my=20 three US Navy Verlindin pilots who had to be broken and crammed into = the=20 seats of the Hellcat and AM Dauntless. Despite that challenge, the = Verlindin=20 pilots are very detailed which adds to the realism of any kit where = the=20 modeler wants to display a pilot figure.

I now plan to redo = my Butch=20 O'Hare 1:48 Monogram Wildcat image on my website with a 1:700 USS = Lexington=20 I want to build at the time of the defense O'Hare gave the ship = during the=20 early '42 Rabaul campaign with netted him the Medal of = Honor.

For=20 more ace images, see my website at http://home1.gte.net/konman/AcesMenu.html.








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