1/350 Nimitz aircraft contsruction help

chris · Post by **chris** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:36 pm

I am currently working on the airwing for my Nimitz. I build mostly 1/48 aircraft and have no problems with general construction and photoetch parts. (I am using WEM cockpits and GMM details to outfit my planes.)

The paint seems to go on thick, decal striping for canopies looks somewhat unconvincing, and a light wash doesn't help much either.

It appears that my general building skills don't apply to these tiny models.

Does anyone have any tips on building convincing little aircraft?

Thanks;

Chris

kevinb120 · Post by **kevinb120** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:50 pm

You can check out Kelly Quirk's write up on his buildup of his fabulous Enterprise:

http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/sh ... -main.html

If you are using the YMW extensive decal sets(or any of them really), I have had a lot of luck using LOTs of sol after the decals are set. I repeatedly 'melt' them as I decal them up. I just did up a few prowlers that look unbelievable that I am going to try to get good pics of this week.

there are a few of mine in progress in my little buildup thread here, soon to be updated with a ton more pics

http://www.carrierbuilders.net/forum/vi ... sc&start=0

kevinb120 · Post by **kevinb120** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:59 pm

I added a few pics to the thread, I just started doing up some Tamiya SH3H's(the trumpy ones aren't worth the effort and are inaccurate anyway-I will update again in the near future) here's a couple in progress(the ship is only loose fit and very dusty so don't look too much into it

) :
[img]http://members.cox.net/kevinb120/nimitz%20pics/okPicture%20004.jpg[/img]

[img]http://members.cox.net/kevinb120/nimitz%20pics/okPicture%20027.jpg[/img]