USS Blue Ridge - Leaving Vietnam! Operation Frequent Wind - Building a Naval Diorama 1/700

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In April 1975, the USS Blue Ridge participated in the operation Frequent Wind, which helped to evacuate refugees and personal from South Vietnam.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Blue_Ridge_(LCC-19)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Frequent_Wind

This model is produced by Trumpeter, scale 1/700. The quality is good.
I complimented with a photoetch made by Flyhawk for the rails, plus a sailors photoetch also made by Eduard and Flyhawk.

I bought the Hue here: http://www.larsenal.com

For primer I used Vallejo Grey.
I used Tamiya acrylics for this model, they were:
XF-1 - Black
XF-2 - White
XF-5 - Green
XF-8 - Blue
XF-9 - Hull Red
Xf-17 - Sea Blue
XF-25 - Light Sea Grey
XF-63 - German Grey
XF-78 - Wooden deck tan
XF-83 - Medium Sea Grey 2
Also
Acrylic in tube
Vallejo French blue

Other things I used are:
Extra Heavy Gel for the ocean
Acrylic 3mm for the base and the display box
Plastic Putty
Decalfix
Mr primer surfacer 1000
Files different grades

Enjoy!

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