1/350 scale CVN-90 USS United States Stealth Aircraft Carrier

[seadude]

The E-2C Hawkeye early warning and control aircraft are done except for decals which will be added later.
Next on the To Do list will be 2 or 3 V-22 Osprey aircraft used for cargo and personnel transport.
After the Osprey's are done, then it'll be time to work on all the flight deck vehicles.

[Gondor]

Nice! I would have thought that the E-2's would have had the multi-blade Scimitar like props though. I take it that availability of them and ability to make them got in the way.

Gondor

[seadude]

Nice! I would have thought that the E-2's would have had the multi-blade Scimitar like props though. I take it that availability of them and ability to make them got in the way.

Gondor

What I built are the older E-2C's. The newer E-2D's are the ones with the 8-bladed props you are talking about. If I wanted E-2D's, I'd have to buy them from 3D-Wild, but I don't have the money for that. So I'm stuck with using the older type aircraft. To the best of my knowledge, I don't think Trumpeter makes E-2D's.

[Captain Canada]

Very nice. For sure some of those modern props would be a better fit for a modern carrier, but half the people wouldn't know anyway.

[seadude]

A slight update. Where am I at right now?

Been taking a break from this large model to concentrate and work on a smaller aircraft model in a different forum. But now that the aircraft is finished, I will get back to work on the carrier.
Currently getting back to work on painting about 3-4 V-22 Osprey's. Hope to be done with those by next weekend or sooner.
Still need to order half a dozen MQ-25 unmanned refueling aircraft and also a tilly crane vehicle from 3D-Wild. But don't know when that will be yet.
Painting of the flight deck for the carrier will hopefully be sometime soon in May.
Other items to finish are:
Need photoetch flight deck edge safety nets.
Display case and base made.
Build and paint flight deck tractors.
Add four arresting wires on flight deck.
Fix the flight deck area where the island superstructure sits as the island does not sit "level" on the flight deck.
Add white flight deck edge "bumpers".
Paint flight deck.
Add decals to ship.
...........plus lots of other small details like decoy launchers, 25mm chain guns, hose reels, ordnance jettison ramps, life raft racks, etc., etc.