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The “wow” factor on this one keeps increasing with each of your updates!

Thanks Stick.
I wish I can find 3D Japanese that aren't standing straight as a board. I like the Tori Factory material (the ones that are as straight as a board). They are very easy to paint and remove, I just wish they'd make them into different poses. The only other pack I could find that don't look like a LEGO fig are the IJN pilots from Northstar. Those are SO delicate that removing them without breaking their hands and feet off is futile and damn near impossible. I've tried everything and I still have many to repair.

I would say the "Wow!" factor is off the charts here for me! Man, I am overwhelmed.

Thanks guys,
I sprayed a gloss coat on the wood deck and stained. Here it is half stained.



I then added three coats of the gloss coat and added the decals. That was an ordeal as decals don’t like to adhere to wood, imagine that.



Once that all “dried” I then sprayed a few more clear coats. The katakana letter ア “A” on the stern came apart, thank you Hase for your wonderful decals. So, I masked and spray the letter. After a few hours messing with that I was able to add the weathering I.E. oil spills, fuel leaks, tire marks and other sundry offences that happen to a wood carrier deck, using pastels and oils where I’m right at the point where I feel I’ve gone far enough. Not too much but not too little. Most of the stern will be covered with 27 or was it 28 aircraft and one hundred plus crew so the deck will be more of a background than the center point.

Oh yeah, the island it glued down now.







Next I need to finish the mast, a few ladders that I bought that were too long for what I had in my ladder stock, mast rigging, AA guns, deck safety netting, catch wires, aircraft catch system, side small boats, lowered antennas, landing light system.... You know, all those small nagging annoying items at add tons of interest to a build.

Oh man that is GORGEOUS!!!!

Thanks Stick, now it's going to get interesting.

Stikpusher wrote:

Oh man that is GORGEOUS!!!!

I so totally agree!!!

Thanks Mark.

That is just beautiful! I would love to see this at a show.

Wow. Just wow