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

[seadude]

I forgot to mention something else about the paint markers I was using.
They are acrylic paint markers. Not oil based paint markers.
And once the paint dries, it is flat, not gloss.
But when I had to do multiple passes/coats of paint to draw the lines on the carrier deck, the white lines when finished did take on a "slightly" (very slight) gloss appearance.
White and yellow were harder colors to paint over a darker carrier deck as I needed anywhere from 7-9 passes/coats just to get good even solid coverage of a white flight deck landing line. But if anybody else uses these (or other types of) paint markers on a carrier flight deck or anything else, your mileage will vary.
And whenever I put Tamiya masking tape over a white line, then slowly pulled it off, the tape did not pull up the white paint. But only because I pulled the tape off very slowly.
If anybody uses any type of paint markers for any modeling project, do some tests first on scrap plastic, painted or unpainted, to see what works and what doesn't before you start on your main model project.
Paint markers may or may not work for everybody and every model project.

[Old Wombat]

Thanks for the tips! 


She's looking very good, to me. Excellent, even!   

[Spino]

Yes, excellent work indeed!

[seadude]

More work today on my future what if carrier. Did a lot of adding decals, but mostly to the port side. Will move to the starboard side later in the week. A lot of decals are a mishmash from Starfighter Decals, old Gold Medal Models decals, and I think (?) some from Hawk Graphics. Since one manufacturer won't have ALL the decals I need in one set, it becomes necessary to buy and use multiple sets from different manufacturers to get what I need.

[Old Wombat]

Looking better than anything even my best efforts could hope to do! Kudos, Brother seadude!  

[NARSES2]

That is looking really good 

[seadude]

Thanks, guys! I had a hell of a time adding some of the decals as a few were really old (Number 90 at the bow) and I was worried they'd break apart or worse.
I had to literally measure with a ruler the yellow stripes for all four of the jet blast deflectors, then cut the yellow decal stripes to the appropriate length for each of the four sides. That was no easy task.    The small round white/yellow/red "circles" you see all over the flight deck are hatches for electrical power hookups for aircraft. The instructions were very unclear as to placement of these. The red and white striped lines behind the number 90 were also tedious as I had to cut those long line decals into about a dozen or more tiny pieces to make them more manageable.
God, I hate decals.     

[seadude]

Well, the carrier ship itself is getting ever so closer to being done. 
As for the aircraft, that's a different story. 

But here's whats left as far as I know for finishing this project. Though things could change in future days, weeks, etc.

Need photoetch flight deck edge safety nets. (Skipping this as I can't afford a $70 PE fret that has them on there.)
Display case and base to be made. (Got a quote for a possible display case. Gonna cost approx. $370+.)
Add four arresting wires on flight deck.
Decal all aircraft.
Fix the flight deck area where the island superstructure sits as the island does not sit "level" on the flight deck.
Add NULKA decoy launchers to model.
Add optical landing system to model.
Add landing instrumentation tower to model behind island superstructure.
Add 55 gal. blue drum containers on catwalks.
Add Mk.36 SRBOC chaff launchers.
Add all AFFF firefighting hose reels and fire extinguishers. (Maybe? May opt out of this.)
Add all life racks/canisters.
Add Mk.38 25mm guns.
Add SMQ-11 radar.
Add SLQ-59 ECM systems.
Add more photoetch fire hoses and hatches.
Buy, build, and paint MQ-25 aircraft.
Buy, build, and paint tilly crash retrieval crane.
Add whip antennas and radomes along flight deck edge.
Add all refueling hose reels on catwalks. (Most are done except the aft starboard side.)
Add flight deck crew? (Maybe. May opt out of this.)
Add possibly 8-10 .50 cal machine guns along catwalks.  (Maybe. May opt out of this.)
Add "Belknap Pole" on starboard side.

[Old Wombat]

Are you sure that list isn't longer than the last one?       

[PR19_Kit]

A matter of moments for you Mr. Seadude. 

[NARSES2]

Are you sure that list isn't longer than the last one?       

I'm just glad I'm not the only one to make lists of what needs to be done and then tick them off as they are    Not just modeling either.

[seadude]

Are you sure that list isn't longer than the last one?       

After I made that list last night, I continued working on a few more items on my carrier. So now the list is a bit shorter as follows. 

Display case and base to be made.
Add four arresting wires on flight deck. (Will add this today.)
Decal all aircraft.
Fix the flight deck area where the island superstructure sits as the island does not sit "level" on the flight deck.
Add landing instrumentation tower to model behind island superstructure.
Add 55 gal. blue drum containers on catwalks.
Add Mk.38 25mm guns.
Add more photoetch fire hoses and hatches.
Buy, build, and paint MQ-25 aircraft.
Buy, build, and paint tilly crash retrieval crane.
Add whip antennas and radomes along flight deck edge.
Add all refueling hose reels on catwalks.
Add "Belknap Pole" on starboard side.

May cancel the following. Not sure yet.
Add all AFFF firefighting hose reels and fire extinguishers.
Add flight deck crew?
Add possibly 8-10 .50 cal machine guns along catwalks.

[seadude]

PART 1 PICTURE DUMP.

I've been adding lots of details along the catwalks/sides of the carrier.
If you don't know what something is or anything else, then feel free to ask questions and I'll explain as best I can.

[seadude]

PART 2 PICTURE DUMP.

I've also been working on finishing painting and decaling the flight deck the last several days.
I'm pretty sure I'm done. But there's probably something I forgot that will nag me later I'll bet. 
The four black painted arresting wires going across the flight deck were made with 0.50 mm round styrene rod.
If anybody has questions on anything, then just ask.

[kerick]

Sooooo many tiny bits! It's looking really great! The deck decals are worth all the trouble.