Building The Trumpeter 1/350 USS Ranger CV4 aircraft carrier with US Navy dazzle camouflage 

Awesome, thank you!

Andy's Hobby Headquarters no probs Andy, we forgive you 😉

the planes are so small you wouldn't be able to tell the difference .....

Whait as in the American tank destroy hellcat? Because I've never heard of a airplane called that

F6F Hellcat

What airbrush do you use?

Gretsch Drummer they are all veterans from the Imperial Japanese navy.

invincible: that was funny!

Recon Ranger thanks!

Dack Hacksaw this may be a dumb question but who is 'thats German with Aspergers'?

Gretsch Drummer , you'll find negative people everywhere. They are usually folks that lack talent and are jealous.

aaaaaaaaaaaa808 - there were huge teams of men who made plans. Pre-computer everything was hand drawn.

aaaaaaaaaaaa808 I mean yeah, but since it had to comply with naval treaties, it had thin armor and just wasn’t suitable to fight Japan. Therefore, it was confined to the Atlantic

@cmtmj2006 yes the ships hanger decks were weak but not the hull. Plus it was sent to the Atlantic because of its speed and fuel efficiency not its protection but I can understand where you are coming from

That is great thank you I’m originally from Chicopee mass

HMS Hermes was laid down first, but Hosho did enter her fleet first.

Der Preuße With a name like panzer he has to be a asshole fuckin nazi

More like a panzy

Alex Romero you are quite an idiot

dont mean to be a dick fam but at least use proper spelling before calling someone out

@@pacificstatesofamerica lol

The very first purpose built aircraft carrier to have its keel laid was the HMS Hermes and the very first to be commissioned was the Japanese Hosho.

think he meant first USN ship named Ranger

yeah I realized it later sorry about that

Andy's Hobby Headquarters It's fine. We all make mistakes every so often :)

At that size, they don't have the side windows behind the cockpit, so it actually would be a dash5

Harambe Nights LMAOOO 😂😂😂 the brown going down the side is rust from the waves against the hull.😂

@@kylefanjoy4966 That makes sense

Just kidding. Amazing job, I just loved it!

Tsorovan Zero i think the acetone is there to bite in to the plastic more, like Andy said in the video. And not in such amounts that it will melt or deform the plastic, i think

Enamel paint solvent is acetone derived and I painted countless models with paint diluted with it. Superb bite and finish, but you can't remove it from your model after painting without ruining it and if you spill some solvent into your model you're likely destroying it. That's the bad side of it, but well handled is totally fine to use into your stirene model. Bear one thing in mind: TOXICITY is a real concern, keep your room well vented and preferably wear safety googles and air filtering mask and you are good to go.

Back in the 1960s and 70s (my childhood), we used enamel paints which were thinned with mineral spirits, and lacquers which were thinned with a mixture that includes acetone, methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), toluene, and iirc, xylene. The enamels were considered to be child safe back then. They aren't as low toxicity as the water / alcohol based acrylics we mostly use today. The lacquers were for adults, but we used them as teenagers. Sprayed through airbrushes. Toxicity and carcinogenicity are issues, and I know of one case where a professional painter of model trains (he worked at the Original Whistle Stop in Pasadena, California)got sick and died from inhalation exposure. Lacquers are still sold and used commercially for cars and furniture and various other applications. You can get some extremely fine details when using them, because the combination of the binder and thinner has a very thin viscosity. Safety precautions include: a well ventilated area - outdoors, or with a fan blowing fresh air past you towards the work, or in a spray hood; nitrile rubber gloves rated for solvents; safety glasses or goggles; and you may need an organic vapor rated respirator, preferably with a NIOSH rated N95 pre-filter for dust. An apron to keep splashes off of you is not a bad idea. If you are doing a lot of spray painting with lacquers, such as commercially, this may not be enough. We had none of that safety gear back in the 1970s - by 1990, I was using most of that list when I'd work with lacquers. These days, I can buy much better quality acrylics, and seldom use anything with more volatile and nasty organic solvents... Except for the clear coats and dull coats... Which is not to say that the alcohols from acrylic thinners, nor the micro-droplets of the pigment and binder, are in any way good for you to inhale. Airbrushing / spray painting can still make you sick or worse if you aren't careful. Also, the solvents in our cements and glues are nasty. If you work a lot with ABS and acrylic plastic and/or poly carbonates, you'll be using cements which contain methylene chloride, which while safer than the carbon tetra chloride (carbon tet) which is replaced, is not something to be treated casually. When I think about the huffers (glue sniffers) inhaling these solvents in an effort to get high, well, *that* gives me the cold shivers... talk about dumb things to do... Bottom Line: You do not need to fear the chemicals we use in our hobby, but you do need to follow some basic safety precautions in order to use them safely.

Tsorovan Zero well the latex in chewing gum is the same they use in condoms so...

I thin all my enamel model paints with ketone (acetone) for airbrushing. Works like a charm.

I like the 1/700 Tamiya CV-6. Old tooling but you can’t go wrong with a Tamiya. It’s supposed to be tooled for her 1944 refit but my friends said the island is off and the guns are also off. I still built it with her Measure 33 livery. Great build experience. Cheers!

Got it in my 70s tamyia tiger 1 gave me a idea for the tiger and mads me get into older or reworked models

Robbie Guy Andy has plenty of videos and covers all the topics you're looking for. Just do a search.

Jerry Volpini In my comment i said that however, he doesn't have one dedicated to beginners.

Hi man, first I can recommend you to join Andy's Google+ community (Andy's Hobby Headquarters Modelcon) where are plenty of beginners and also plenty of skilled guys who will explain and tell you the stuff you need to know, you just need to ask. The second thing, I can help you with some thing I know as I'm in the hobby for some time building ships, planes and armour ..I'm discovering new techniques overtime I'm working on something so it's really hard to do a video explaining all that stuff. I you need some help just email me on noobman301@gmail.com

Thank you and that would be awesome! I will definitely contact you if i need help because i just don't want to mess it up :) I also found a video that was quite helpful so thanks Jerry for pointing that out to me... i must have missed it the first time.

Robbie Guy Yea, like Lubomir says, it's pretty time consuming to put out videos to cover all the bases which is why I recommended just searching Andy's videos. Sounds like he put you on the right track, though. Good luck.