Jaguar wrote:
Thank you very much AK-AK. When I started this Project I was considering the scale, and as you said, 1/200 is a compromise between detail and size. It is true that there is only a few planes at this scale and are very expensive, so I have to build all the planes from scratch.
Everything in this carrier is from scratch, except for some details that i have found on
http://www.shapeways.com. There are a lot of little components for carriers made in 3D.
I will take a look on your projects in order to learn how to solve some problems that I have found during construction.
Thank you again for your kind words
I could have made the 1/200 just as detailed as the 1/120. The beauty of 1/200 is that you DON'T have to make a compromise in detail. That said, if i were to build a monster again, i would still stay very large but that's just personal preference. And tbh, i am more impressed with your 1/200 than my 1/120 which was nearly half my life ago and a far cry from my current standards.
Scratch building aircraft is not as big a problem as it sounds. If you need any help with detail, right before i moved back to Alaska i visited an aircraft museum and photographed in detail every inch of an f14 tomcat that i could reach. Right now i am limited to my phone and what it can do but soon i will be uploading the pictures to an online album.
I also got a few good pictures of an A7. I know people laugh at it but i always thought they were an interesting aircraft.