John Leyland
East Peoria, Illinois
After opening the deck doors on Orange Hobby’s 1/70 scale USS America (LHA-6), John scratchbuilt interiors for the hangar and vehicle decks and lit them with LEDs. He also scratchbuilt replacement masts. The amphibious assault ship was mostly painted with enamels over Mr. Surfacer 1500 primer and applied blue and brown washes to break up the basic gray camo. For the base, he sculpted waves on Plexiglas with Liquitex Gel Medium.