1/72nd Scale CVN 65 USS Enterprise 

Hard to believe it was my home for 4 years of my life in the 80's...

Let’s make sure that history never forgets the name...Enterprise.

Fantastic model. Huge in 1/72 scale. Can't imagine the hundreds of hours making this all come together. Each one of those planes take many hours to do right just by themselves. The ship itself is detailed to the max with the railings, crew figures and the overall attention to detail throughout the model. It truly is a masterpiece of a model. Thank you for sharing this video

The airplane kits alone represent quite an investment, not to mention the time to assemble. That's serious dedication.

Amazing work!!! It takes me forever just to finish a model airplane. I don`t think I have enough years left to even think of starting something like this.

This model was built by one man over the course of a decade. Once news of this masterpiece got out the CO of the USS Enterprise invited the builder to spend a weekend aboard the carrier. This model was donated to the museum when the builder had to sell his house and move into a senior center. I don’t remember all the exact details but a Google search would probably do it.

Amazing! I can't imagine sticking to a project for 19 years. This is a labor of love.

What incredibly precise detail of the ship I once served aboard. She looks as how I remembered her, and I can see myself on the flight deck once more, reliving every aspect of flight ops back in the day. Bravo Zulu to the builders of this beautiful replica......BRAVO ZULU 😎😇🙏⚓️⚓️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸⚓️👍USN RETIRED, 1ST GULF WAR VETERAN, 1979-1999

Absolutely gorgeous, and no annoying music. Thank you.

Was on the Big "E" from 1989-1992. Did a world cruise from alameda over to newport news to refuel reactors. Great port visits, great time

Yeah that's an awesome looking model of the USS enterprise I can't believe it's still sitting there at the national air space museum there in Washington DC after all these years.

The air component alone makes a huge collection by itself

ABSOLUTELY Exquisite, ELEGANCE IN THE FIRST DEGREE! VERY FINE CRAFTSMANSHIP! WOWEEE! THANKS FOR LETTING ME SEE HER!

this is amazing, a 1/72 scale carrier together with the same scale F-14, A-6, F/A-18, AWACS and sea kings.. this is great work!!!

Absolutely spectacular recreation ! The detail “takes your breath away” ! Fantastic skills and dedication, thank you .

The amount of work!! Incredible!

I'll never forget the day when, as a young child, I had a chance to stand on the flight deck of the actual USS Enterprise in Norfolk, VA.

The model, mostly completed in 2003, represents the USS Enterprise and Air-Wing 11 during the ships’ 1989 cruise. Top deck of the carrier is finished in rough grip surface. Over 6000 tie-downs are on the top deck and 5000 in the hangar bay. The tie-downs have been obtained from a British Company named PP Airoparts, unfortunately they discontinued operations in the early 90’s. Many other parts were die cast in New Jersey.

Awesome.. it visited down under.. thanks from NZ 👍🇳🇿

I think I still have that edition of FineScale Modeler in my collection. Always told myself that I was going to have to visit that place someday.

That is just flippin' amazing!

FIRSTLY, 'James G' Thanks for posting this video, it is EXCELLENTLY Detailed!! Secondly, Mr. Suranyi, you have Done a SUPERIOR Job, as a fellow modeller, I will study this video...Extensively, when " I " build my USS ENTERPRISE CVN-65, I also plan on building it to This timeline.....BUT.....my model will be Much, much smaller...in 1/700 scale. Mr. Suranyi, your Work has inspired me into getting to this model .... Quickly.... I have an Uncle that served on Her, before the modifications, back in the early 60s..during the time of the "quarantine" (Blockade) of Cuba.

OMG.....It's beautiful. Almost like you were there, the detail is amazing, too bad the Navy won't keep her as a museam

Well, that's damn impressive. That "model" is 14 or 15 feet long, assuming I'm doing the math correctly. And the detail is nothing short of magnificent. I can only imagine how many man hours were required to create it.

Toured her 4 times as a kid at Subic Bay in the 60's.

Amazing, absolutely a wonderful model, incredible dedication to the builder/builders. Bravo Zulu.

all this happening on deck, while ship is in drydock. amazing.

Great model. A true masterpiece.

Not often I’m seriously impressed but this is one time I am !

Fantastic piece of work!

Absolutely beautiful.

wow! Nice to see my old CAW-11 and Squadron VF-114 (Aardvark) portrayed on such a beautiful model. In my day we were onboard the Kitty Hawk CV 63.

Fabulous, a real labour of love.

Wow, that's great stuff! 1/72 is my scale and the builder of this absolutely unique work of art is definitely one of my heroes. Very, very great!

