1/700 USNS Comfort T-AH-20 (Scratchbuild)

I was struck by its shapes from the first time I saw it, then I studied its history and intrigued me its origin as an oil tanker then converted into a hospital ship together with its sister Usns Mercy. I decided, therefore, to try on a road never traveled by me and I covered the hull with strips of Evergreen going forward step by step. I do not hide the fact that the work was hard to build all over-bridge superstructures from scratch, but going forward I realized that the lines were captivating. I added all the details that scratchbuild does not provide and I tried to get as close as possible to reality.

The model is almost finished, the American flag is missing and some forklift on the Hely pad. I realize that it has imperfections, but to be the first model of this type, I consider myself quite satisfied.

There is a 1/700 scale model produced by Shapeways, but I preferred to start from scratch rather than modify a subject produced with material difficult to work with.
Since I got a taste for it, now I'm building the Usns Lewis B. Puller ESB-3 always in scratchbuild

Gallery updated 5/30/2020

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