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Offline sandiego89

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Re: 25 de Mayo (ex-USS Randolph, Essex class) Malvinas/Falklands 1982 *Air-Wing +*
« Reply #15 on: March 30, 2020, 05:24:29 am »
Quote from: zenrat on March 30, 2020, 04:02:16 am
I have some doubts about your sanity Dave.

Me too! Mrs Sandiego89 asked if anyone would really notice these small bits, I told her being a Whiffer is tough!
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Re: 25 de Mayo (ex-USS Randolph, Essex class) Malvinas/Falklands 1982 *Air-Wing +*
« Reply #16 on: March 31, 2020, 04:00:34 am »
TBH I probly would have felt compelled to do the same.  Can't have your air group wobbling about on their bellies.
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Re: 25 de Mayo (ex-USS Randolph, Essex class) Malvinas/Falklands 1982 *Air-Wing +*
« Reply #17 on: March 31, 2020, 05:13:06 am »
Very cool.  :thumbsup: I'd personally add an F-8 to the bunch, too...  ;)
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Re: 25 de Mayo (ex-USS Randolph, Essex class) Malvinas/Falklands 1982 *Air-Wing +*
« Reply #18 on: April 01, 2020, 10:36:42 am »
There's no help for me fellas! I'm a gonner, go on without me!!

1/530 drop tanks from sewing pins.....



They do look better with the drop tanks, and they will be needed to find the British task force....








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Re: 25 de Mayo (ex-USS Randolph, Essex class) Malvinas/Falklands 1982 *Air-Wing ++*
« Reply #19 on: April 02, 2020, 06:37:52 am »
Quote from: sandiego89 on April 01, 2020, 10:36:42 am
There's no help for me fellas! I'm a gonner, go on without me!!

1/530 drop tanks from sewing pins.....


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Re: 25 de Mayo (ex-USS Randolph, Essex class) Malvinas/Falklands 1982 *Air-Wing ++*
« Reply #20 on: April 02, 2020, 06:49:58 am »
Is it just my imagination, or is there a Sea Vixen making occasional guest appearances in the air wing?
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Re: 25 de Mayo (ex-USS Randolph, Essex class) Malvinas/Falklands 1982 *Air-Wing ++*
« Reply #21 on: April 02, 2020, 04:59:45 pm »
Quote from: Rheged on April 02, 2020, 06:49:58 am
Is it just my imagination, or is there a Sea Vixen making occasional guest appearances in the air wing?

Maybe, or that could just be a deliberate disinformation campaign from the Argentinian Junta to throw off British intelligence....  ;)
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Re: 25 de Mayo (ex-USS Randolph, Essex class) Malvinas/Falklands 1982 *Air-Wing ++*
« Reply #22 on: April 23, 2020, 08:23:55 am »
Air-wing about done, one more type to scratch up.

A-4 Skyhawk, kit (4) and aftermarket (6), scratched up drop tanks
F-8 Crusader (3) Folded wings
S-2 Tracker, kit. (4)  Folded the wings on several
S-3 Sea King (4). Several with folded rotors from scratch sheet styrene.
Super Entendard.  (4) Kit-bash from Scimitar and Cougar, scratched up drop tanks and Exocet. 

In my scenario, the Crusader was about done in Argentinian service as accidents, corrosion, and the US embargo was taking a heavy toll, but they were able to get a few in service for the Malvinas, including one flown by a very senior officer.   






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Re: 25 de Mayo (ex-USS Randolph) Malvinas/Falklands 1982 *Air-Wing painted *
« Reply #23 on: April 25, 2020, 10:42:45 am »
25 de Mayo (ex-USS Randolph, Essex Class) Malvinas/Falklands 1982





Periscope sighting! ASW launch of S-2 and S-3's



A-4 Recovery, April 20, 1982





Tracker, Super Entendard/Excocet surface partol mission, May 26, 1982





























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Re: 25 de Mayo (ex-USS Randolph, Essex Class) Malvinas/Falklands 1982 *Finished*
« Reply #24 on: April 25, 2020, 11:13:39 am »
An excellent job there Dave.  :thumbsup:

A good thing they didn't have that carrier or air wing down South in 1982!
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Re: 25 de Mayo (ex-USS Randolph, Essex Class) Malvinas/Falklands 1982 *Finished*
« Reply #25 on: April 25, 2020, 02:14:58 pm »
Very impressive! :thumbsup: You must need a long lie down, now. :cheers:
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Re: 25 de Mayo (ex-USS Randolph, Essex Class) Malvinas/Falklands 1982 *Finished*
« Reply #26 on: April 25, 2020, 02:16:50 pm »
Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 25, 2020, 11:13:39 am
An excellent job there Dave.  :thumbsup:

A good thing they didn't have that carrier or air wing down South in 1982!

Great work. If she'd have been in service, she'd have been at the top of the Royal Navy Submarines target list
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Re: 25 de Mayo (ex-USS Randolph, Essex Class) Malvinas/Falklands 1982 *Finished*
« Reply #27 on: April 25, 2020, 02:37:37 pm »
Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 25, 2020, 11:13:39 am
An excellent job there Dave.  :thumbsup:

A good thing they didn't have that carrier or air wing down South in 1982!

This being Whiffworld, one could reasonably imagine that Eagle and Ark Royal had been refitted , allowing AEW Gannets to warn the Phantoms of fleet  air defence   and the Buccaneers to strike back.

Perhaps it's just as well neither of these scenarios happened!!
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Re: 25 de Mayo (ex-USS Randolph, Essex Class) Malvinas/Falklands 1982 *Finished*
« Reply #28 on: April 25, 2020, 03:31:31 pm »
Quote from: Rheged on April 25, 2020, 02:37:37 pm

Perhaps it's just as well neither of these scenarios happened!!


Indeed, I'd fear for the state of downtown Buenos Aires otherwise.  :o
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Re: 25 de Mayo (ex-USS Randolph, Essex Class) Malvinas/Falklands 1982 *Finished*
« Reply #29 on: April 25, 2020, 05:20:27 pm »
Yes the UK subs would have been looking intently!  And the Argentinian Trackers, Sea Kings and surface units would have been pinging and listening....or stayed close to home....

For this build I purchased "A Carrier at Risk" book by Mariano Sciaroni about the 25 de Mayo and ASW operations, and the UK Submarine operations during the war.  Have not finished it yet, but more involved than to I had realized and a good account.  Nice to hear from different perspectives.   

Thank you for the comments!  Good to get back to a ship, where I really started my whiffing years ago. 
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