Brand new 🎁 USS Nimitz CVN-68 Aircraft Carrier 1975 1/700 Trumpeter ⌛

The Nimitz Class aircraft carriers are the largest warships ever built. With over 6,000 personnel, the carrier has a displacement of 102,000 tons and a flight deck length of 332.9 meters. All seven nuclear-powered Nimitz class carriers have been built by Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia. The Nimitz air wing consists of 74-86 aircraft. The flight deck is equipped with four lifts, four steam-driven catapults and four arrester wires. The carrier is capable of launching one aircraft every twenty seconds. 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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Product Details:

Scale: 1/700
Skill Level: 4
Length: 18.9”
Beam: 4.75”
Parts: 633
– Painting and assembly required
– 28 sprues
– Build waterline or full hull version
– Detailed gun assemblies
– Clear parts
– One photo-etched fret
– Detailed bridge and mast assemblies
– 3-dimensional radar
– Brass wire
– Sea Sparrow launcher
– Includes the following aircraft: A-3D Skywarrior, RA-5C Vigilante, E-2C Hawkeye, A-6E Intruder, A-7E Corsair II, F-4J Phantom, and SH-3H Sea King helicopter
– Includes display stand and nameplate
– One-piece hulls, flight deck, hangar deck and waterline plate
– Includes onboard mobile cranes and forklift
– Two decal sheets for CVN-68 1975
– Illustrated instructions and paint guide

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Paint Guide:

Navy Grey
Grey
Hull Red
Gold
Yellow
White
Flat Black
Light Gull Grey
White Insignia
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