Hull Complete - Note connecting wires for hanger deck LED lighting
Bow - A lot of detail under the grid structure
Stern....
Next is building the hanger deck
Bow section hanger deck completed
Building one of 4 sections of the girders making up the hanger deck overhead and flight deck support
Stern section - Hanger deck completed
Next will add ladders and other details on the hanger deck bulkheads and then build the aircraft to place inside.
Testing the lighting wiring. All good!
Building the aircraft for the hanger deck. Tedious work.... Plan to put 5 each of F4F Wildcats, TBD Devastators, SBD Dauntless. That will leave 30 more for the flight deck (kit only had 15 I purchased 30 more).
F4F Wildcats almost finished.
Adding aircraft in the hanger deck
Wiring connections finished. Tape is easy way to secure small wires.
Adding ship’s boats finishes hull work before adding flight deck
Two piece flight deck down after making fit adjustments. Note high tech weight system. Next phase is wooden deck overlay.
Adding scale wooden deck adds much more realism to the simple etched plastic deck. Wooden planks and metal grids as well as arresting cables can be shown.
A lot of work to cut out each section and then add PE. Worth it!
Wooden deck down. After painting all the PE, next airbrush the entire deck to blend everything in.
Adding guns and flight deck details
PE to make flight deck crane
Last set of railings around entire flight deck
PE for range directors and search radars
Island completed
Next: Rigging on the island. Then installing on deck and painting touchups. Finally building all the aircraft for the flight deck.
