1/720 USS Enterprise

[moon puppy]

Sharp! Looks great Gary

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Looking good Gary!

 

[centaur567]

Stripes on the flight deck are done and then used lead pigs to try holding it to the hull making itlook like a four s tracker. Dry fitting looks good until glue is used and then the fit turns to CRAP !! The flight is now taped off and more gray will be painted on its edges. ARE WE DONE YET. Gary S.

 

[moon puppy]

Who you kidding, that's the famous Clemson class carrier!

 

[Rhino]

The flightdeck looks real nice! Was there a smooth side on the JBD's?

 

[centaur567]

The flightdeck looks real nice! Was there a smooth side on the JBD's?

Pardon my ignorance, but what is a JBD? Thanks, Gary S.

 

[Rhino]

No pardon needed. An opportunity to learn something!
Jet Blast Deflector. Those plates that go behind the catapult tracks. They are raised to do what the name implies to keep from burning the dogsnot out of other jets in the launch queue.

 

[centaur567]

Pardon my ignorance, but what is a JBD? Thanks, Gary S.

Smooth and thick. Would have left a big depression if raised. Gary S.

 

[centaur567]

Almost done with the boat. The island, props and rudder need mora to be finished and attached. Started on the aircraft by appling crude markings with a fine point pen. My budget won't allow for decals. Plus putting the on would drive me batshit crazy. Gary S.

 

[moon puppy]

Well done Gary!

 

[centaur567]

Started painting the aircraft's flight controls white and cleaning up the rest of the airing. Gary S.

 

[moon puppy]

Has to have a couple of choppers right?

 

[centaur567]

Has to have a couple of choppers right?

I wish. The kit didn't come with them and no deck equipment. Gary S.

 

[centaur567]

The boat is up on it's stand and the rudders props and island are attached. Now I have to figure out where to attach the whip antennas.
The planes of the air wing were cleaned up and repainted light grey. Started painting the white on some of them. Gary S.

 

[moon puppy]

That's when the fun started, figuring out who's on the cat and who's in the trap.

 

[Rhino]

The kit aircraft are less than crisp or precise. Painting them will be an exercise in patience to be sure! Remember the silver metal bit at the inside of the F-4 stabilators for a little more realism.

 

[centaur567]

The kit aircraft are less than crisp or precise. Painting them will be an exercise in patience to be sure! Remember the silver metal bit at the inside of the F-4 stabilators for a little more realism.

My paint job will be less and precise also. The silver on the tails is duly noted. Thanks, Gary S.

 

[Rhino]

My paint job will be less and precise also. The silver on the tails is duly noted. Thanks, Gary S.

It is most important to enjoy yourself! Your subject is one dear to my old, clattering heart.

 

[centaur567]

Started doing the markings this AM and it's even less crisp and precise. I figure that viewing from 18 inches would be like one thousand feet away so how precise can it be? Gary S.

 

[moon puppy]

Git'er done Gary