Wow! This is really amazing entry, my friend @anthonyricco! Love the subject!
And good progress already!
Looking forward to it!

Great group build and you started with a very nice entry, Anthony @anthonyricco
Looking forward to the progress of this one.

@anthonyricco, since Sci-Fi is not really my thing, I don't have anything in stash.
But I will keep my eyes open for some interesting kit to enter this group build.

Cool looking kit. From the box art with the flight deck just above the main engine exhaust, hopefully no nuggets end up with a ramp strike, instant vaporization… YIKES… LOL

Latest update - runways were masked and painted. Then onto the main painting - I've personally never been a fan of the panel preshading method on airplanes, don't get me wrong some look fantastic with it - but a lot of the time it looks like a chess board. I have however been telling myself I must try it out and see why so many like it, and I must say - I think it worked really well on this space carrier.

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Nice painting results, Anthony @anthonyricco

The Aircraft carrier continues - it is now assembled. I wanted to try something different on this. I'm generally not a fan of preshading panel lines on aircraft in my own builds but as it is a tried and true and well used technique I've always wanted to try it out. So here I did that. I think it works out quite well - I toned it down so it looked realistic on the scale model and now I'm busy with some weathering with oils to make this old carrier look nice and battle hardened.

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