YORKTOWN CV-5 at Battle of Coral Sea

[FullMetal]

More weathering and placing of the Oerlikons.







Note here the flight deck crane

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And here more pics of the weathering, the 20mm cannons and the flak blankets.

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Deck, supply, equipment, bombs, torpedoes and more...

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The bombs

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Now..the most delicate part.....rigging

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And here the first flagline with following message.

HX4 "I recieved minor damage below waterline"
IZ "the fire has been estinguished".





And the Old Glory is raised

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The 2nd an 3rd flag lines
085 turn
Speed 20
This is the last message of Yorktown to the fleet in the after action report..now she is heading the Pearl for repairs







And of course it was repeated on starboard side

[Jeeves]

This is truly incredible work. My hats off to anyone who builds ships as the scale is so small, but you are taking this to a whole other level!!

[FullMetal]

This is truly incredible work. My hats off to anyone who builds ships as the scale is so small, but you are taking this to a whole other level!!

Thank you for your kind comment...

And MANY THANKS for the messages and views of YOU ALL. I will post more

[BlackSheep214]

Incredible work.