USS Nimitz CVN-68, 1976 First Deployment (1/350 Trumpeter)
After more than 1 year 1/2, +3800 parts and +1000 hours of work, finished the USS Nimitz, renovated and improved model.
Many improvements were added... Styrene plastruct sheet, rod, strip, hanger deck, complete set of PE white ensign model "The Ship"
Extra ladders and decals from Gold Medal Models.
Extra watertight doors from Flyhawk.
Aircraft detailing set from Tom,s Modelworks.
Canister sets from Tom,s Modelworks.
Extra Aircraft sets from Tamiya.
Extra deck vehicle set from Gallery Models.
Modification of the 2 heavy cranes.
Lifebuoy and deck crew set from Dreammodels.
Custom decals.
Missiles, external fuel tanks, all Scratch,...
0.3mm, 0.4mm, 0.5mm, 0.6mm, 0.8mm brass tubes improvements.
Tamiya set B weathering.
0.04mm invisible nylon thread.
Model Master, Tamiya and Humbrol enamel paints... Humbrol satin lacquer.
Reference: images of War; aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy from Michael Green, Model Graphix n10 October 2010.
Thanks for watching.
Fan...freakin'...tastic
Thanks George.
Wow! Outstanding work.
Thank you Triet.
A georgeous culmination of your time put into this masterpiece. I hope you enjoyed those many hours spent patiently building, and detailing. A crowning jewel for any military ship collection... two thumbs way up!
Thank you very much for your words...enjoyed putting together, ...although I was bored several times having to make and glue so many parts...in the end it paid off...greetings.
Omg….the standard reactions do not do your work justice
Simply amazing
Thanks for your comments Steve, take care.
Museum grade work.
Thanks Dan..
S** Hot! I was on that cruise with VF-74, great looking build!
3 attached images. Click to enlarge.
Wow...it must have been a fantastic trip...greetings and thanks for your words Robert!
Excellent job and stunning result, Anthony!
Congratulations!
Your words are always welcome Spiros..Thank you very much for your comments, greetings.
Wow, this is really impressive, Anthony @kodai
All those invested hours are definitely worth the result.
Well done.
Thank you very much John, to tell the truth, it was a lot of work, even more than with the Enterprise, but I was very satisfied, greetings.
That's just a pleasure to look at. Museum quality.
I really appreciate your words Paul, thank you.
IMPRESSIVE!
Thanks Gary!
Man, what a model!?! 🤩 That is fantastic scale modeling and an incredible result, Anthony @kodai! 🏆
I really appreciate your comments Gary..thank you very much.
Very nice! It must have gotten really monotonous to paint all of those tie-down padeyes on the deck.
Thank you very much Rick, I appreciate your words.
Congrats on this beautiful build! Thanks for sharing.
Rod
Thank you for those words Rod.
Regards.