Hi everyone!
It's been a month, and DID have some time to work on deck equipment!
They are a mix of Black Dog and JAG. I was also able to get some NC-8A type firetruck from a gentleman in Arizona. Those are the correct ones for the era I am modelling, but I have yet to work on those.
The one thing that makes these tiny deck vehicles pop is good decaling! On the front, passenger side in front of the wheel there is a little service panel was painted red in a lot of ships. I am not sure if Nimitz's tractors did, but I put tiny red rectangular decals here. I also figured that the letters on the front fenders should be visible so I used small letters from other left over decals for this.
Another nice touch is the red lines on the top and back of the 'huffer'-units.
-Red decals on the fire tractor make for more accurate stripes than painted ones.-
-The headlight on these tractors are either blue or red. Not 'silver" ( or chrome
,so I corrected this on my 48 scale tractor , real quick) These lights are much smaller that what the cast suggests. Just tiny dots really.
- For the tractors that have railing on their rear bumpers, I used PE ladders.
-the towing hitches were broken off most of them so I used some small pieces of styrene to make the tractors complete.
-when cutting the wheels off the sprue, I cut the front ones in an angle so I could have 'turning' wheels on some of them.
- The small forklifts are JAG, and are pretty accurate, I just used some decals on the sides, otherwise they come out great after painting.
- The big forklift in the JAG kit is vary accurate, but unfortunately they don't use this type on CVNs. I realized this after building it and I am not going to scratchbuild a CVN specific one.
-The NC-2A ground power units are very accurate, didn't change anything, (except getting rid of the lights in the back and drilling out the exhaust)
-The scrubber is very accurate as well. At least for modern times. I couldn't find pictures of it from the '80s so I just painted it yellow and called it good.
I have 24 tractors built, but I doubt I will install all of them. Made too many
I am just about done with deck equipment, I am working on the #2 elevator area. And waiting for decals from Mark..
Happy modeling Guys!
Cheers: Laci
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh I knew you'd take the easy way out, no, really its a option that if done would need to be done during the early construction phase cause recessed holes would need to be drilled to hold the rods in place. So, if you ever build another Nimitz or maybe an Enterprise, you are here by directed to add the stabilizers to the air wing. 
It's good to see you here .you can finally use your talents in your new home 