I saw a model of the Enterprise that was the same scale at Air and Space a long time ago. It was really cool. To think of how many hours went into building it, the placard said it took about 20,000 hours to build that model.

I had the privilege of visiting this magnificent beast!

OK, I've seen several companies putting out these 1/200 battle ships, but a 1/72 aircraft career with insane detail :-) I don't even think Steven Spielbergs team could build this masterpiece. Had to be financed by Musk. It could be used for a tutorial piece for crews about to be deployed for carrier duty It's not a model, its ART.

Excellent workmanship, you did her proud!

Impressionante! Uma réplica incrível! 🌟

Really amazing detail,loved the "wad" of gum next to the one crewman's shoe !

Beautiful! ❤

Fantastique, de la Folie, Incroyable....BRAVO !!!

Wow!!! Amazing job!!!

Magnificent 😮 a colossal work!

Да...под такую ,модель, никакой квартиры не хватит!!

Sooo cool 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 And now imagine it beining remote controlled cruising a large swimming pool

amazing detail. Thanks for sharing.

Incredible!!!

Awesome model. My brother-in-law served on her during Vietnam. Got to visit it in Alameda back in the '80's

I recognize that model from the Pensacola naval aviation museum didn’t know it was a model of the USS Enterprise it’s one of my favorite ship models just because of its sheer size similar to the us naval academy’s USS Maryland model.

Beautiful work.

Simple a masterpiece!😲

This is one BAD ASS model!

Beautiful ship, incredible model, around 15 ft long if my math is correct. Damn shame they scrapped the real thing.

Amazing!

I WANT ONE

Fantastic piece of art with tremendous attention to detail, but what's with the constantly moving shakey cam? Hold the camera steady so that viewers can see what you're filming.

Real Fantastic.

Extraordinary.

I saw one of these of the Nimitz once. You could easily have a grown man lay down on it

That's in-BLOODY-credible modelling!! 👍 Now that it's finished, the next 2 logical questions neding answers are: "Now what the HELL do I do with it, and, where the HELL do I display it??" (I'm sure the wife will say "NO!!" to the crafty idea of it being the new centrepiece on the coffee table in the lounge room!! 🤣)

Very Nice....

Holy moly!

Amazing

Hell yes!

I don’t know if anyone remembers the G.I. Joe aircraft carrier???? This is that x100🤯

Saw a model exactly like this at the Smithsonian Air and Space on the mall over 30 years ago. May be the same.

A miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reactors.

That’s an amazing model, I wonder how long it took to build.

Gorgeous

Pensacola aviation museum, I went there a lot in A school

Immaculate

Obra de arte muito lindo

reality~~good!!

Mr. Gabriel Suranyi dedicated a total of nineteen (19) years of detailed craftsmanship to complete the building of this 1/72 scale, sixteen foot long, five foot wide, four foot high carrier. The Model was featured on the front page and fold-out centerfold in the March 1997, 15th-year-edition of FineScale Modeler magazine. The U.S. Navy also ferried the builder, Gabe Suranyi, via a C-2A to the USS Enterprise about 200 miles off Norfolk in September 1997. Gabe resided on the USS Enterprise for two days compliments of the ship's Captain.

That's huge, unfortunately it will forever stay in that time zone while the actual ship will go through upgrades

Thanks if videoing and posting are your passion maybe pause more often to let camera focus and let viewers pause without resulting blur to enjoy the details It its your driving passion they make steady cam mounts for small cameras enthusiasts use

Magnifique 🇨🇵

Hey Frank, you should have read the description. Not hrs……..19 years for this monster to be built.

Exquisite

WoW!!!

艦載機はプラモデルだとしても、空母はフルスクラッチですよね！すごい！すごすぎる！

Nice

Great video but I now feel seasick from all the erratic movement

Je suis amoureux! ♡

Tell us the price of all of this 😍😍😍amazing 🤩🤩🤩

Is this at the Washington Naval museum?

Fantastic but shaky viewing

fcking insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice F-14 TOMCAT, A-6 INSTRUDER, A-7 COURSIAR ... 😳

Incredible model. I wonder how big this big E is. The filming with the fast zooming in and out and the high speed of moving around the model obscure a lot of details.

I wouldn't blame him if the modeller has had a bellyful of modelling Intruders and Tomcats!! 🤣👍

wow,,,

Where can be seen this model please. Comments do not mention it. Answer:_______. Thanks ahead.

travelling too fast on the deck we dont have time to see details

Where is this model?

My first thought- was this made my Tamiya? Lol

I smell jet exhaust...!!😁🖖🇺🇸

I’d wanna play with the Jets lol

01-02 for me