Hello everyone!
Thank you for the comments , they helped me to get to this point A LOT: everything good comes to an end, so must this!
The Vincennes is DONE
Well, I never installed those pesky bags across the cranes for the captain's gig, but I feel like I will actually do them in the future.
Thank you SG1, I want to keep my 350 scale aircraft skills current, because my next ship is LHD-1 Wasp, and I plan to have 15-20 aircraft on that flight deck! They are so much fun! ( when you are not building 50 of the same thing....)
Navydavesof: It's crazy, JUST today I was talking to my best friend ( also a modeler) about expanding my navy. I told him that I don't think I will have more than 6 ships in my collection. I have 2 finished now, got two 700 scale carriers kinda started, and the Wasp in 350, and maybe I will built 1 more of something. My interest is only modern US Navy ( in ships) but not too modern, and I don't find a lot of the ships shapely enough. I mostly build aircraft and helos. If I didn't narrow down my genre, I would fall victim to the hobby in the way so many others do: I would buy 985734760 kits of every kind, but still only have 1 lifetime to work on them. So this "discrimination" helps with maintaining sanity
What is a WIF ship?
I feel like everyone who ever planned to build a Ticonderoga-class cruiser, is painfully aware of what is available out there for kits (its the same poor design from 4 different manufacturers), but I figured I include some photos comparing the original kit OOB, and what can be done to it after countless hours of research and scratchbuilding... It is scary
Not perfect, but this is as far as my skills take me. Jim expressed interest in seeing this ship in water , but "building water" is a skill I lack completely. And instead of learning it, I'll build more airplanes and helicopters. But he is right, "water" would be more fitting..
Thank you all for checking out this build. It was challenging to say the least, but with people checking it out and sending those positive vibes it was fun too!
Happy modeling in the New Year too!
Cheers: Laci
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