So as John is no longer with us I will share pictures of my current carrier project and hope others will do so too. Mine is a long lasting effort to build Atlantics' HMS Ark Royal up to the standard of my HMS Glory. I am currently waiting for my new 'yellow gear' and crash crane to arrive from the UK but I took the ship out of its box for some pictures today and have been documenting my progess every once in a while. The kit is a very nice starting point but once one is adding things it gets out of hand quite quickly.
The catwalks on the hull have no detail whatsoever so this was the first area to be tackled.
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Then the island needed the same treatment. Flyco was fully rebuild and the bridge has open windows, the rest looks good.
Will start adding the PE masts and radars once all of this had been painted.
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And I did the painting, dealing and weathering of the flight deck in one session. As I am thinking of doing another landing scene most effort was spent on the port side. As a number of reviewers have alreading pointed out you need two decal sets to get the catapults right.
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A start was made with the excellent PE set.
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And I did a little work on the airgroup. The Intruder will be a visitor from USS Forrestal.
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