CONSTRUCTED FROM SCRATCH OUT OF PAPER MATERIAL

USS Nimitz CVN-68 1/120

 
Dimension: Length: 9ft 1 3/4, / Width: 3ft rough, / Height: 2 1/2ft rough

 Made-of: Card stock paper, card board, poster board, foam board, printer paper, plastic aircraft canopies ( made from soda bottles ), thread cables and rail linings and clear Christmas tree lights in hanger bay..

Piece Count: 320,000 rough, / Hour's invested: between 5000 and 7000, / Media appearance: Nimitz News Online, Sacramento Bee, Roseville Press Tribune, KCRA 6:00 News and displayed for a period of time in the Roseville Carnagie Museum.

Visual Reference assistance: Model Warships, Navsource.org, US Navy PAO

Media Assistance and display preparation: Yvonne Coty
Sponsorship: Barrington Services

Photos and text © 2005 by Jared Shipman

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