looks like an awsome kit . ive built the dauntless 1/18 from Merit and really enjoyed the build and kit, had no fitting issues and the instructions were very clear
Part of the line of ships named Enterprise. 1941 , Dec.7 , the Enterprise was on her way to Pearl Harbor having engine problems, "BIG E" arrived on Dec 8, 1941. Had she been there earlier, she would have been sunk. Her Nick name was " The galloping ghost of the Oahu coast", because Japanese propaganda claimed how many times she was "sunk". Some of her port holes were used on the CVN 65 Enterprise on the Captains quarters during its build. CVN 65 was launched in 1961, decommissioned in 2012. The original Enterprise was a British sloop of war captured during the Revolutionary war. Her name was spelled " Enterprize" ( how England spelled the name.) 😁😁😁😁
Looking forward to watching you build this kit! I've always loved this particular version of the Enterprise. The CV-6 has a lot of history behind her. Very distinguished and gallant vessel!
Actually, he didn’t talk about it. But we have the reports and his Navy Cross for Midway. He, like most of that generation of American fighting men, was a bad**s.
Reported sunk by the Japanese several times, the Gray Ghost served her country well. She was the recipient of 20 battle stars, the most of any other ship. Damn shame she was unceremoniously broken up. Looking forward to the build
There was very little of the CV-6 Enterprise preserved. The largest portion of the hull that was saved is the ship's nameplate which is in a baseball field in New Jersey. That section weighs several tons! There's an anchor that's preserved besides a dedication plaque in the Washington, DC area. Other preserved bits (that were on CVN-65, the nuclear-powered Enterprise) were portholes used for the captain's cabins and some pipe fittings. I don't know if all the memorabilia transferred to CVN-65 has been removed yet. You would think so but the Navy gives highest priority to in-service vessels. With all the headaches disposal of CVN-65 is causing for the US Navy, I'm sure the name "Enterprise" is not one of the Navy's budget office likes hearing! Other than that, the last bits preserved from CV-6 were mainly planking from the ship's flight deck that were removed and given to members of its crew. At least one plank is used as the base for a model of CV-6. There were plans to preserve the tripod mast of CV-6 but they never went through and that was scrapped. They did save the ship's bell and it's at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. There's a permanent exhibit for the CV-6 Enterprise at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL from what I've heard. The home of one of the Enterprise's captains was also saved. The shipwrecks of both Enterprise's sisters, CV-5 Yorktown and CV-8 Lexingon, have both been discovered in the last 25 years. They're largely intact and well out of the way of the scavengers who are destroying a lot of World War II wrecksites throughout Asia. They're 3 miles deep and not easy sites to salvage for scrap like has happened to other wrecks like the Prince of Wales which have been devastated by scavengers.
P.S. -- They re-equipped Enterprise with Hellcat (F6F) fighters after they became available. F4F Wildcats stayed in service on the decks of smaller, slower carriers of the escort/jeep carrier classes like the Casablanca class carriers. Those smaller ships weren't fast enough to launch and support the heavier fighters like the F6F Hellcat and F4U Corsair. The larger fleet carriers (Yorktown and Essex class) could support the heavier planes like the F6F and F4U. The Enterprise (CV-6) never carried F4U Corsairs as part of its normal air wing but there may have been experiments with those on the ship. NOTE: I was wrong about the Corsair. They carried night fighter versions (F4U-2(N) conversions) on CV-6 for a short while as part of Air Group 10 from 16 Jan 1944 to 15 July 1944. www.cv6.org/company/airgroups.htm This seems to be the only time Enterprise embarked F4U Corsair fighters. There were later detachments of radar-equipped night fighter versions of the Hellcat in 2 later organized Enterprise air groups. The Corsair never returned its decks after that period in 1944.
I am building the Trumpeter 1/350 USS Yorktown CV-5. Merit is really Trumpeter I have come to find out. I can’t wait to see this old girl built up! Enjoy!
Idk the Intrepid has a pretty impressive pedigree especially if you count it's Vietnam service. You should read about how the crew jury rigged a sail after being torpedoed so that they could get back to Pearl Harbour for repairs. Also it was the prime recovery ship for the Mercury Auroura 7 and Gemini 3 space craft. Overall a pretty significant ship. Not taking away from the impressive service recored of the Enterprise, but I want to make sure that the men of the Intrepid who sacrificed so much get remembered.
@@henryschmitt7577 It’s late 1942 as I’m told. The 1/350 kit is also a late 1942 fit. If you want to do the CV-6 as of Midway, I’m told you’re better off using one of the CV-5 Yorktown kits as both Yorktown and Enterprise were 99% identical during mid 1942.
If you are interested in the history of the USS Enterprise, there was a very good show on the History Channel called Battleground 360. It's a 10 episode series that tells the story of the Enterprise thru the entire war. I think it would be definitely be worth your time.
I like that this kit is in the same scale as your Polar Lights 1/350 scale Starship USS Enterprise NCC-1701 and the Refit. When you finish it, could you put it next to the other kits to see them together? Thanks, Boyd.
Yes... I have a slew of “ships” in 1/350 scale.. ocean-going ships, real space ships, sci-fi ships, conjectural ships, airships... Star-Trek, Star Wars, Lost in Space, Thunderbirds, NASA, US Navy, etc.
I bought this model, Merit Models of course. And I didn't get the same things in the box. I didn't have that many planes and I didn't have the books. But I got all the photo-etched. Probably because I'm a fucking French . I still think it's a very nice model.
The first U.s.S. Enterprise was a British supply ship named George that cruised Lake Champlain. Benedict Arnold captured her less than a month after Lexington and Concord and renamed her Enterprise to continue operating on the lake. Eight United States Navy ships have carried the name Enterprise including CVN-65 which was one of the longest serving vessels (commissioned in 1961 and decommissioned in 2017) in USN history. There are plans for the next Gerald R. Ford class of nuclear carriers (CVN-80) to carry the name Enterprise which remains to be seen but it is the Navy's intent to carry on the legacy of the Big E.
USS Enterprise (CVN-80) will be the third Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier to be built for the United States Navy. She will be the ninth United States naval vessel to bear the name, and is scheduled to be in operation by 2028. Her construction began in August 2017 with a steel-cutting ceremony.
I am gonna put my together with my Tamiya CVN-65 Enterprise and the Enterprise from Azur Lane together. Edit: The instruction Booklet look very Trumpeter like Instruction book so I suspect that This Merit Model kit was made by Trumpeter for them.
The Enterprise was not torpedoed. If she had been she probably would be at the bottom of the sea as the yorktown class had useless torpedo defence due to the machinary spaces not being staggard. As soon as the Hornet and Yorktown got torpedoed they lost power.
