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Hi all,

This is USS Saratoga, early 1945.
Kit's from Tamiya (with Pontosmodel PE set), sailor's from Eduard.
I gave this model to Mr. Shunsaku Tamiya (chairman of Tamiya) as a gift.








































Thanks for watch. If you want more high resolution pictures, please visit Flickr album or my blog.

Stunning work!

A lovely build! The water and details look very nice! Congratulations! It must be a very special gift for Mr. Tamiya!

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Wow, stunning. I love the weathering on the hull and flight deck. Congratulations.

Jorge

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USS Nimitz 1/200
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That's a wonderful build. At first look I would have thought it was a larger scale. There's so much going on within the model. Great water base and photography. Thanks so much for sharing your work with us!
Dave

Beautiful! And very inspiring.

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Beautiful build of a very handsome ship! Pity that Pontos set for Sara was never released as a stand-alone item.

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Fantastic looking build

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1/350 USS Santee 1944

Current projects:
1/700 USS Catamount 1960
1/350 USS Columbia 1945
1/350 USS San Francisco 1944

One of the best builds of the Saratoga I've seen!

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Agreed. Stunningly beautiful.

Beautifully done. I also admired the subtle deck weathering. The detailing was also impressive.

That's a beautiful looking model! Congrats!

Wow! Inspiring build. Looks like a far larger scale. Amazing work

Great modelling!

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Dave
Currently on the workbench: Tamiya USS Enterprise; Airfix 1/1200 Ark Royal

What a masterpiece! Absolutely love the flight deck weathering! Couldn't resist and ordered the Tamiya + Pontos kit almost immediately...

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- David
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Almost completed: BB-44 ('45), BB-56 ('42), BB-59 ('44)
Just building:

Excellent, well done. Nice details and seascape.

Regards
Victor

Thank you so much gentlemen, thanks for your interest.
I will make CVS-11 USS Intrepid next time.
Merry Christmas!