CVA-01 1/700 scratchbuild #2

[Thorvic]

Considering they're scratch-built, both are great work, but the 2025 version shows how your skills have improved since 2009!     

Alot of it is actually due to the ammount of original accurate drawings and intormation that has come to hand  since 2009, as soon as i got the Warship 2014 volume i knew i would have to do a proper version, but thats taken me 10 years. Also had access to better materials, tools and donor kits and accessories to make detailing more refined.

It was intersting the effort put in to create the 988 Radome and mack as the detailed drawings gave me the correct width of the island and therefore the mack, that took various searches of amazon to find suitable materials to provide the mast and the radome.

The old version will get a refit to repair damage and replace missing parts, however for CVA-02 i may try another scratch build next year based on lessons learn with this one. That would be a late 70s completion and would expect it to include lessons learned from CVA-01.

[scautomoton]

Cracking effort Geoff. Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh at SMW.

[Hobbes]

This is a masterpiece  Can't wait to see it at Telford.

[Steel Penguin]

looking very good 
and again ill add to wanting a closer look at Telford

[NARSES2]

Terrific build Geoff