the "L.Hadock"

[Spey_Phantom]

as i posted progress pics of my 1/144 scale carrier project, als known as "NoNS Karpenoff"
i didnt do much progress on it deu to the lack of time, but i finnally managed to get some work done.

i also changed the name cause i thought Karpenoff was kinda lame for an aircraft carrier. it is now known as "L.N.S Hadock" and is a Luetonian Navy vessel (i will post the history and orbat of that country in the Alternative History thread later)

up to now i decided to make it a Russian type escort and assault carrier with a ski-jump and arrestor cables. i already painted the roofs of the main building brown to make it look russian.

she still needs to be painted red at the bottom, the building still needs windows and doors, i still need to build maintainence vechilles,....

as for the airwing on board, i still need to buy the aircraft, of witch im planning to fit. i was thinking of 3 MIG-29K's, 2 EC-135's and perhaps 1 NH-90AEW. the aircraft will possibly be bought at the Koksijde Airshow on the 1 & 2nd of july.

pictures of the work so far.

[Brian da Basher]

Looking good, Nils! It's not often I see a ship, let alone an aircraft carrier in such a large scale. I love the name you've christened it with!

Brian da Basher

[Tophe]

Innocent question to "Nils from the land of Tintin": is the commander of this Hadock boat the famous Captain Haddock, the best friend of Tintin? ^_^  

[Spey_Phantom]

Innocent question to "Nils from the land of Tintin": is the commander of this Hadock boat the famous Captain Haddock, the best friend of Tintin? ^_^

im ,soory, it isnt  

the ship is only named after him, i dont know the skippers name yet  B)  

[lancer]

the ship is only named after him, i dont know the skippers name yet  B)

A Flounder???      

[The Rat]

Blue blistering barnacles!!! She's got a fine name Nils!

[Brian da Basher]

I imagine the bar in this ship is quite large and well stocked, given the legacy of Capt. Haddock...  

Brian da Basher

[Spey_Phantom]

*UPDATE*

the bottom of the ship is now completly painted, all thats left to do now is some work on the main control building, the buying of the aircraft and helo's (will try to get some EC-135's tomorow)
to show how a 1/400 clemenceau can be used as a 1/144 escort carrier, the ship is shown here with a Belgian Seaharrier F/a.3, a East german Mig-32K and a Luetonian EC-135.



time to test the ski-jump, a Belgian Defence Seaharrier F/A.3 lifts of from the deck during tests. for the main wing onboard the ship, im gonna try to get 2 or 3 Mig-29K's (as mentioned earlier) and maybe from 2010, some F-35C's  B)



still a lot of work to be done, im thinking of adding some anti-sub mines, Phalanx miniguns, and/or SAMs.    

[Brian da Basher]

Awesome Nils! It's a treat to wake up and check the board and see your update on this great project.

Brian da Basher

[Patrick H]

Great job Nils, love the belgian Sea Harrier on this one.



Patrick

[Spey_Phantom]

*UPDATE*

im almost finished making the first half of its carrier wing
first up, the 2 EC-135's



second, the pride of the fighter force, the first of 2 Mig-29K's (D-18, no engines or armament yet, paint still drying   )



still to come aran additional MIG-29K (serial D-19) and possibly a Navalised version of the J-8II (designated J-8V, V stands for Varyag, you know why    )

[gooberliberation]

Hey nils, I just saw your stuff appear in "recent folders" on maj.com. I gotta question for ya...




just how are you going to land that big honking plane sitting on the table onto that carrier??? No wonder its got one leg.

Im just kidding


Cool stuff thougn, now I totally want to do some carriers of my own! Just make sure the captain of the haddock stays away from the sauce, I'd hate to see anything happen to it.

(Hey didnt they try covering up Captain Haddock's boozing with "illness" or something in the Tintin cartoon?)

[Spey_Phantom]

*UPDATE*

no progress on the ship, nor pics this time, just some change of plans;

-The MIG-29K will lose the blue-grey camo sheme (itss to unpractical for naval operations) and will be applied in a full dark-grey low-vis sheme. the second one will be done by the end of the week.

-the EC-135's are about 90% complete, 1 will recieva a special paint on the starboard side.

-i will possibly start scratchbuilding phalanx guns tommorow.


more updates and pics to follow  :ar:

[cthulhu77]

Looking mighty fine, sir Nils !   Those wee aircraft will look fantastic on deck...now, how about sculpting the water...

[K5054NZ]

Ten thousand thundering typhoons, that ship looks abolutely amazing Nils! You are to be congratulated heartily on this endeavour!




ZAC
(owner of every single Tintin book except the very first one, lifelong fan, dressed as Tintin for his senior prom etc etc)