Academy 1/350 scale USS Indianapolis - Full Build 

I’d watch the 4 hour version mate

Being color blind with the greens, reds, and browns, makes modeling so fun! Need to have a small figurine of Quint from Jaws, shark fishing of the stern.

I’m new to the hobby and this just blew my mind. I was searching how the best way to paint a model was and this is where I landed. I bought the USS Indianapolis as my second build and now I need photo etched parts and a spray gun for paint. Thanks bro I can only get better from this.

I just finished building this kit, and it was a challenge. Your video was incredibly helpful to me in this build, thank you.

Amazing! I'm thank you for explain what you are using and doing and why. This old guy sees so many new products these days which I want to learn how to use. I just sent for the Trumpeter USS Constellation 1:350 scale. I served aboard her working catapults 3 and 4 during the Vietnam war. I was a big model builder when I was younger. I want to give it my best shot, photo etch etc. Watching your builds has really inspired me.

Very nice build, one tip I have is when masking the decks with the tiny squares, keep the over lap all the same direction and when you start to remove it start at the beginning and the tape will left off easier by pulling up from underneath

The Kingfisher was a Chance-Vought aircraft... nice work

Plane is a Curtiss Seagull , not Grumman. Excellent build bro , you got skills!

You're a hell of a builder. This just popped up out of nowhere and the narration and your build style are fantastic! How does this channel on have 23k subs?

Thank you for the build. Paint scheme for this cruiser creates a lot of interest. Nice work.

Just watched your build on this ship. Brilliant!!! I am about to do the HMS Warspite, with photo etch. New to plastic modelling. Started with normal wooden models ships - Tall ships-Endeavour, Tugs - Ulysses, Clyde Puffer - American paddle steamer - King of Mississippi, etc.

Loved watching this one come together on Instagram, but seeing the full video is really great!

Just Amazing!!

Amazing build.. thanks for sharing...

Great Job. 😀😀😀😀

Really excellent work. Looks great.

Beautiful work mate!

Excellent build! Thanks for sharing.

Very nice results.

Turned out beautiful. I love the subtle weathering.

Your camera is excellent, can see very detailed!

I never knew the Indianapolis looked like this. I had of course heard about it from Jaws but never really looked into it. The hangar system concept in the middle is fascinating. What an odd looking ship compared to what I've seen of other famous ones like Yamoto or Bismarck. Awesome job!

It takes a certain mindset to build ships such as these, well to this standard anyway, and even more so for the even bigger ones. There is so much intricate and repetitive work involved, especially when you add after market photo etch etc. Not like building most aircraft or armour! The finished ship looks superb, though I will agree with you that the rigging does look a tad on the 'chunky' side. Like the shout out for Studio Blue Ocean, amazing stuff there as there is on your channel. Thanks for the time and effort in putting these videos together. Best wishes and happy modelling from the U.K.

Nice job! I have this kit in my stash along with the Pontos detail kit. I’ve also built the Trumpeter USS The Sullivans. I like how you added the floatplane to the hanger as well as the subtle weathering.

Awesome build, looks amazing! Thanks for explaining the lessons you learned and tips while building; I'm about to embark on a 1:350 Hood and it's been a long time since my last model.

Very nice work , really appreciate you sharing your video.. I definitely picked up a lot of tips and advice.. I'm about to start my Indy in the next week or so , I have the same kit as yours... Your Indy turned out great. Really enjoyed the video Brother. 👍🦅🇺🇸🦅

Tape squares for masking...why didn't I think of that? That simple tip solved a lot of problems. Thank you!

Great video and work!

The scout aircraft is a Curtiss SC Seahawk. It replaced the earlier Curtiss SOC Seagull. Kingfishers were found more commonly on battleships, though not exclusively. I do not believe the Kingfisher possessed folding wings. The Seagull was supposed to be replaced by the Seamew, which was a failure, hence a lot of USN cruisers held on to their Seagulls longer than expected. Sorry for the nit. Great video.

I’m an old model builder from way back when l was a kid and lve only just got back in to it and the first real model l did was a 1/350 scale model of the German battleship the Bismarck (a real challenge if you want one) and with just watching your video lve learnt a couple of things it was a great build and you did a very nice job

Great work as always. I may have to consider adding a ship to my list.

