Construction of Revell US Navy Assault Carrier USS Wasp Class
Assault carriers are designed to support short-range aircraft and landing crafts. In global conflicts or humanitarian crises, they can quickly supply troops or equipment onto shores.
The Revell US Navy Assault Carrier USS Wasp Class is ideal for people who can’t make up their mind what to build because you don’t have to choose between making a boat, aircraft or vehicle; you get to make all three in one kit!
Included in this kit is a waterline USS Wasp Class ship.The superstructures, aircraft, boats, and vehicles.The decals provided.This kit does not come with any figures, so we supplied our own – Eduard 1/700 aircraft carrier figures.The majority of the ship will be light grey, with the deck being dark grey. As we build the ship, we are working out what could be glued together and what to leave part to make the painting a little easier later on.Here are the parts prepped for airbrushing.Some of the larger, angular parts are held with crocodile clips.The model was first airbrushed in light grey, and then the deck was hand-painted in dark grey.Next, the super-structure was built.Once the main ship was completed, the decals were added. This kit came with some large decals. It may be easier to cut them into smaller sections rather than attempting the entire piece in one go.Unfortunately the large decals trapped air underneath it resulting in some silvering.To fix it, we simple painted over the silvering. Another method to fix this is to apply Tamiya Extra Thin Cement or Mr Color Leveling Thinner.The aircraft and vehicles were positioned on the deck ready for gluing.With the model paintwork completed, we moved on to the diorama. First, we pestered a family member to cut out a wooden base. Then on card stock (watercolour paper would be ideal), we drawn and cut out where the boats will be sitting.The card stock was glued onto the base and we painted the sea with acrylic paints.We applied water gel. The gel dried surprisingly quick, so work fast to score the sea texture.Once the water dried, we glued the boats and aircraft in place.Texture snow paint was applied to create the sea foam.Finally, the figures were glued on with superglue.
