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

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I can't get over how tiny some of these parts are and how many of them you are dealing with!
Patience and perseverance!

Yeah, it's been a lot of work making all those tiny parts and painting them. But the light is coming at the end of the tunnel when I'll finally be able to add them to the model...........in about another month or two or three I guess. The most difficult tiny parts I ever had to work with were the gun barrels for the Mk.38 25mm guns. VERY TINY AND VERY THIN!   

[NARSES2]

The most difficult tiny parts I ever had to work with were the gun barrels for the Mk.38 25mm guns. VERY TINY AND VERY THIN!   

I'd struggle with them in 1/72 let alone ship building scales. I just admire your pereverence

[seadude]

On the fantail of the model just to the left of the fender docking station are two cone-shaped protrusions (Made from spare model parts) that the NIXIE towed torpedo decoys are lowered from on trailing wires into the water behind the ship. The decoy is designed to emit signals to draw enemy torpedoes away from its intended target. 

[seadude]

Below the aft port and starboard weapon sponsons on my model, but above the black boot stripe waterline mark, are 4 "hatches" (2 port and 2 starboard) that cover what's known as Countermeasure Anti-Torpedo Torpedo (C.A.T.) defense systems. Behind each hatch would be a 6-tube launcher for firing small diameter "micro torpedoes" (About the same size as a missile from a RIM-116 missile launcher.) for hunting and countering larger wake homing (and other types) torpedoes from enemy submarines. The angular hatches are spare model parts from a 1/144 scale Gundam robot model kit. I used the hatches to keep the system hidden and stealthy. The C.A.T. defense system was a real system tested by the US Navy in the 2010's aboard a few carriers. But it was canceled due to poor performance. The real system did not look like the hatches I put on my carrier.