USS Hornet - Aircraft Carrier
The USS Hornet (CV-8) was an Aircraft Carrier of the United States Navy, she was a Yorktown class Carrier. She could carrier ~72 Aircraft. She has a somewhat different look compared to the Yorktown (CV-5) and Enterprise (CV-7), mainly in island-layout and main mast. Also the placement of the quad 1.1 inch guns is a little different.
She was sunk during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands in October 1942. She did not go easy, the USN tried to scuttle the Hornet, using torpedoes, off which many failed to explode and over 400 5-inch shots from USN Destroyers could not sink her. After the USN Destroyers steamed away, as IJN forces entered the area, the Hornet was sunk by 4 Long Lance torpedoes from the IJN DD's Makigumo and Akigumo.
The ship is modeled with mid-1942 Armament.
Copyright Allan Smit 2024
Non Commercial and personal use only. May not be shared, uploaded or otherwise distributed.
The model is provided in 1/1000 scale and are Resin print only. (FDM for the Base)
1/1800 – resize to 55,56%
1/1200 – resize to 83,5%
There are named bases provided. The base comes in 2 versions. Text recessed and the raised. I used the recessed version for FDM printed bases. Do not forget to also re-scale the bases if you print in 1/1200 or 1/1800 scale.
Included 1/1800 scale pre-supported model which I used for the test-prints on my Anycubic Mono SE (0.05mm layer) using standard resin. Use at your own risk, might be best you create your own supported files, which prints best on you own printer. Some parts are rather delicate, mainly the gun barrels, and you will need to remove support carefully.
The base was printed on an Ender 5 pro (0.16 mm layer) standard PLA.
She was sunk during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands in October 1942. She did not go easy, the USN tried to scuttle the Hornet, using torpedoes, off which many failed to explode and over 400 5-inch shots from USN Destroyers could not sink her. After the USN Destroyers steamed away, as IJN forces entered the area, the Hornet was sunk by 4 Long Lance torpedoes from the IJN DD's Makigumo and Akigumo.
The ship is modeled with mid-1942 Armament.
Copyright Allan Smit 2024
Non Commercial and personal use only. May not be shared, uploaded or otherwise distributed.
The model is provided in 1/1000 scale and are Resin print only. (FDM for the Base)
1/1800 – resize to 55,56%
1/1200 – resize to 83,5%
There are named bases provided. The base comes in 2 versions. Text recessed and the raised. I used the recessed version for FDM printed bases. Do not forget to also re-scale the bases if you print in 1/1200 or 1/1800 scale.
Included 1/1800 scale pre-supported model which I used for the test-prints on my Anycubic Mono SE (0.05mm layer) using standard resin. Use at your own risk, might be best you create your own supported files, which prints best on you own printer. Some parts are rather delicate, mainly the gun barrels, and you will need to remove support carefully.
The base was printed on an Ender 5 pro (0.16 mm layer) standard PLA.
| Filename | Size | Last updated |
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| USN-CV-8-Hornet.zip | 32.3 MiB | 2024-11-24 |
