First with the Ford Class Carrier model ?

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I thought this happened in 90 , prior to the war ,
but we were obviously in the Persian Gulf on that date .
They interviewed him on ship's TV .
He mentioned how he couldn't breath . Seems obvious but I didn't think of that until he mentioned it .
Lucky he was tall and got hung up in that intake .
That fireball was his cranial that got ripped off .




We had a guy get decapitated by an E2 in the Caribbean
and one blown over the side by an S3 - never found .
Dangerous as hell up there .
Flightdeck pay was about the same as our nuke pay . It should have been double .

 

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Who will be first to release a kit of the new Ford Class ?
My money's on Trumpeter

I definitely want one in 1/700

CVN-78 Ford , CVN-79 Kennedy , CVN-80 Enterprise , CVN-81 Doris Miller
CVN-82 is unnamed , scheduled to replace the Theodore Roosevelt

....... my old ship , the Theodore Roosevelt .
Ship's company for a little over 51 months , Reactor Mechanical Division :

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As long as is full hull (hate waterline, not a diorama folk), has good level of detail, allows to open hangar doors and position lifts, and has a reasonably modern air group (with some accessories), any mainstream brand is ok for me.

 

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Incident in the Roosevelt?

 

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As long as is full hull (hate waterline, not a diorama folk), has good level of detail, allows to open hangar doors and position lifts, and has a reasonably modern air group (with some accessories), any mainstream brand is ok for me.

It's Magic Factory , of all companies : https://squadron.com/1-700-magic-factory-uss-gerald-r-ford-cvn-78-plastic-model-kit/

Incident in the Roosevelt?

No , I don't know which boat .
It came loose on a trap and skidded off the deck .

 

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holy chit , the History channel did a whole piece on this . Forever ago .
A lot of new info to me , all I knew was from his ship's tv appearance .

 

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