Exellent work!

The large PE plate on the side is armor belt detail. Great job by the way!

great job

Excellent finish! I've had this kit with the pontos detail set in the stash for a few years.

Très beau travail pour un beau résultat !! Bravo ...

Beautiful work!! Im currently building this same kit with the same detail set. Hopefully mine turns out half as nice

It was great to watch it come together whilst we did the buddy build, but being able to sit back, relax and enjoy the beginning to end with a few of your tips and techniques in there as well has been a treat. You mention a battleship build, it just so happens I picked up the venerable Tamiya Prince of Wales kit the other day.......just saying 😉😄

very nice work.

Mentioned in Jaws movie by the old Salt. "Ever see a sharks eyes?black like a dolls eyes."

Not bad. Video renders the colors imprecisely, but 20B Deck Blue ought to be near black--the blue of the deep Pacific Ocean. And the Navy Blue on the Hull a very similar tone (worst modeling Measure is Meas 22--you get a black hole). The a/c you chose is the Curtis SC-1 SeaHawk. The wing fold is unique, with a distinct upward slat towards the tail. There are a ton of arguments over whether Indy's SC-1 were in overall Navy Blue or not..

great job, thanks

Very nice, and intricate work, I prefer to surmise that Captain Charles Butler McVay III would be proud of your build of his ship. Will you also build her other namesake, the Freedom class littoral combat ship USS Indianapolis (LCS 17)? I plan to build her sister in 1/700 scale, since I plan to build each ship that had participated at Leyte Gulf in October, of 1944. Take care, and all the best.

magnifique, oui vous avez du talent

God bless the crew of this ship. Please ease their pain, Amen.

Superbe bateau, j'adore ton modèle

Have this kit in the stash with the advanced Pontos set. One day I hope to get to it.

I like this a lot, I like your presentation style. I heard you say you’d like to go bigger next time, but please consider the Very Fire USS Atlanta light cruiser.

The floatplane you built is a Curtis SC-1 Seahawk.

I believe the scout plane is actually a Curtis SC-1 Seahawk.

Great job abd thank you for explaining how you did things,it's helpful for us less talented. May i ask you what you used to attach painted to a painted surface? And what kind of watercolor or what brand did you use and what were the approximate ratios that you used dish soap to the water color for your washing? I would like to try that. Thank you very much.

Read the book IN HARMS WAY... Its about the sinking ...of the 900 odd sailors that ended up in the water only 300 survived 5 days of sharks...mad story

Great video, very inspiring. Do you mind if I ask what superglue you used as I am currently struggling to get the very tiny parts of photo etch to glue to photo etch, no problem with photo etch to plastic/styrene. I've tried soldering but when they are tiny parts it's very hard to solder. Any advise would be appreciated.

Very Nice Work!!!! After the built, could you please tell me how do you expose or store your Model??? Thanks

Great job! What are you using to grip those flat pieces of photo etch? Is it some kind of tacky substance on the end of you blade? Example at 11:59

I feel like the hatches being open were of little importance to the sinking considering her bow was blown off

Beautiful model. The only issue I noticed are the screws. They are on the wrong side, ie the port screws are on the starboard side and vice versa. Basically when you look at the screws, while turning the blades facing inboard should be going up while the outboard faces should go down

I have the same model that I started just as COVID set in and got 60% of it. I'm no where near your level of a modeling skills. I find it interesting that yourself and "Max_Afterburner" painted the main deck grey while my experience in the Navy would say that the main deck was teak (I have a color picture from a Sept 1940 Life Magazine article that would back that up). But there's picture looking aft from high up on the mid-ship that the decks above the main deck were darker in color. I also toured the USS Iowa in Long Beach, CA and although not a CA class, large WW2 USN ships followed the same pattern. Enjoyed watching your interpretation of "The Indy".

I should get one of these. I wonder if they have one for USS Laffey.

I was able to find the actual ship I just can’t seem to get the photo etch set. I was wondering if you could maybe tell me it would help a lot, and great video.

How do you glue those plastic pieces together with paint on the areas you add the glue to? I haven't built models since I was a teenager 30 years ago. Is it possible to glue pieces together with paint on them now?

