1/200 USS Nimitz 2003. Scratchbuild

Thank you very much for your comment raider.

wow! been a way for a while. 10 thumbs up.

Hello guys. After a short period of inactivity, i´m here again working on her.

I have been working on some pieces of the hangar. These are two structures in the hangar celing near elevator nº 3.

And this is another structure that i think that open or close the main doors of elevator nº4

that´s all for the moment. Thanks for your attention :thumbs_up_1:

Thank you very much guys. i will submit to Finescale but when the ship will be finished

Thank you Dean for your kind words. This is not my first scratchbuild model, but this is the first for a long time. Of course i continue building this kind of ships, the next will probably be a frigate, but i think that i have a great amount of work with this current ship

I had forgotten about this build for a while, I have been busy, some amount of detail has gone into this, it's incredible, I take it this is not the first ship you have scratchbuilt?  Are you planning on making any other huge models after this?

I know, but i don´t find rectangular leds for lightning . Anyway, the purpose of these lights is to illuminate the hangar and see the aircrafts and equipment inside

Just so that the subject is clear, the hangar bay lights are rectangular fluorescent fixtures. During daylight hours and when in port, they are white lights. At night, during 'darken ship', the white lights are off and red lights are on.

Thank you guys. Winks, any picture of the ships will be much apreciated. thank you very much.

Now, more photos. I´m working in the hangar ceiling now. Here are the photos:

Installing the great amount of hoses

Painting...

Installing the lights...

And the light was made :big_grin:  :big_grin:  :big_grin:

More photos soon  :thumbs_up_1:

Excellent!  Should you need any pictures, I did a Tiger Cruise on the Nimitz courtesy of my son in 2003.

Kevin

I think once I get my "Sara" finished, I'll put it in a closet and think about this build....

It took me a second or two to realize that the object the elevator door component was sitting on was not an elevator door opening but an Etch Mate. Whew!

Jaguar 1969 ;

    You are setting new bars , that's for sure .The JAG XKE was class out the tailp[ipe ! You sir , in modeling are Concourse de'Elegance level ! I am loving every minute of it . Thank You Again !  Tanker - Builder

Hello again guys.

I continue working on my Nimitz. At this moment, i´m focusing in the hangar bay.

This is one of the components of the firewall between hangar 2 and 3.

An this is the support and doorstop for the main door of elevator nº4

Thnaks for your attention

Thank you friends, you are so kind

Wow, just wow!

Jaguar this is a fantastic project.

JAGUAR1969 I too want to thank you for your posts.

 It is both inspiring and informative to see how the various parts are created and then brought together.  

I think many people (ok at least me) believe scratch building is a mystical art, but your reports are showing it is a matter of great references, and creating the object one step at a time. Building up the shape until the desired result is reached. 

I will just sit here and take it all in  if you don't mind.

Thank you Humper and Scorp. I´m currently working on the hangar ceiling. Very comlicated beam framework.

There is some great work going on here!  Keep it up!!!

10-4 mike, I am underneath even your abilities :)

when you do the f-14, please let me know. I've built many in /48 scale, but next year I want to do one in /32. your help would be greatly appreciated 10-4!!

WOW! thanks for deciding to share!!  i'm 90% finished with /200 Arizona(only my 2nd attempt at a ship, just have rigging left to do). my 1st was/is  /350 Enterprise(10 years in progress, I look at it at least once a year:))

this is really fantastic!!

Thank you Dean, it take days. This is the master for the later resin copies.

How long does it take you to get the plasticard from a sheet, to the point to where the Seahawk is at now? Hours? Or days? Man, it's brilliant.

Thank you very much tanker, i appreciate your kind words, and, of course, i will make a tutorial of my next plane build, probably an F-14, although i have an Sh-60 currently on the way. Here is a little tutotrial of how it has been built. New photos of the carrier soon

Hello !

   You have certainly impressed me ! Although I have built many models of varying sizes for clients ,this reminds me of working on the U.S.S. Wisconsin for BaD Shipmodels in Arizona ! That one was almost 12 feet long ! You have proved by your courage and fortitude that it can be done , by anyone at any time .

   It takes nerve and a desire to create something grand ! This isn't grand though .It's totally Out of Here ! . I wish you the best on the continuing build and thanks for sharing .If I still had my shop you could get hired as a master modeler , that's for sure .Wonderful work !

  By the way . when I build for clients from scratch I use Lexan for keels and frames as well as lots of Evergreen . That way I don't have to worry about " hogging " later ! You need to do a tutorial in planes too ! Now , that said Can you do an S3-A viking for me , just to show off ? LOL LOL , naw just kidding . As I said that is Master Modeler grade work ! I mean it !

                                                                                 G.J.Geracci - C.E.O MINSHIPCO-Tanker-Builder

Thank you Dean and Raider for your kind words

this is a great build.

I just came here from the aircraft forum for some inspiration for making a ship and I am blown away by this! I cannot even imagine trying to scratchbuild one single aircraft to scale, let alone an entire squadron of various types! Oh and a gigantic ship as well, incredible. I will follow this build for sure!