My new project..USS Nimitz CVN 68 1976

Now the fun begins...The vessel itself and starting with The Island

how on earth did you manage to paint those tiny wheels/tires??

patience ..patience..lots of patience Adrian...Really though it wasn't that difficult ....airbrushed them yellow first .....varnish....wash which then served as a guidline for painting the actual tires and presto lol lol lol
In Nannu

welldone lou

Totally incredible Lou, you are the master, cannot heap enough praise on your work. Looking forward to the rest of this new masterpiece, and a masterpiece it is going to be, these are the neatest planes and equipment you have ever built.

Main Mast island and one radar completed. Have to difuse the lights a bit to a softer shade ...will sort that out once I attach the island to the deck....

Missed your posts Louis, brilliant work as usual, that island looks amazing, the window wipers would be microscopic.

Initial works on hull starboard side....Sponsons hollowed out and rebuilt from scratch.....air vent grids hollowed out and replaced by photoetch from spares box...piping and tubing ....copper wire and fine telephone wire

Now for the Port side ......lot of plastic scraping and drilling to do ....

amazing neat and highly detailed work Lou, totally brilliant as usual, this is a treat to see. Keep it up, the detail is amazing.

you are incredible..Nannu..

Initial works on loer hull ...Port side.....Forward and aft sponsons repositioned and rebuilt from scratch....piping the usual copper and telephone wire used also soldering lead...very fine.....Ventilation grids repositioned ...new and additional ones hollowed out and backed with photoetch from spares box....detaing plastic strips etc.....Non exisitent sponsons which were in the kit and not here in 1976 filled up with expoxy putty and the work goes on....

Amazing work Lou, great progress!! All those vents must have been a nightmare to make.

Excellent Work Lou

Fantastic detail Louis, Prosit.

I don't normally do steel ships so don't usually look in, oh boy I've been missing out, this is astounding work, will definitely be following this.

Hull more or less complete just a few details to add once the top deck and catwalk will be attached....

Will now start works on the faintail on the stern of the vessel....more research  and a lot of fiddly work there:scratch:

Beautiful Lou, the shape of that ship is amazing, it oozes power and might. Looks amazing. the detailing is awesome.

Dry fit of the transom at the stern of the vessel ready for airbrushing...more or less scratchbuilt...kit offering totally wrong and devoid of detail

First stage of seascape done....

Fantastic detail Lou, It is coming along real nicely. With every new project you outdo yourself. Well done. Superb detail.