Well this project can be wrapped up- My 1/700 USS Wisconsin is complete. This one is for my grandfather- he worked at a Naval Ordnance Station for operation Desert Storm and as a chemical engineer he worked on combustibles and fuels for nearly all ordnance methods- in particular tomahawk cruise missiles. His missiles were eventually used on the USS Stephen S. Groves (FFG-29) as well as the Uss Missouri and USS Wisconsin, among many other ships. The USS Wisconsin fired off Tomahawks into Iraq and Kuwait against Iraqi troops and positively contributed to the war.
This was a trumpeter kit built out of the box. The entire paint scheme is painted from using Pollyscale. I used their deck tan along with engine black and gunship gray to paint the model. The decals were absoloutely horrible! I need to order a new set from a non-chinese manufacturer to get a good set. The water was used with Liquitex's "Acrylic Gel Medium", and it was the glossy variety. I then used Tamiya's Blue for the water.
All that's left is to have the nameplate ordered, which is why that bare wood is left in front of the ship. This was overall an ok build- it could have used more detail though. PS- I have now switched to photo-bucket since it seems Maj.com probably won't be coming back online for the forseeable future. You can find a link to the gallery here.
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