1/48 Scale Model U.S.S. Saratoga

[M813A1]

WOW !! What an incredible Job !!! That model is Awesome !! Good Job !!!

 

[gunboy1656]

I would love to see a side by side comparison with a deuce. That thing has to be heavy.

Would be cool to fly radio controlled aircraft off of it.

 

[area52]

I used to refuel the real Saratoga when I was in the Navy. That looks neato!

 

[crawler07]

holy larg scale batman!!!!!!!Love it!! Great skills and thats the way to pay attention to details..

 

[Ferroequinologist]

Would love to see that in a lake, steaming around with planes taking off. Just standing still, it is incredible!

 

[gunner01]

WOW is the only statement that comes to mind. he is amazing to detail. tell him I will trade my Deuce for it when it is done

 

[earnie]

WHOLLY SCHMITT this is really cool

 

[milspecwrench]

That is so awsome!

 

[Dirt71]

I'm sadden to say Mr. Hyde may not be with us very much longer. So myself and other people around the shop have got involved to do what we can to help finish this project of his. My friend next door who has a real body shop put the ship in his booth and painted the gray and black and the deck. There is still touch up to do on the elevators and rear deck section. Mr. Hyde is still involved, but he is only good for a couple of hours a day. Although he was there for about 6 hours today. He was pretty excited about mounting the ship on the trailer and installing the deck.

 

[Dirt71]

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[Derrickl112]

total build time from start to finish?

 

[srodocker]

and i forget is it going to be a rc one?

 

[gerrykan]

Dirt71,
I am saddened to hear of Mr. Hyde's ill health.
I was very impressed by his model when you first posted pictures of it.
Please give him my regards to his accomplishment.
Good to know he has such good friends as you and the others helping him with this.

 

[bratpackdad]

Wow....that's incredible! Sorry to hear about Mr. Hyde. Clearly he has amazing talent.

 

[milspecwrench]

I'll say, Although i don't know the man, His talent is incredible, I hope he has many more days

 

[Dirt71]

Finally an update. The Sara is just about ready to hit the high sea's. It's going to be in the opening of the beaches parade on April 17th at Jax. Beach. Sadly Ken's condition is starting to deteriorate, he will be greatly missed by all that have known him. I for one am honored to have known him and to have been able to play a part in helping him complete the USS Saratoga.

 

[narc20]

Without a doubt that is the most incredible scale model I have ever seen.

 

[SETOYOTA]

this is one of the coolest things i have seen. You guys are also super troops fpr helping the gentlemen with his project.

 

[hippiedude]

Thats just too cool ............... How much does she weigh ??

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

Thats just too cool ............... How much does she weigh ??

That's a great question!
At the risk of sounding a bit anal about semantics though....
In nautical terms the question would be:

What's her displacement?

See Definition #2 here: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/displacement