USS Ronald Reagan, CVN-76, in 1:350 Scale

FORBIN said:

Oh ! you can't t resist ofc and your also a great teaser
You know do, fine job !

Exist models with folding wings ? i prefer not i think more nice

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Those 3D aircraft from Shapeway did not have the folding option, but the Orange Hobby kits of the 1:350 F-35C do.

I intend to spot four with folding wings waiting near one of the forward cats while four more with wings extended linee up for take off there.

Will have one or two in the hangar with folded wings, with two more coming up on an elevator.

Will also have 12 F/A-18Fs, 12 F/A-18Es, 4 EA-18Gs, 2 CVM-22 CODs, 4 E-2D AEW, and at least 2 MH-60Rs. with the 10 F-35Cs, that will make for 46 aircraft on deck and in the hanger. Probably ten aircraft in the hangar...which will have a lighting system in it.

I am now putting a model thread for my 1:350 Scale Ronald Reagan model build up on Flickr here:

Well, I started the hanger bay detailing...have gotten the forward port portion going pretty good...but there's a lot of work to do yet.

I have found some 1:350 weapons that I will put in racks above, and also some 1:350 scale jet engines and trolleys for them. Also got the electronics in today for the LED lighting. Here's how it is looking:

You can see one of the CONFLG stations there...I think it turned out looking pretty good.

...and here are the first walls from Skyway 3D, painted and detailed:


In the next session I will either do the hanger deck completely, except glueing the roof with the lights and the aircraft in, or I will start the islnad, depending on if the parts for the hanger deck come in.

The Build - Hangar deck details. Entries from elevators, starboard details on walls, fire walls, port details on walls - January 11, 2017

Over the last 8-9 days, I have been working on the hangar deck.

Lots to add. I have one more scetion of detail I ordered from skyways, but had a lot to add from a scratch build standpoint itself. I started out by adding the entry ways into the hangar deck from each elevator. I got these from my Skyways 3D (from baconfist on their list who has built a lot of Nimitz and various specific Nimitz carrier details). Here they are:

At this point I added the sections of walls between the entries. I made these from white cardboard like you would get for old school projects...card stock. I painted them to match and then added the starboard side.

Once these were in, I began detailing those walls. I added some of the overhead storage and then took some 1/72 weapons and scratch shapd them into furle tanks and added them to one of the overheads. I then added various service/maintenace stations along the starboard side. I used a lot of old spare parts form oder models, and scratch built them, adding railing where necessary and doors to access the various areas.Here's how that turned out:

Here's a peek through one of the elevator doors:


At this point I built the large doorways that split up the overall angerdeck. These are large blast and fre protection doors to contain any damage whould either and accident or battle damge hit the hangar deck. Here's how they were built. I scratch built these from plastic parts.

Then ot was time to add the card sections to the p[ort side and detail those walls. I did this, adding maintenance areas near the CONFLAG stations, and adding photo etch railing and doors where necessary. I am waiting for one more piece of 3D wall from Skyway to be fninshed...but that is all I lack now. Hee's how that is looking, including through the elevator doors:

...and a final look at the whole thing


In the next session I wil create the aircraft and equient for the hangar bay and then add them as well as some personnel. I also hope to add the roof with the LED lighting and wiring installed.

Plenty of work to do!