Thanks, she is coming together nicely.
Getting all of the landing positions, parking positions, landing strip, cats markings, safety markings, take-off lines and other main deck painting and decals will make a guge difference in her appearance.
Then building the small 1/350 scale aircraft (each is a miniature model itself) airwing of 8 J-15s (Chinese rebuid and modernization of the SU-33) 6-KA-27s, 4-KA-31s, 2-D-8s and 2-D-9 helos will really add.
Weathering them and the hull will also add to the realism.
Anyhow, after that I am going to either do one her principles escorts (that’s the current plan) or I am thinking of jumping right into the 1/350 Tamiya USS Enterprise for caoparison. I have assempbed a modern airwing (she came with 8-F-4s, 6-A-6s, 8-A-7s, 4-E-2Cs and 4-F-18Cs - actually some of those I bought back then to add to what she came with) of 8-F-18Ds, 4-F-18Es, 4-F-18Fs, 4-EA-6Bs, 4-E-2Cs, 2-C-2 Greyhounds, and 4-SH-60 helos.
PLenty to do...then all 3-4 escorts of each and in the US case, the amazing USS Iwo Jima LHD-7 which has 1400 pieces and includes a full hangar deck and a full well deck. I intend to develop a wiring scheme for her that includes small LED lights for both decks and the flight deck that I will run out into the stand which will include batteries and three small toggle switches for the various lighting.
May scratch build an entore flight deck for the enterprise and do the same, come to think of it.
True, that was one of my favorite aspects.
I used to build dioramas with my Tamiya armor.
Plaster walls and buildings with battle damage, etc. Fun stuff.