Colombo Express SCADS carrier

[Hobbes]

As explained in this thread, I've started work on a Revell 1/700 Colombo Express to be outfitted as a SCADS carrier.


The hull, with a Type 45 in the same scale for reference:





(Started a new thread to separate my build from general discussion of SCADS)

(edit: wrong photo)

[sandiego89]

Sweet!  Love all SCADs/Atlantic Conveyor type builds.  You will have PLENTY of room for your air wing.....

Good luck.

[mirnyl]

Hello Hobbes,

I'm also building a SCADS Carrier version of the Colombo express.
I'm delighted to see I'm not alone to work on this idea, and would enjoy to share ideas.

I've chosen a pair of Phalanx (Pit Road), plus four 30mm guns (scratchbuilt from WW2 guns), four F35 B and an Osprey (Pit Road).

Here are some pictures. As I've just registered on this forum I'll create a post for my boat and leave this one to yours !







My whole project is shown on my blog :
http://sterenndu.eklablog.com/recent/5



Séb (France)

[Spey_Phantom]

i knew the second the kit was announced that someone would turn it into a make-shift carrier 
looks right 

[kerick]

I like the "dry dock" you have for it, good thinking.

[kerick]

I've a question. Are many of the containers separate or are they all molded in groups and you have to cut them apart?
I hope you are still working on this. This has great potential.

[Hobbes]

The containers are in blocks, so there's a lot of cutting and gluing ahead.

[Popeye]

hi there.......this is a sweet looking build!  I've not seen these kits before.....are they relatively new? what does SCADS stand for?  I haven't done plastic in a while.....guess I'll have to look into what I have been missing

[Hobbes]

Yep, it's a Revell (Germany) kit that's been out for 2 years, I think. SCADS = Shipborne Containerized Air Defence System, this was a concept studied in the UK to temporarily convert a container ship into a Harrier carrier.

[Popeye]

oh......so it's a conceptive apocalyptic support ship!  Kool!  I'll really be looking in on this one now.  thanks for filling me in.......I am a fan of Revell....used to do a lot of the Monogram  AMT and MPC kits

[PR19_Kit]

Think 'Atlantic Conveyor' on steroids and you won't be far wrong.

[kerick]

Our militaries better look into this seriously if they ever expect to fight a war on the budgets they are being given.

[Joe C-P]

So how is this one coming along?

[Hobbes]

Stalled. I've got the hull mostly done, but then some other projects moved to the head of the build queue.