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on: Lion Roar (China) US &
UK ship rail, Black color metal net, Eduard US carrier crew,
some plastic sheet, roll and copper wire, Tamiya aircraft set 1 .
This
is my latest model made from the “Heller 1:400 Charles de Gaulle” aircraft
carrier. It
was the second one, first one nearly finished before it was suddenly drop on the
ground, all
broken, just only the island and air wings,….etc.
This
model is a very simply kit, easy to build. Have many space to conversions and
made details.
Because
there was not enough information to build this kit, I only got the
Japanese
publication “Aircraft Carriers of The World” and the official French army site to check up
for information. I did not have a way to order the resin
made air wings, I did the conversions
myself, using a Tamiya set one the F-4S landing
gear to replace the air wings big gear, and replaced the 2 Tamiya E-2c Hawkeye.
The island did not have much detail works done on it, only adding some catwalk and ladders.
For the
hull I only make a hanger and some walkway beside the elevator. The
fighter deck is
a big job, first I cut off the safety net, using plastic roll Lion Roar released
one is very good, easy to bend near 90degree and black metal net to make the
safety net. Second, using Autocad to draw the tile holes and remark the cat 1
& 2 . Why so much trouble? It was because the manufacture's marking the area
does not
match the runway decal, and I wanted it detailed so I remarked the cat 1&2 to
matching the decal, then printed out the tile holes pattern and covered on the deck
“started to drill”!!
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For
painting, I used the Tamiya Spray can the Light Ghost Gray and Mr. Hobby
the 36 for the walkway, air wings is Mr. Hobby the 307, 308 color, the Hawk Eyes
is 315.
Maybe
the hawk eyes, crew, railings is biggest little bit, but I can’t find out the
better materials for 1:400 scales, only 1:350 is nearest, hope it was not make
the ship so bad. The price for the kits and other materials also not so high, it
made it very fun to build up!
Paolo
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