Scale: 1/700
Model length: 18"
Base length: 20"
Code: SS700CVN70

USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) Aircraft Carrier  

Now you can own a 1/700 scale museum-quality model ship of the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), completely handmade from resin, wood and metal crafted and combined by hand to make this wood model ship of "America's Favorite Carrier". The model comes to you all ready to display on a beautiful wood display base atop brass pedestals; her aircraft spotted and fixed on the deck; with a brass nameplate. If you served on the "Starship Vinson" (aka Chuckie V or San Francisco's Own) and have a lot of good memories of your time aboard her, here's the perfect token for the tales you swap with your buddies! If you act now, you will be one of the few to own what had only been previously available as a low-value, undetailed plastic model kit or PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE custom wood model. 

• Excellent, hand-carved and hand-detailed 15-inch long model ship of the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) Aircraft Carrier
   
• The FIRST and only commercially-available scratchbuilt USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) supercarrier model ship precisely scaled to 1/700
   
• 3-dimensional Masterwork of art by dedicated Master artist-craftsmen
   
• Craftsmanship followed precise plans and scale drawings to quality standards stricter than that of larger ship models wood, resin and metal fittings/details such as various aircraft, antennae and weapons
   
• Painted by hand in Navy gray scheme and painstakingly detailed
   
• Comes with an elegant, hand-routed, rich mahogany furniture-finish wood base
   
• Real, not plated, hand-turned and -polished brass pedestals
   
• Engraved brass name plate
   
• Very few pieces commissioned - available only from this store
   
• VERY LOW PRICE - LESS THAN HALF OF ITS ACTUAL RETAIL VALUE ON THE MARKET! THE LOWEST BECAUSE YOU GET IT DIRECT FROM US!
   
• Perfect for office decor or home display, or as a special gift!  

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 

The USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is a United States Navy Nimitz-class supercarrier named after Carl Vinson, a Congressman from Georgia. 

She was commissioned in 1982 and carries F/A-18 Hornets and F/A-18E/F Super Hornets as well as surveillance and other aircraft. Carl Vinson can carry 85 planes and 5,500 personnel. Traditionally, very few ships of the United States Navy were named after a person who was alive at the time of the christening, but recently the number began increasing rapidly; the list includes Carl Vinson (CVN-70), Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709), Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), John C. Stennis (CVN-74), Bob Hope (T-AKR-300), Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), Nitze (DDG-94), Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), and George H. W. Bush (CVN-77). 

A member of the United States House of Representatives for fifty years, Carl Vinson was, for twenty-nine years, the Chairman of the House Naval Affairs and Armed Services Committee. 

The seal of USS Carl Vinson shows an eagle, wings spread and talons extended, carrying a banner in its beak. The eagle is emblematic of the nation and the ship's motto, and also represents the power that resides in the ship's aircraft. The eagle flies in the form of a stylized letter "V," the initial of the ship's namesake, Congressman Carl Vinson. The "V" also represents the ships hull when viewed bow-on. Inscribed on the banner the eagle carries is the Latin Phrase "Vis Per Mare" which means "Strength from the Sea."