This build is looking great!! Excellent work!!

Great work. Is this going to be the final wood base?

Thanks a lot.

Yes I think it will remain the final one. I have the Bismarck on a same kind of wood... I like it very much

BR
Michael

Great Stuff Michael,

The Airwing is looking superb, so is the Island.

Si

Hi Michael,
It is a true pleasure to follow your build. Your attention to detail is outstanding! But you've heard all that before. None-the-less, thanks again for sharing!

--mike

Excellent work Michael

First painting was 5-H Haze Grey byLifecolor. Once dried I painted the next darker color (5-O Ocean Grey) on it, followed by the decks in 20-B Deck Blue. Finally all parts were painted once again with airbrush in 5-0 Ocean Grey.









Next step - washing.

Cheers
Micha

Hi Michael,

Nice work on the Island, looking forward to seeing it place.

Si

Great work on the painting. Did you airbrush the whole island or hand paint the camo?

Hi,
thanks a lot.
The camo is hand painted.... and later cloudy oversprayed with the dark color on everything.
Cheers
Michael

Hello,
thank you very much

And the next steps....:


- After painting the bridge a washing of black oil colors followed.
- The windows were closed with Mirco Crystal Clear

Then the rigging followed with EZ-line. As there are no plans or detailed pictures of the original USS Hornet I used all that I could get. Pictures of models, black-white pictures of the original (where you could not see so much), and some pictures of books... I think it looks ok so far.
The flag is made of fabric and glued to the rigging.










Then I added all parts on the flight deck.... looks like this now:







Next steps... weapons.....
Micha

Looking very good!

Cheers Kev

Very impressive Michael,

What are your plans for the airwing?

Si

Hello,

after my holidays here a new update..... the airplanes are ready for painting, here in their planned positions on the flight deck:









Cheers
Micha

Hi @ all...

the airwing is on deck....:















Cheers
Michael

looking really nice Michael.

Very, very nice work.
Did you find detailing the larger scale more or less difficult? Was there significantly more detailing to do? I'm thinking of moving from 1/700 to 1/350. At the age of 72, I'm not quite as nimble fingered as I used to be.

EJ

Michael,
Your Hornet is one impressive build! I especially like the open hangar doors with the peeks at all the activity going on inside. And at 1/200 scale you can actually see what's going on!

Great work Michael. I'm still on the sidelines about this kit. Not that I don't like it but where will I put it.

Mike

Hello @ all.

here the final pictures of my USS HORNET (CV-8) in scale 1/200 by Merit International, plus PE-parts by Tetra Model Works, wooden deck by Nautilus (blue painted) and propellers by G-Factor.

More about the build you find on my website or here at the "works in progress".

Later I will add some figures, but as I know there are no US Navy figures in 1/200 available yet....

Hope you like it!



































CHEERS
Michael

Great build Michael.

Have enjoyed following it's progress. Very good photographs too.

Thank you for sharing.

Si

Michael,

your Hornet turned out fantastic!! Great attention to detail and at the same time all fits together, with your amazing weathering, to a really amazing overall impression. Congratulations to your build and the 'commissioning'!!

Cheers,

Jan

Nice build Mike. How was the Tetra PE to work with? Did you use their wooden deck and did it attach itself well to the plastic?

Just a quick note to anyone considering this kit and a PE set, Mk1 Design have just released their set for the Hornet.

A fantastic build Michael! Well done!

Thankyou for sharing with us!