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

[PR19_Kit]

Have you decided on a name for her yet?

[seadude]

Have you decided on a name for her yet?

It's in the thread title.    I named her the USS United States after the United States CVA-58 carrier that was canceled in the late 1940's.
I sure as hell wasn't going to name it after "you know who" in the WH. 

[Rheged]

Have you decided on a name for her yet?

USS Benedict Arnold, perhaps?.................or am I being more cynical than usual?

[buzzbomb]

yes.. very well done and thought through.

Great work 

[seadude]

Have you decided on a name for her yet?

USS Benedict Arnold, perhaps?.................or am I being more cynical than usual?

Absolutely NO on that name suggestion.
The only names I could come up with for this project were USS United States and USS John Adams. The latter being the "father" of the Continental/US Navy.

[kerick]

This ship is outstanding! You've put so much work into this it blows my mind! Please let us know what show you might be taking this to as I want to see this in person. If it's anything like your battleships it will be outstanding!

[PR19_Kit]

It's in the thread title.    I named her the USS United States after the United States CVA-58 carrier that was canceled in the late 1940's.
I sure as hell wasn't going to name it after "you know who" in the WH. 

Oh, of course, sorry.

I read it as a 'ship of the United States' without looking at the 'USS' title. 

[seadude]

This ship is outstanding! You've put so much work into this it blows my mind! Please let us know what show you might be taking this to as I want to see this in person. If it's anything like your battleships it will be outstanding!

I'm hoping it will be outstanding. I'm hoping people will like it at future shows.
As for a possible show schedule:
MMSI Model Show in Chicago in October. This is tenative providing I can get everything.........and I do mean EVERYTHING.........done by October.
Butch O'Hare Model Show in Illinois - Maybe? I'm a bit hesitant on taking the carrier there. I'm not sure why. I just am.
Mad City Model Contest in Madison in March next year. Definately taking it there for sure.

[kerick]

This ship is outstanding! You've put so much work into this it blows my mind! Please let us know what show you might be taking this to as I want to see this in person. If it's anything like your battleships it will be outstanding!

I'm hoping it will be outstanding. I'm hoping people will like it at future shows.
As for a possible show schedule:
MMSI Model Show in Chicago in October. This is tenative providing I can get everything.........and I do mean EVERYTHING.........done by October.
Butch O'Hare Model Show in Illinois - Maybe? I'm a bit hesitant on taking the carrier there. I'm not sure why. I just am.
Mad City Model Contest in Madison in March next year. Definately taking it there for sure.

Cool!

[seadude]

And another detail I added: Ordnance dollies and weapons to the bomb farm area on the starboard side of the island superstructure. I had to take a few extra pics to try and show the details and/or paint colors of the dollies/weapons. The Sparrow missiles are Light Ghost Grey. The other "weapons" on the dollies are light grey and also light ghost grey. I didn't want to paint any weapons white as that would blend in too easily with the color of the dollies. And white can be a difficult color to take a picture of sometimes. 

[NARSES2]

Yet more amazing detail 

[seadude]

In other news............

I just got an email today saying the Tilly crash crane and the MQ-25 aircraft I ordered from 3D-Wild are on their way and should be delivered sometime next week. 
I'm hoping the Tilly crash crane from 3D-Wild isn't too complicated to put together. Otherwise, I'll have to use the more "simpler" crane from the original TAMIYA Enterprise kit.
So while I wait for those items to arrive, I'll be working on the display base this weekend and figuring how I want to display the carrier on the base plus whatever else I put on there.

[Rheged]

Have you decided on a name for her yet?

USS Benedict Arnold, perhaps?.................or am I being more cynical than usual?

Absolutely NO on that name suggestion.
The only names I could come up with for this project were USS United States and USS John Adams. The latter being the "father" of the Continental/US Navy.

Sorry, that's just me being provoking!  I like what you are doing with this carrier and recognise that what you have created is well above my skill set.     John Adams is a complex and fascinating character, well deserving of a major warship named for him.

[seadude]

Not much new going on.
Started working on the display base last two days.

Pic # 1 - I first positioned the black acrylic base exactly where I wanted it on top of the wood board. Remember, the acrylic base is about 44" inches long. The wood board is 48" inches long. So there's 2" inches extra of wood board showing at both ends. I marked with pencil on the wood board exactly where the edges of the acrylic base would be so I knew where to position it when the time came to add the double sided tape and lay the acrylic base on top of the wood.

Pic # 2 - I didn't take a pic of the double sided tape I used when I laid it on the wood board. Sorry. But the blue lines in the pic give a rough idea of how much tape I used and where I put various pieces. I used almost the entire roll of tape!    There's no way that acrylic base is going to move off that wood board.

Pic # 3 - After the acrylic base was put on top of the wood board with all the tape, I then added stacks of books on top to help press the acrylic base down on top of the wood board. I left it like that overnight.

Pic # 4 - After taking the books off, I then began to paint the exposed wood board portions with black paint. Nothing fancy. Just some cheap acrylic craft black paint I got at Walmart. The "holes" along the edges of the acrylic base will not be painted black inside. I need those bare as those holes are what the tabs of the acrylic case slide into and I need to be able to see them when I put the display case on.

[philp]

It looks great.  Hopefully you will bring it to Ft. Wayne next year.

I was looking at the aircraft and noticed no CAG birds?