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Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 10:49 AM UTC
Stop the presses. More news from Gold Medal Models. 1/700 USN Super Carrier Decal Set is now available.

Gold Medal Models sends us more exciting news with the release of their 1/700 USN Super Carrier Decal Set. The decal sheet is a six-color single-sheet decal (White, black, red, yellow, blue, and green plus clear) and furnishes island and flight deck numbers in a wide variety of accurate styles for all USN super carriers beginning with the Forrestal and ending with the George H. W. Bush.
Special markings such as a wide variety of boatswain's mates wings, "E" efficiency markings in two sizes, multi-color flight deck warning stripes, combat score markings, weapons warning circles in two sizes, "Beware of Jet Exhaust etc." signs, ordnance jettison ramp stripes, ships' names, and more are also included. Flight deck numbers are executed in both solid and hollow versions, and island numbers are in both shaded and non-shaded styles.

A decal set comprising one 4" by 10" sheet printed in six colors: (black, white, red, yellow, blue, and green) plus clear, that provides the following markings:

  • FOR ALL SHIPS: Eight red warning circles in two sizes for rotating weapons mounts; twelve bomb jettison ramp markings for flight decks; assorted awards with hashmarks in full color and in two sizes for bridge wings; yellow & red flight deck elevator and ordnance elevator striping; white and red forward flight deck striping; ten sets of underwater hull draft markings in black & white; 18 sets of Flight Deck Electrical Power Hatch striping; ships' names ranging from Forrestal (CV-59) to George H. W. Bush (CV-77.)
  • FOR ENTERPRISE: Hollow white outlined flight deck numbers in the correct shape; "Big E" marking for rear of island; "USS ENTERPRISE CVN-65" titles for the island front in two sizes and three variations for three different eras; Aviation Boatswains' Mates' Wings, ship's plaque, and small black eagle for lower island front; five "Beware of Jet Blast Propellers and Rotors" signs in four styles for different eras; "Hormuz Highway Patrol", kill marks, and related awards for late 1980's period.
  • FOR NIMITZ-CLASS: Correctly shaped hollow and solid numbers for flight decks including one set of oversize solid "68" numerals for an early Nimitz; correctly shaped shadowed and non-shadowed white numbers for islands of all ships in the class; assorted island signs for damage control equipment; twelve different sets of Aviation Boatswains' Mates' wings for all ships' island fronts to represent a variety of eras; and nine sets of "Beware of Jet Blast Propellers And Rotors" warning signs for islands representing all ships and several eras.

The heavily illustrated instruction sheet provides detailed information on usage and proper display of all the above markings.
Available now. Price: $9.00 plus shipping.
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