USS Hornet CV-8
1May 9, 2022Tamiya USS Hornet CV-8 kit overview.
2May 9, 2022Starting to build the base, using an "off the shelf" picture frame, using kitchen aluminum foil to simulate water.
3May 9, 2022View of the aluminum foil glued in the frame with PVA glue.
4May 9, 2022After airbrushing with grey, blue, using some PVA glue to seal it, then applied dry brush whit acrylic white for the sea foam. It will be completed later on with cotton and PVA glue, when the model is completed.
5May 16, 2022Rear deck assembly.
6May 16, 2022Hull assembly
7May 16, 2022Front deck assembled on the hull.
8May 16, 2022Lower deck details.
9May 16, 2022Carrier island, assembly started
10May 16, 2022Dry fit of the carrier on the base
11May 16, 2022Deck and hull assemblies.
12May 16, 2022Started painting hull (grey) and wooden deck (brown). Still lots of paint work to be done.
13May 23, 2022Camouflage painted on the hull and island.
14May 23, 2022Wooden deck, hull and carrier island washed with oil paint.
15May 23, 2022The mini Doolitle raiders being painted and decals being placed.
16May 30, 2022Attaching the wooden deck of the aircraft carrier.
17May 30, 2022Attaching the wooden deck of the aircraft carrier.
18May 30, 2022Deck glued to the hull
19May 30, 2022Doolitle raiders placed on the deck, and dry fit of the ship on its base. Doolitle airplane taking off.
20May 30, 2022Ship glued to its base.
21May 30, 2022Waves detailed with cotton + Mod Podge.
22May 30, 2022Doolitle raiders placed on the deck, and dry fit of the ship on its base. Doolitle airplane taking off.
23May 30, 2022Waves detailed with cotton + Mod Podge.
24May 30, 2022Finished work front
25May 30, 2022Finished work back
26May 30, 2022Finished work top
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7 9 May 2022, 13:25
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Depiction of USS Hornet CV-8, with Doolitle Raiders taking off from its deck in December 17th 1942 to attack Japan in retaliation to Pearl Harbor attack.