Excellent work there Brett, I really enjoyed watching this, just the thing to wind down after 30k on the bike and a couple miles running. FWIW I vote the USS Enterprise for the next ship, conventional, nuclear or warp.cheers now to check out that other builder you mentioned.

I wasnt ever really into the idea of building ships. But thats cool. I really like how that turned out. Shame to have to paint over all that pretty metal etch.

I am new to this. What kind of glue/applicator do you use? It is CA glue?

hello... very nicely done looks great.. i currently have a very active Model RR channel ..but i am going to start a ship building channel... i am working on the Indianapolis in 1/700 scale... my intension is to build my version of the 6th fleet in 1968/69.. i was stationed on the Saratoga so it will be the center piece of the diorama...the ships i would need to make the diorama prototypically correct are not available so i will use what i can to represent that era.. i hope to see you on my new channel possibly give me some pointers...i'm not sure of the channel name just yet ...thx 4 sharing... vinny... aka DA CUZZZ

amazing build, the history of her sinking and how the govt tried to hide it is sad, further was what happened to the crew in the shark infested waters

How many shark's do you get in the kit?

What You Need is To Re-Create Are The Crated Components Of The Bomb As They Were Stored On The Ship (According To One Made-For-T.V. -Movie, They Were Secured On The Main Deck Of The Ship Itself! -Not Below Decks, Or With Anything To Hide Or Protect It!) In A Scene Of That Same Movie, One Sailor, Tells Another Sailor Looking At The Crate, That It Resembled A Coffined Body Lying In State! -With Both Not Knowing What It Is They Were Looking At!

Aircraft is a Curtiss SC Seahawk

What’s after this? An Iowa Class Battleship? Bismarck Class? Yamato Class?

Good😊😊😅

Is that model for sale?????

Nice build, but I have one nit to pick. The Vought OS2U Kingfisher did not have folding wings.

i really REALLY need to know what glue you used for those Eduard kits, because i use superglue and im wondering if there are any other glues ive just never heard of :?

I already dislike it A LOT when you have to purchase extra kits (photoedge and detail and stuff like that)!!! Why are so many companies not making all inclusive kits? When I built my Bismarck, Hood and Scharnhorst, all the detail, photoedge and so on was not only inclusive, the models were designed in a way you had no other choice than to use the photoedged material. No removal of plastic needed. Aftermarket products... Yikes! And also the hull... I really dislike that the hull is basically already done. When I built my Bismarck, Hood and Scharnhorst, you had to really build the hull: assembling the keel plate, then install the ribs, then the planks on top of it. Grind it smooth. Fill the gaps, grind smooth again, add the second layer of planks, grind smooth, fill the gaps, grind smooth again... When the hull is already like this when you open the box, I feel betrayed. I feel like being robbed of half the building pleasure.. And what? The rigging is not shown in the instructions???

Hi mate, I've truly enjoyed your video ! I'm hoping to do the odd ship soon !! I have a couple in stash !!! I'm quite tittsed of if you understand me ! I have always wanted to do a project of Bismarck, Nimitz are main one !!! I'm quite gutted and disappointed with myself but I'm quite ill, and my decision making and paranoia has almost doubled as was before ! Anyway ignore that matey, it sounds like I'm dishing out the " fluttering of ?h eyes, violins playing , the wombded soldier act as folks who know me know I've never ever used this type of mind games ever, physical and so on ! Anyway I managed to get one and one last of the stock in a beautiful, north Wales village ! There's a railway museum on the other side of tracks in this village and as you enter you are met with Dapol, Hornby, Airfix and to my amazement a few kits of Tamiya !!! Anyway that's where it was that i'found the 1:350th scale Bismarck from Academy ! I was chuffed to bits I really was. Brand new, box never opened and all for around, I think £30-40 of your English pounds !!! Well I'm not a huge ship'chap even though I'm a Vet ( 2x Iraq,1x chasing the "Terry" Taliban 1x Afghan!) Yes so I even thought "WOW" but was wondering where or how long is there a catch !!! Nope, box sealed, every single piece of the kits they should be and attached to the trees ! So what did I do !!! Gave it away ! This was last year, possibly year b4 !! Anyway... We learn and move on .... Well, some of us !!!