USS Ronald Reagan, CVN-76, in 1:350 Scale

I was then ready to place the personnel in the hangar deck. I purchased two boxes of KA-Models, 1:350 scale US Navy modern aircraft carroer personnel. I bought the prepainted version. A little more expensive, but a better minute paint job than I would have been abe to accomplish. There are one hundred to the box, so I have two hundred KA-Models personnel. I also have about 80 personnel some of whom I will use in the island, which are pure photo etch metal figues. Those are more 2D looking while the KA-Models personnel are 3D. I used a total of KA 35 personnel for the hangar deck.

...and that does it for this session.

In my next session I will wire and build the hangar deck ighting system and then close the hangar deck up with its ceiling, onto which the LED lighs will be wired.

Jeff Head said:

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like the warning sign
LOL!

I didn't know the F-35C is that big in size as compare to the F-18.

Equation said:

I didn't know the F-35C is that big in size as compare to the F-18.

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Well, the angle is a little deceiving. The F/A-18F is actually a little larger, but does not have the combat radius...or the stealth.

F-35C:
Length:50 1/2 ft.
WingSpan: 35 ft.
Empty Wgt: 29,100
Max T/O Wgt: 70,000 ilbs
Range: 1250 nm
Combat rad.:625 nm

F/A-18F
Length:60 ft.
WingSpan: 44 ft.
Empty Wgt: 32, 080 ilbs
Max T/O Wgt: 66,000 ilbs
Range: 1275 nm
Combat rad.: 395 nm

You can put the lil dudes at parade rest and saluting in the bridge.. Don't want them on the deck otherwise they'll get killed or get their summer whites dirtied LOL.

Very nice looking with these small aircrafts in more crew !!!

Jeff Head said:

Well, the angle is a little deceiving. The F/A-18F is actually a little larger, but does not have the combat radius...or the stealth.

F-35C:
Length:50 1/2 ft.
WingSpan: 35 ft.
Empty Wgt: 29,100
Max T/O Wgt: 70,000 ilbs
Range: 1250 nm
Combat rad.:625 nm

F/A-18F
Length:60 ft.
WingSpan: 44 ft.
Empty Wgt: 32, 080 ilbs
Max T/O Wgt: 66,000 ilbs
Range: 1275 nm
Combat rad.: 395 nm

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F-35 more compact large wings, fat body for range the best CR in verage 605 mn/ 1120 km
Super Hornet 485 mn/900 km as F-16 and F-18 380 / 700 km but Navy have lost much in range with retirement of F-14 1230 km and also A-6 1400 km ! and now no tankers before a flight of 4 Ka-6D but seems this probleme fixed with a UAV.

For comparison F-35A 1080 km, B 830 K less but excellent for VTOL/STOVL and F-22 only subs speed max 1170 km and with 220 km/SC 850 km withouts FTs for stealths ofc.

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Very nice looking with these small aircrafts in more crew !!!




F-35 more compact large wings, fat body for range the best CR in verage 605 mn/ 1120 km
Super Hornet 485 mn/900 km as F-16 and F-18 380 / 700 km but Navy have lost much in range with retirement of F-14 1230 km and also A-6 1400 km ! and now no tankers before a flight of 4 Ka-6D but seems this probleme fixed with a UAV.

For comparison F-35A 1080 km, B 830 K less but excellent for VTOL/STOVL and F-22 only subs speed max 1170 km and with 220 km/SC 850 km withouts FTs for stealths ofc.

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I intend to have 12 more F-35Cs on deck on my Ronald Reagan, along with 10 F/A/-18F and 10 F/A-18Es.

I wil also have four EA-18Cs, and two more E-2Ds and 2 more CZVM-22 CODs, for a total of 40 aircratf on deck and the 12 in the hangar.

NIce peace time air wng.

The Build - Adding the lighting system to the hangar deck, placing the ceiling on the hangar deck, placing the landing deck on the vesssel - January 24, 2017

I began this session by cutting and laying out the ceiling to the hanger deck. I used heavy, smooth finish card stcks for this.

There were three sections, which I split along the fire blast door/sections. I then added the lights to the LED lighting strips to these sheets using the self adhesive on the led light rolls, and solderless attachements which I taped down on each sheet as shown.

Once these were taped down, I then added the lights and checked each section individually for lighting:

Once this was completed, I then taped and glued the ceiling to the hanger deck and took a few pictures of the inside with the initial lighting: