1/200 USS Nimitz 2003. Scratchbuild

No words just,

Just curious about what you do for a living. The exactitude and precision of your build lead me to believe it might be in the mechanical engineering area.

You are so kind. Thank you very much. Your opinions are so much appreciated.

Hello guys.

I continue working on the flight deck, applying the anti-skid surface.

New updates soon. Thank you very much for your attention

What's the anti slip surface? Sandpaper?

Yes Dean, is sandpaper

It's a good idea, looks really realistic.

Thank you Dean, I think this is the better solution at this scale. I will start to paint the deck soon

hello friends. Keep working on deck. I have just finished the anti-skid layer, and i´m about to begin fitting the pad eyes. A very tedious work, but necesary  That´s all for the moment

Awesome, can't wait to see it with the wings on board!

That's really shaping up, I have always wanted to scratchbuild myself but have never attempted it, it really is an art form.

Thank Irish and Dean.

Next step, the pad-eyes.

Thanks for your attention

What are you using for the seams between the nonskid strips?  This build is gorgeous!

Groot

This is the most O U T S T A N D I N G build that I have ever seen. The RHIB section alone is gold medal material. 

Jim 

Thank you Rob. Between de sand paper i use tamiya putty.

Fox, your comments are so inspiring to me. Thanks.

Hello!

I believe I wrote it before, but this build is really something special! Good luck and have a nice day

Paweł

Thank you Pawel. Your words are so kind.

Thank you Kinekx

Is this a commission job for a museum? Just curious,incredible work

Jaguar1969. This is amazing work. Thanks very much for sharing it. What prior build best prepared you for the unique demands of this one? Got a pic of that one?

Thanks Raualduke. This is not for a museum, i,m only building it for fun. I love the aircraft carriers.

Barret Duke, i built ships when i was Young, but with other materials. I have no pictures of this ships.

WOW! I am MOST IMPRESSED!

Jaguar1969, I'm still watching this one with a real pleasure! Don't really have anything meaningful to add here, but I think this post doesn't get enough comments for how special it is. Hope to see more updates here soon, good luck with your project and have a nice day

Paweł

It's gotta be a PITA moving that thing around.

Thank you friends. Its always a pleasure to see your comments.

What is the outer shell made of? The hull has some very complex shapes, so it has to be a flexible material. Is it paper-card?

Bill

Bill,

At the risk of being totally wrong, I think he's using plastic over wood. I got that impression from one of his posts at the beginning of this thread:

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/7/t/156642.aspx?sort=ASC&pi240=1

In any case his build is so beyond my skills that I often can't get it out of my head for some time after having looked at it. It's just very, very special.

Mike

Mike,

I have to agree with you about his skills! His is truly magnificent work! I would love to try it, though.

Bill

Do you keep a log hours in? I'd be curios