USS Macon

 

1:520 F9C Sparrowhawk fighters from shapeways 

 

References show usually the hangar door was only partly open while launching/retrieving sparrowhawks, so modify the door appropriately  

Hangar 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Washed black into the helium vents on the top 

Flat coat sprayed outside. The hanging rings are not well thought out from a balance perspective  

 

 

Curtiss F9c on the trapeze 

 

Curtiss F9C fighters on trapeze and on the "perch"