Building and Painting USS Enterprise CV-65 1/350 from Tamiya 

My dad did too! Love this ship.

That's so sad!

Damn, I'm sorry to hear! During construction, the model fell down once for me too, but only one piece broke, i was quite lucky there - repairing models is always especially hard because you have to find which part goes where on your own!

Thanks! The 2nd biggest ship ive ever built, it was quite hard fitting it on my desk as well. but i like how it turned out

@@funinscale2892 what's the biggest ship?

@@mazda_rt24-p The biggest ship was a USS Iowa in 1/200 scale from Trumpeter - it was 1.35 meters long (4ft 5) My next project will be bigger than USS Enterprise, but smaller than USS Iowa! I must experiment to get bigger projects on camera better so i can show you more of those giants!

Thanks for the infos! I didn't know they were different aircraft, thought they were both the same but for different roles! It seems they are even manufactured by different companies

@@funinscale2892 The Crusader (built by Vought) and the Corsair II (built by LTV -- Ling-Temco-Vought) have a similar appearance though side-by-side the slender, lengthy fuselage of the F-8 is really apparent. Two fine aircraft. The F-8 was the " Last of the Gunfighters" for the USN and loved by the pilots who flew them. The A-7 served well in the attack role alongside the Intruder for the Navy and in the USAF inventory until both were replaced in U.S. service.

@@lawrencereid9375 Ah ok thanks, very interesting. I will look at some comparison pictures!

Thanks! Glad you like it! sadly, i dont have any shelf that is still free from models and could fit this one... i'll have to place it in a kitchen drawer as it seems... :D

Extras would have helped this ship, im sure yours will be great! with some parts you can see the age of the kit

@@funinscale2892 I hope so, I have the white ensign set ship and airwing, and gold medal models elevator set, model is really old, and not that accurate in some areas, USN I think wasn't to helpful with blueprints under the cold war lol

Thanks very much, glad you like it! The deck would have needed even more of those indicator lines, but, as i had the wrong instructions and no paint and decal scheme, i didnt want to risk anymore. some reference photos showed it in this state.

@@funinscale2892 Hi there. Great work mate. I have had that kit for years. Not even attempted to build it yet. I have the full English instructions. If you would like me to email you a scan of the painting info etc, just private message me your email address.

Thanks very much! Some markings on deck are missing but i like looking at it now that it is finished! :)

@@funinscale2892 this is an old kit. I make the bismarck at this moment. This model is old 1978.

Thanks very much! I was really lucky on this one, got it 2nd hand, very cheap, but the price from retailers is really horrendous.

Thank you!

Thanks! Sometimes i dont treat those sink marks at all when they are hardly visible after installation of certain parts, but sometimes i sand or fill them after filming so if there are ugly cut marks or similar while filming it must not mean they are still there when the model is finished :-) The mold is older, though, so there are quite a few things which you would not see on modern kits

That exists?

Thank you! I am glad you like it! for 75 dollars, it would be a great value, in my opinion, but the "usual" price of over 100 dollars, mostly much more than 130 dollars, is too much for this. I'm not sure if they would redo it in modern tooling because, knowing Tamiya, it would cost 300 dollars or something, and i dont think there would be many people buying this. maybe make a new version of a sister ship and adding some PE parts and a little more adequate planes

Hi! Thanks! i don't have a link to a cheap vendor, i got it 2nd hand, sorry. But i recommend looking at scalemates.com for this kit, they usually list vendors who sell this kit, maybe you find a cheap one there

Thanks very much! I had problems with cutting the wings as well, but i just chose the pragmatic approach and cut them straight :) Was easier gluing them on anyway. Most deck stripes were not included as decals, right? or was this decal sheet missing from my kit as well?

@@funinscale2892 the yellow elevator strips and the # 65 is what I ordered, well give feed back on if there good or bad when they come

I did not have the original painting guide because i got the kit 2nd hand, and also an instruction only in japanese, so i couldn't find information on decal placement or painting the stripes, and the photos of the deck are very inconsistent, sometimes, the dots on deck are white, sometimes they are deck coloured, sometimes there is a yellow and white stripe inbetween the white markings, I wasn't sure what to do exaclty or where to put which decal (there were only minor ones like the black and yellow strips around the elevators), so i preferred to keep it simple. Not great, but i didn't want to risk it. Or i could have probably looked the net longer for the original painting guide...

