by Mark Mckinnis
1/720 USS Midway CV-41 & CVW-5 1991 (Arii Kitbash)
I am building a 1/720 collection of every carrier built since WWII. Of course the Midway's were a bit of a challenge since the only model out there of Midway is 1/800. I went with 1/720 to match up with all of the Itlaeri Kits that are out there. Of course I was done with around 9 Carriers when Trumpeter and Fujimi started the 1/700 Carriers. Oh well.
I started with an ARII 1/800 Midway. I used Navsource.org to get a plan of Midway and worked with it on MS Paint to stretcht it to the right size for 1/720 scale. I took the kit and cut the ship up into segments and filled in the gaps with putty and pieces of extra kits that I have laying around.
I used the GMM PE set to detail the ships rails and radars and scratch built the updates to the island. I used the island from the 1/800 kit and it seems to looks OK.
The airwing is from Fujimi for the Hornets and Trumpeter for the Intruders, Hawkeyes and the COD. I had not completed the SH-3's when I took the photos but they are comming as well. I did the decals on my computer and printed them up.
I used Starfighter Decals Deck Markings for CVN-65 for the deck and weathered it with a cotton ball and black pastel chalk.
