This product from Flat
Tops And More is a welcome item for
anyone that builds USN aircraft from WW2 to the Korean War. The set is
pretty straight forward and is designed for the older carriers with wooden decks
from WW2 through the Korean War. The set consists of a dark hard plastic
square (Sintra expanded PVC) base 11"x11", balsa wood planks, strips
of photo etch tie downs and dark gray plastic U channel sections to lift the
photo etch tie down strips to be perfectly level with the wooden deck top.
There is enough material to cover the deck in a slightly diagonal way
instead of square with the sides of the dark base piece.
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Different carriers had different tie down
spacing, but this is covered in the 2 pages of instructions. The
lines on the balsa wood are laser cut so they are perfectly straight and
uniform. I must admit the assembly process is easy and the end
results will look fantastic. I'd suggest raising it up a bit with
some sort of moulding around the perimeter of the base.
A great looking product that is well
thought out and very well executed. Drop by Flat
Tops And More and
check out this and their other carrier decks. They also have very
inexpensive printed carrier decks for modellers that want a pre-colored carrier
deck for a quick display base. You can also buy the photo etch tie down
strips separately.
Steve
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