Here's some photos of my USS
Enterprise aircraft carrier. The only parts I used from the kit were the
hull, flight deck, and the four elevators. The super structure is
completely scratchbuilt as the kit super structure comes with the old cone type structure. I estimate I have about 200 pieces into the super structure
itself. The forward stancions on the port
and starboard side of the bow were also scratchbuilt. I used Gold
Metal Models USN Supercarrier photo etched set. The aircraft kits are from
Fujimi and Trumpeter. The wings all had to be cut and folded prior to
painting. The airwing does'nt represent any
particular Enterprise airwing.
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I thought I would
try for the first time making a water diorama. Fine Scale Modeler had a
great and inexpensive article on making a water diorama so I wanted to try
this. The wake is not quite the best but with some experimenting its not
bad. Just need some more practice I guess.
The model was
painted with Model Master acrylics. Overall it was a fun project. I
just wanted a nice aircraft carrier model for the shelf. Or maybe it is a
practice run for the 1/350 Tamiya Enterprise in the closet. Hmmmm.
Hope you enjoy the pictures.
Brian
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