Picked this up for my Father in Law who served on her in the mid-late 60s. *I was going to just give him the model, but my wife said he would never complete it based on some models we gave him previously. *As a result I decided to assemble it and will add a engraved plate to it before I give it to him. *The plan is to wrap the box and then present him with the assembled version after he opens it.
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It also includes an air wing, helicopter and missiles. *I am waiting to paint those until after we give it to him so he can provide input on paint scheme for the time he was on board.
Hope he likes it. *It has been a long time since I assembled a plastic kit. I had one minor set back painting the deck when I dropped it. *Not a good thing when you own a cat and dog that shed. A minor set back, but still came out pretty good just not as well as I hoped the first time. ;)