USS Hornet CV-8
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May 9, 2022Tamiya USS Hornet CV-8 kit overview.2
May 9, 2022Starting to build the base, using an "off the shelf" picture frame, using kitchen aluminum foil to simulate water.3
May 9, 2022View of the aluminum foil glued in the frame with PVA glue.4
May 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.5
May 16, 2022Rear deck assembly.6
May 16, 2022Hull assembly7
May 16, 2022Front deck assembled on the hull.8
May 16, 2022Lower deck details.9
May 16, 2022Carrier island, assembly started10
May 16, 2022Dry fit of the carrier on the base11
May 16, 2022Deck and hull assemblies.12
May 16, 2022Started painting hull (grey) and wooden deck (brown). Still lots of paint work to be done.13
May 23, 2022Camouflage painted on the hull and island.14
May 23, 2022Wooden deck, hull and carrier island washed with oil paint.15
May 23, 2022The mini Doolitle raiders being painted and decals being placed.16
May 30, 2022Attaching the wooden deck of the aircraft carrier.17
May 30, 2022Attaching the wooden deck of the aircraft carrier.18
May 30, 2022Deck glued to the hull19
May 30, 2022Doolitle raiders placed on the deck, and dry fit of the ship on its base. Doolitle airplane taking off.20
May 30, 2022Ship glued to its base.21
May 30, 2022Waves detailed with cotton + Mod Podge.22
May 30, 2022Doolitle raiders placed on the deck, and dry fit of the ship on its base. Doolitle airplane taking off.23
May 30, 2022Waves detailed with cotton + Mod Podge.24
May 30, 2022Finished work front25
May 30, 2022Finished work back26
May 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.