The SteelNavy.Com Message Board: Re: USS Gerald R. Ford hanger deck

For helicopters, especially the MH-60R, you have choices from many 3D printed versions. Ebay is loaded with them. In plastic, AFV club does this set:

http://www.hobbyfan.com.tw/index.php/Home/Product/detail/tid/3/id/1936.html

Which has MH-60R, but I feel they are a bit overscale. For MH-60S, there is the "venerable" Trumpeter set:

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/trumpeter-03436-mh-60s-knighthawk--153961

The "S" version is a bit harder to come by in 3D printed.

However, L'Arsenal will provide you with both R and S versions. Use the drop-down menus:

https://www.larsenal.com/1350-sikorsky-sh-90-b-seahawk-x4-3d-printing-c2x40630856

For deck vehicles, I recently found this set from this ebay vendor:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/317153784608?itmmeta=01K902WKQHGFMZW9QXKYGY7HF7&hash=item49d7d6b320:g:oz0AAeSwYodolCmU

I have never ordered from them, have no connection to them, amd know nothing about them. I have just noted they exist, and they seem to be the only ebay vendor offering this paryicular set, unlike many other items where multiple ebay vendors offer it. If ypu get them, you might let us know how it went gor you?

HTH some

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If you google USS Ford hangar deck, you'll get lots of images (or at least, I did.) The walls are white from overhead down to about chest height, at which point they are a dark gray. The deck is gray. The overhead is also white, but its structure subjects it to lots of shadow, giving an illusion of "off-white," a little darker than the walls.

Images:

https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7837040/sailors-conduct-aircraft-maintenance-uss-gerald-r-fords-hangar-bay

https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7486669/big-top-reception

https://www.businessinsider.com/uss-gerald-r-ford-tour-largest-aircraft-carrier-2017-12

https://www.wavy.com/news/military/onboard-uss-gerald-r-ford-during-flight-operations/

Note how lighting alters color perception. The better the lighting, the closer the image comes to presenting the actual colors.

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I've just started to assemble my Magic Factory 1/700 scale model and was wondering what the interior colours on the below deck. Floor, ceiling and side walls ? The instructions have the exterior colours but don't say what the hanger deck colours are.
Also whilst the ship has a fairly complete air wing, but it has no helicopters or deck equipment such as the mobile crane or small machinery to move the aircraft on deck. Are there any aftermarket items that can be added