Monday, April 30, 2007 - 08:11 PM UTC
In this MSW "Spotlight", we take a closer look inside the box at Trumpeter Models "USS NIMITZ CVN-68 2005", in 1/700 scale plastic!
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Kit Details

Scale 1:700
L: 481.5mm
W: 126.6mm
Total Plastic Parts 637pcs
Box Size 55 x25 x 6.8cm
Photo Etched Part 1pcs
Total Sprues 31pcs
Decal Marking CVN-68 2005

Original Vessel Details

USS NIMITZ CVN-68 2005
Length overall: 332.9m
Beam max: 76.8m
Displacement: 91000-102000t

"The Nimitz Class aircraft carriers are the largest warships ever built. With over 6,000 personnel, the carrier has a displacement of 102,000t, and a flight deck length of 332.9m. All seven nuclear-powered Nimitz class carriers have been built by Newport News Shipbuilding, based in Virginia.

The Nimitz air wing consists of 74-86 aircraft. The flight deck measures 333 x 77m and is equipped with four lifts, four steam-driven catapults and four arrester wires. The carrier is capable of launching one aircraft every 20s.

The nuclear-powered carrier has two General Electric pressurized water reactors driving four turbines of 260,000hp (194MW) and four shafts. There are four emergency diesels of 10,720hp (8MW). The first of class, USS Nimitz, was commissioned in 1975. The latest, USS Ronald Reagan CVN-76, was commissioned in July 2003."




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Comments

wildspear
Gunny, Looks pretty good, to bad I have never been much of a carrier person.
APR 30, 2007 - 10:12 PM
blaster76
Build the 350 scale of this version and I guarentee you'll change your mind about carriers. This one will take you a long time to build and I don't know about you, but I enjoyed every minute of it. I started out building the planes until I tired of them then I switched to the ship I went back and forth for 4 months this kept me from burnout.
MAY 03, 2007 - 06:04 AM
jhoog59
Ive seen the 1/350 and 1/700 versions and the 1/700 actually has more and better detail then the big one and you have more choices for which ship you want to build. I went with the honest Abe CVN-72.
MAY 18, 2007 - 10:46 PM
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