Hello all,
My present project is building the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) at the start of her World Cruise in March of 1983. I am using Trumpeter's USS Nimitz 1/350 scale kit.
I started this project in May 2017. Since I started this in May, I will make a series of posts to bring everyone up to date. The estimated completion is late December. For this conversion I will be using Gold Medal Models and White Ensign photoetch for the ship and Tom's Modelworks for the aircraft. I am also using 3-D printed accessories from Shapeways and resin accessories from Veteran Models and Black Dog. Many other areas like the CIWS sponsons and the hangar deck are scratch built. Many of the hangar bay decals and aircraft decals were made by myself. This ship will also feature fiber optic lighting (over 500')and 40 LED's to illuminate it.
I served aboard the Vinson with VA-37 during this deployment. In 1985 the Vinson went through a huge retrofit so many of the details are from personal photos and foggy memories (LOL) Here is the a picture of the start of the project.
