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

[seadude]

When it comes to "construction projects", I'm the type of guy that doesn't like to spend much on resources and/or doesn't like to spend a lot of "work" on the project.
If I can get it done faster and cheaper, I will. Does that mean it will be better? I don't know. Depends on the type of project being done.
So anyway, I went out today and bought some Gorilla double sided sticky tape.
And also below is the wood board I bought days ago and also the black acrylic display base. The black acrylic base is not attached to the wood board yet. That will be done possibly later this weekend. For now, I'm just showing pics of what things will look like hopefully.
I was originally going to screw the black acrylic base to the wood board, but we'll see.

[philp]

Great idea for a case.  I will have to keep those in mind.

[Captain Canada]

She looks great inside the case ! Awesome work.

[NARSES2]

I've seen "Gorilla" glue before, but not the tape. How good is it ?

[seadude]

I've seen "Gorilla" glue before, but not the tape. How good is it ?

I've never tried Gorilla brand products before. So this is a first. I might work on the base this weekend...........but after I first finish working on adding decals to the aircraft. I've procrastinated on those for too long. 

[PR19_Kit]

I've seen "Gorilla" glue before, but not the tape. How good is it ?

Pretty good Chris, I always have a couple of rolls handy, one for 'General Use' and the other for cleaning the tyres on my slot racers. 

[NARSES2]

I've seen "Gorilla" glue before, but not the tape. How good is it ?

Pretty good Chris, I always have a couple of rolls handy, one for 'General Use' and the other for cleaning the tyres on my slot racers. 

Cheers Kit    I'll keep an eye open for it.

Not keen on their glues. I find they have a "life of their own once released from the tube".  Probably just old clumsy fingers here, but 

[Old Wombat]

I've seen "Gorilla" glue before, but not the tape. How good is it ?

Pretty good Chris, I always have a couple of rolls handy, one for 'General Use' and the other for cleaning the tyres on my slot racers. 

Cheers Kit    I'll keep an eye open for it.

Not keen on their glues. I find they have a "life of their own once released from the tube".  Probably just old clumsy fingers here, but 

That's my take on their CA glues (even the gel), & their "Clear Grip" contact adhesive in the tube & their squeeze-bottled "Clear Gorilla Glue" are both right behind it on the self-motivated stakes.

If I have to use them I get a piece of cardboard or a plastic cup lid & put a bit on/in that, then use a toothpick/cocktail stick to transfer the glue to where it's needed.

[seadude]

I changed a few things on my carrier. Nothing too major I assure you.
Added some Coyote anti-drone Drone Interceptor system box launchers in a few locations.
This is a new defensive system currently being tested and installed on US Navy ships.
You can read about it here:
https://www.twz.com/sea/coyote-loitering-drone-interceptors-have-arrived-on-us-navy-destroyers
All the box launchers were made with spare parts and styrene strip.
Carrier has to defend itself somehow from enemy drone swarms, right?

[seadude]

Next on the To Do list...........

Decals have been added and finished for all the aircraft. But like I may have said in previous posts on past pages of this model thread, I'm only putting the main national insignia roundels on the aircraft and nothing else. No squadron markings at all. It's just too much for my eyesight to take (With or without an Optivisor or other aide).    Not to mention it can be a bit pricey buying one decal sheet set for one squadron, then buy a seperate sheet for another squadron, then another seperate sheet for another squadron, and so forth. It's money I just don't have. So, I'm sorry, folks.
Either later today or maybe tomorrow I'll start putting most or all of the aircraft on the flight deck. The picture below gives a rough idea of some of the proposed spots where I'll park some aircraft. In the upper left corner of the pic is where I'll park some MH-60 helicopters as indicated by the four vertical green lines. The three green horizontal lines at the aft end of the carrier will most likely be for larger aircraft like the E-2C Hawkeyes and/or V-22 Ospreys. The green triangles also represent parking spots for aircraft too. At the bow of the ship with all the angled green lines is where I'll also park aircraft. You can find a lot of pics on Google of aircraft carriers that tend to have aircraft parked at the bow with all the aircraft parked at an angle.
Since all the jet blast deflectors are down and glued in place, I guess there's no point in putting any aircraft on a catapult ready for launch.
I don't know how many aircraft total I'll put on the flight deck nor their exact positions. If anybody has any suggestions, please let me know.
So far, I've got the following amounts to work with:
9 x F-18E
5 x F-18F
5 x EA-18G
19 x F-35
7 x  X-47B
5 x E-2C
6 x MH-60
2 x V-22
4 x MQ-25  (Waiting for them to be shipped/delivered.)
TOTAL = 58-62 aircraft

In other news, I'm going to work on building and painting the Tilly crash crane tractor from the TAMIYA Enterprise kit. It's the wrong type of crash crane, but if I don't get the crash crane I ordered from 3D-Wild before October, then I'm going to have to temporarily use the one from the TAMIYA kit.

[seadude]

P.S. - I should mention that I did make one mistake on some of the aircraft. If you look at an older photo below after all the aircraft were painted, you'll see that some aircraft have wings folded up, while other aircraft have wings spread out as normal.
In real life, aircraft on the deck of a carrier that are parked and not being launched from a catapult ALWAYS have their wingtips folded. Always.
So when I was building some of my F-18F's, F-18G's, and a few other types, I forgot to cut the wings and fold them.   
So if I were to add any aircraft to the deck with normal unfolded wings, it would be a grave inaccuracy. Actually, it would be a HUGE inaccuracy.
Unless I can think of some excuse to have unfolded winged aircraft on the deck? Ideas? Suggestions?

[PR19_Kit]

Unless I can think of some excuse to have unfolded winged aircraft on the deck? Ideas? Suggestions?

Yeah, it's an 'At Home' day and they've got a few aircraft spread wide on deck to show the Joe & Jane Publica how their tax dollars are being spent? 

[seadude]

Unless I can think of some excuse to have unfolded winged aircraft on the deck? Ideas? Suggestions?

Yeah, it's an 'At Home' day and they've got a few aircraft spread wide on deck to show the Joe & Jane Publica how their tax dollars are being spent? 

That might be the only excuse I can go with. Thanks. Kind of like a "Fleet Week" celebration of sorts. Open to the public. Show & Tell.

[PR19_Kit]

My pleasure, I've been aboard the old Ark Royal on such a day, the one that flew RN Phantoms and Buccs, not the ski-jump , Sea Harrier flying one, and that's just what they did. One of each type aboard was out on deck fully spread.

[seadude]

Aircraft on deck! 

This is pretty much how far I'll go for putting aircraft on the flight deck. I don't want to make it too overcrowded.
Though I'm still waiting for four MQ-25 unmanned refueling aircraft to be shipped/delivered to me yet.
But only 3 will go on the carrier while the 4th one will be displayed in front of the carrier with 8 other aircraft like I previously mentioned in a past post. Anyway, 55 aircraft so far are on the carrier. I wasn't sure where to put all of them. I kind of made things up as I went. Though I did look at real pics of carriers for some reference.
Also on the carrier are most of the flight deck tractors and forklifts. I do have one tractor leftover, but it has some bad wheels that need fixing before I can add it if I do. I also have three extra leftover forklifts I can add if I do. But I'm not sure where I'd put those. 
Also added under the nose of some of the aircraft by the nose landing gear are some of the scratch built aircraft tow bars I made weeks ago. Not all aircraft have one nor do they all need one.
So this ship is 99.99999999% FINISHED!
Once I get the Tilly crash crane and the MQ-25 aircraft delivered and get those built and added to the ship, then the carrier will be 100% DONE!