USS Ronald Reagan, CVN-76, in 1:350 Scale
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Looking very nice now.
In my next session I intend to do the decals for the flight deck. This will take a lot of time because there are a lot of them, many moe than what come with the Nimitz kit...but that is what those Gold Medal model decals sets are for. The deck decals will really get this thing looking like the USS Ronald Reagan!
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This pic really illustrates the changes that they incoprated into the Reagan's ISland over that of preceding Nimitz carriers.
Started on the path that has led to the Ford's new smaller foot print. The Bush (the carrier after the Reagan) continued having the single footprint island without the large mast structure behind it, there by making more room for aircraft t be parked.
This pic really illustrates the changes that they incoprated into the Reagan's ISland over that of preceding Nimitz carriers.
Started on the path that has led to the Ford's new smaller foot print. The Bush (the carrier after the Reagan) continued having the single footprint island without the large mast structure behind it, there by making more room for aircraft t be parked.
@FORBIN @Obi Wan Russell @Jura @bd popeye @Equation @Bernard @SouthernSky @kwaigonegin @tphuang @Bltizo @Miragedriver @navyreco The next six posts are the latest update to the model build where I have the Reagan carrier essentially finished and now need to add the air wing, the deck equipment, and the personnel in the next session.
The Build - Flight Deck Decals/Painting, Munition Offload, Lighting in Stand, Trap Wires, additional details - February 10, 2017
I started this session off wanting to put the flight decals on. These decals really make the model.
But alas, the decals were so old, that they literally came apart when the got soaked in the water. I wrote Trumpeters distributor here in the US, Stephens International, and Trumpeter. But they wanted a receipt and since this was a Christmas present I did not have one and it had not been kept. So they would not help me.
So, I decided I had to paint it myself, and ely on the other decals I had.
Too bad really. Tamiya, when I wrote them and asked for an enitre part that was missing from a box, they sent me that part no questions asked. It was on my USS New Jersey BB build...and I thanked them and mentioned it in the thread.
You can see below how bad it was.
So, I had to paint the entire landing deck markings.
The Build - Flight Deck Decals/Painting, Munition Offload, Lighting in Stand, Trap Wires, additional details - February 10, 2017
I started this session off wanting to put the flight decals on. These decals really make the model.
But alas, the decals were so old, that they literally came apart when the got soaked in the water. I wrote Trumpeters distributor here in the US, Stephens International, and Trumpeter. But they wanted a receipt and since this was a Christmas present I did not have one and it had not been kept. So they would not help me.
So, I decided I had to paint it myself, and ely on the other decals I had.
Too bad really. Tamiya, when I wrote them and asked for an enitre part that was missing from a box, they sent me that part no questions asked. It was on my USS New Jersey BB build...and I thanked them and mentioned it in the thread.
You can see below how bad it was.
So, I had to paint the entire landing deck markings.
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Once I got those done, I decied to place the hot/bad munition off-load stations around the flight deck. The White ensign Model PE set has a nice photo etch set of pieces for the one near the island. So I put those on and then added similar scratch builds at the other places, and then put the offload decals on:
At this point, I used the deacl sheets I had from Gold Medal Model for Nimitz carriers. I also found a few smaller adecals suppiled with the model that worked. and then decaled the entre flight deck, adding the elevator markings, the electrical outlet opening, the arms elevators markings, the ship's name, the pennent number, etc.
