USS Nimitz CVN-68 by Ted Taylor | ||
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Brand: | Trumpeter |
Scale: | 1/350 | |
Modeler: | Ted Taylor | |
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This is one of my “easy build” class of kits and it is big, like 38
inches long. The hull comes as two sections, upper and lower, for ease
of making a waterline model. There are a few minor cuts to be made before construction begins depending on your requirements. Once the hull is ready it is just a matter of adding details before the flight deck goes on, The deck is nicely detailed and is in three parts which fit together reasonably well for such large pieces, the detailing is nicely done with tie down spots engraved on the surface, optional position blast deflectors and there are loads of tiny antennas to be added to the edges, these are the parts that look like fishing rods hanging over the sides on the real vessel.
One small point here these are very delicate and they have a number of
feeds to each one on the frames so require very careful removal to avoid damage.
On deck, the ship is depicted as it was in 1975 when the aircraft were launched with cat strops and as such she has the three extensions to the ends of the launch rails which are not there today, decals are supplied for the deck markings but not all of them are used at one time, your research will show which are needed, even the 68 bow number was painted differently at various time so be aware.
Now the good news, you get lots of deck machinery, four mobile cranes,
eight tow trucks and eight fork lift trucks to handle all the aircraft which
include, 1x SH-3 sea king, 1x RA-5 Vigilante, 1x E-2C Hawkeye, 2x A-3s, 2x S-3
Vikings, 3x A-6E Intruders plus six each of F-4J Phantoms and A-7E Corsairs.
Each comes on a frame with three colour plastic, grey black and clear and there
are folding wings separate wheels etc. etc. took for ever to build but then the
result really sets the ship off.
A lot of model for the money, I’ll recommend it to any ship enthusiasts
April 26, 2005 |