@@funinscale2892 ah I see what you mean no worries I always worry about getting those second hand kits because of issues like that but if you would like I could send a email of the painting guide?

@@xavierbatista6201 Yeah that would be really nice! My email is peter.zellinger@fh-wels.at So i can check and at least place the decals! Thanks in advance!

Oh damn! i thought i saw it on a picture, maybe it was a model as well. Thanks for informing, i will keep it in mind in the future.

The LHA's have bow numbers . I saw you were in the NAVY I served on the FORRESTAL 1973-1976 great time be well stay safe

@@ramonruiz2653 I wasn't in a navy, sadly, because my country doesn't have one, but i wish i could have been in, or at least seeing one of those big warships in reality once. but for now, i can only look at the models! Thanks for your service!

Thanks for the info! I have built a USS Yorktown (The one from the Essex Class), there i have put the numbers on the bow

@@funinscale2892 hi! Thanks so much 4 not thinking me a know it all sometimes i come off rougher than i think! Fyi to if you ever build the three pre war Yorktown class CVs the same number thing applies. I wish the best especially with your studies. Keep in touch! Stay safe!

@@jerrymccrae7202 I am always interested in having other opinions, and with ships, i have little to no real experience because im in a counrty with no sea, so any advice is happily welcome! I am now setting my eyes on a 1/200 aircraft carrier, maybe the Enterprise from Trumpeter if it gets restocked at my favourite hobby shop, then i could use this info! Sometimes, the painting instructions aren't that true either

@@funinscale2892 if i can be of help please text me!

@@jerrymccrae7202 Thanks! i will keep it in mind if i find that kit at a reasonable price!

Sorry to hear, my cats havent showed any interest in the finished models, luckily! There were no squadron emblems for the planes included and i usually only built kits out of the box. Or maybe they were included some time but were not included in the kit i got as it was pre owned. But the insignia for the planes were already so old that many of them dissolved in the water and were not to use anymore

Hi! I'm glad to report I have finished all my studies and have settled in with my main job. Thanks for asking!

Nerd

@@WarzoneclipsonYT You're not wrong.

Sorry, i dont understand French

I think it is due to the material, the anchor would probably be made from a material that is resistant to oxidising like the propellers, and as they are mostly over water, they may have painted it for camouflage, but modern ships dont spend that much time on camouflage because with radar and satellites, ships can be hidden anyway. But im not sure. do you know?

@@funinscale2892 yes i do. In fact its an award to the ship for retention of personal for that fiscal year.

@@chrisC052 Does this mean the ship is retired, or crewmen of the ships retired?

@@funinscale2892 no. It means a large portion of the crew re-enlisted to stay in the navy. Its recognition for the re-enlistment rate.

@@chrisC052 Ah, very interesting. so a golden anchor distinguishes a good ship with high crew morale! And the ships you were on didn't have golden anchors? so not very comfortable ones then? :-)

Thanks for the hint, i saw this on a picture, but it must have been a model as well that got it wrong like i did! so next time it goes on the island. i wondered why it would only be on the left hull side though

@@funinscale2892 lol....you did a great job on it. Im a perfectionist! Tks 4 the comeback stay safe fellow ship modler!

@@jerrymccrae7202 I respect people who can focus on one kit until it is perfect, but i like to shorten things sometimes to start a new exciting kit :)

Just looked at my comment some weeks ago. I tend to be TO blunt sometimes. This was one of those times! I deeply apologise for that. Ilove your vidios because you seem to just LOVE what your doing! I build for the same reason and have learned a lot from your vidios.

@@jerrymccrae7202 Everyone can have their opinion, you can criticise everything you would have done differently. I just dont like those people who throw around insults as comments on my videos. They seem to grow in population. But i can live with them, as long as there are people like you who always come back watching my videos and enjoying them! Thanks!

Hello Paul, im sorry, i dont have them anymore. I also had only a japanese version, but the most parts and numbers were identifyable. Maybe there are some on the internet?

www.scalemates.com/products/img/4/0/3/945403-51-instructions.pdf there is a pdf version of the instructions, its very nicely readable, from scalemates