Construction Done! Stennis is Ready to Launch-Pics Finally Posted

Alright Duke!! Can't wait to see it!!
(it's "tomorrow" now)

Take care,
Frank

QUOTE: Originally posted by oldhooker Alright Duke!! Can't wait to see it!! (it's "tomorrow" now) Take care, Frank

Lol! Okay, I'll do what I can. They should be up later today!

Okay I lied, I'm a day late and a dollar short. Here are some pics of my now COMPLETED John C Stennis!

We'll start with the port side:



Now the starboard:



From the bow:



(I didn't get a stern shot. )

A shot from above showing the deck detail:



And finally a close-up of the island:



Now the only thing I need to do is finish painting the Air Wing. I started out already by spraying all the aircraft with a light sea grey. After that, I'll be painting on the details and then applying the decals to them.

Here's the basecoated Air Wing:



Well, I hope these pics are worth the wait. Comments are welcome.

Awsome!!!

Woooooah Duke, that was Certainly worth the wait!!

As I was looking at the first pictures, I thought how barren the Flight Deck looked.... then came the last pic!! Yeah!!!

Beautiful build, man, thank you for letting us see!!

Take care,
Frank

Looks good. But I don't believe the Stennis has the Catapult extensions at the bow.


I just did a check on www.navsource.org and No she does not.

Seasick, thanks!

Frank, thank you for your kind words. I'm glad you like it. Yeah, the deck will be quite full once I get the air wing done.

Therriman, thank you for the info on the catapult extensions. That should be easy to fix. Unfortunately, the instructions never said anything so I had left them on. They'll be removed by the time I take more pics.

Stay tuned!

Awesome ... looks bigger than 1:500. Nice work on the flight deck, too ... those types of long decals are a real trick to get right.

QUOTE: Originally posted by MBT70 Awesome ... looks bigger than 1:500. Nice work on the flight deck, too ... those types of long decals are a real trick to get right.

Thanks MBT! Yeah, it sure it a big ship alright, biggest one I ever built to date. Oh, and the long lines on the flight deck---they aren't decals. I had to paint them on since Trumpeter didn't include any decals for the lines.

Stay tuned here for pics of the air wing as I get done with it.

That is one beautiful ship! those lines look very nice. Being an AB and having to paint those lines a few times myself, I know they were a pain,but look sharp when done right.Speaking of which, I couldn't see if there was a set of AB wings on the front of the island. Does the kit come with that decal? Everyone knows that AB's run the flt dk.

Eddie, I'm sorry, I don't know what AB wings are, so I couldn't tell you. Once I find out, I'll let you know. I only wish I'd had the money to get an AM set and do this right!

My signature has Aviation Boatswains Mate wings on it(crossed anchors with wings). All USN aircraft carriers display them proudly on the front of the island.Here are a couple of examples from CV-41 and CV-61, respectively.
Eddie

Thanks for that info Eddie. Unfortunately, Trumpeter neglected to add that detail to their decal sheet. The one you see is the repeat of the warning about jet blast rotors etc. I would love to add one, but I have no way of getting on in 1/500 scale. Sorry about that.