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Sounds Like a good subject BUD!! 1/48 scale great, are you going to scratchbuilding any piece? Like Towing vehicles,and flight deck accessories.
Dont forget the The flight deck is very busy!
I remember one of the Back issues of finescale ,from years ago ,had this fantastic model builder (Expert) That did a 1/72 scale of the whole Aircraft carrier. The total lenght was 14 feet approx.
Good -luck with your DIO