Excellent work !!! Thank you !!! Me doing model Navy Ships encouraged me to join the United States Navy. That and James Cagney and Steve McQueen War movies. I did a bunch as a kid. I served in the Beirut War as I was stationed on the USS McCloy FF -1038 I can't seem to locate a model ship of her. She won several Service Awards during the Cold War. I served on her for 10 years. McCloy received a Meritorious Unit Commendation (MUC) for unsurpassed Anti - Submarine Warfare (ASW) accomplishments from 8 June to 22 December 1982 during this deployment. She also received the 6th Fleet "Hook Em" Award and was designated as the Best (ASW) Ship in the Atlantic Fleet during the period 1 October 1980 to 31 March 1982 by Commander Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. We caught a Soviet Union Fish K-324 Victor III Attack Submarine. The Cold War was in its prime but coming to an end , although we didn't think it would ever end. I think if you can find a kit of her , she would be a fine addition for a Cold War Naval Ship collection eh? I did a model in 1996 the USS Juneau CL-52 Atlanta Class Cruiser and I donated it with pride to my hometown American Legion John H. Gertz post 310 who perished along with the Five Sullivan Brothers and 681 other Sailors.. The model is still there today. The last one I did was in 1998 a Vietnam Era PIBBER US Navy River Patrol Boat. That reminds me that I also did the PT-109 . Both those Boats had little Sailors on it with detailed Facial expressions. Anyway, I think Naval Modeling is the best thing to do as a kid and learn thru the years how to paint weathering on the Hulls and all parts of the Ship. It takes patience and time but worth it. And the history you learn. You never know, maybe some kid is doing a Collection of Fighter Jets and enjoying the Air Force? He could very possibly end up Flying one of those things within the next 12 years.. And thanks to Modeling, I myself have been a part of history by being involved with both the Beirut War and the Cold War. The Motto of the USS McCloy FF-1038 was and will always be remembered.... "Above and Beyond"
Half a century ago I built a dozen or so model warships: USS Enterprise (ww2), USS New Jersey, Pennsylvania, St.Paul, Cleveland, Fletcher, Bismarck, Prinz Eugen, Graf Spee, HMS Hood, HMS KGV.....obviously, I read Sink the Bismarck by William Shirer 5-6 times. U-505, IJN Yamato (my favorite and coolest looking warship IMO) , Also IJN Fuso, Mogami, Tenryu , Amatsukaze (after reading Tameichi Hara's book -Japanese Destroyer Captain) and a few others. I recall that building the models were fairy easy. Painting them was another matter. Thank you for your videos. It brings back good memories I had as a youngster. Building models kept me of trouble. Keep up the good work.
JJ Model Making I still have 2-3 ships. The others became lost or broken over time. One , (USS Pennsylvania) was blown up by a fire cracker. A few times my twin brother and I would have our models engage in battle. Firecrackers were the projectiles. The times were much different than now. We are talking c1970. Less entertainment was available. So you made your own fun. Football was played a lot with the many other kids our age in the neighborhood. The rest of our spare time we did various jobs for money. Cutting grass, racking leaves, shoveling snow, caddying at the local golf course. By age 14 we had full time summer jobs working on the athletic fields at a nearby Mili Academy. ....No electronics. We were all fit. Lots of fun and adventure. Most of the young kids of today are not so lucky. Too much time on electronics. I apologize for my comment diverging from your question. Thanks again for your videos.
The IJN Yamato has to be the prettiest battleship ever built. I really like the tower island design and the slanted chimney behind it. Just one impressive monster of a ship. Glad the US Navy sank her in WWII.
Just a little bit of useless trivia. I served onboard the U.S.S. Enterprise (CVN-65) from October 1987 to January 1991 as an operations specialist and I'm awestruck by your model! Your model represents this ship as it appeared for only a few months. Above the 65 on the starboard side of the bridge there is a painting of 4 broken ships which represent Iranian losses from Operation Praying Mantis in April 1988. Those ships were painted near the end of out 6 month West Pacific/Indian Ocean cruise which began on January 5 1988 by fellow operations specialists Steven Courtney and Roy Easler. Starting in late 1988 the ship underwent a few months of overhaul during which serifs were added to the i in Enterprise on the front of the bridge also painted by another operations specialist who's last name is Janes, I can't remember his first name. He thought the i looked incomeplete so he took it upon himself to add serifs, I'm blown away that your model represents my ship as it was for a brief period during my 3 years and 3 months onboard her!
Great stuff, well done. FYI, Tyco is a cruiser, CG-47, based on the Spruance class. The SSN hull number 668 is the USS Spadefish, a Sturgeon class boat. The LA class boats are referred to as the 688 class.
As much as I loved the era of Battleships as well as their grand stature, my favorite class are aircraft carriers. The aircraft carriers have played important roles in history I really respect.
I also have that 1/350th scale Enterprise CVN-65. It was given to me along with a 1/350th scale pre-refit USS Missouri. I suck at modelling so the outcome of both ships was terrible XD. But I'm proud of them especially since the Missouri was a 23rd Birthday Gift.
I served on CVN65. Great build of Americas first nuclear powered carrier. I worked on the flight deck and from what i see you did a great job. Although the tractors and cranes where white when i served aboard from 2000- 04
I think some aircraft were added, which is pretty cool since it adds more variety, but if the original kit had both Hornets AND A-7s that'd put it between 1985 and 1991.
Very clear and non-confusing! Well done . I built a paper model of Titanic, at 1:200 scale . HUGE model which weighed less than 4 ounces. What a fiddle that was . Your modelling seems extremely high class.
@@JJModelMaking Google "Coast Guard Cutter" and you'll find a lot of interesting ships from small patrol cutters to maritime cutters to ice breakers. I think many of them would make good models.
great job. i use to have a set like this back when i was younger, but then i discovered firecrackers and sadly they are all at the bottom of the garden that was a makeshift ocean on a sunny afternoon on the 4th of july.
Very kool ships. I have always loved to build planes from WW-2. Then I got bored and started to build ships. I’m having a blast with all the fiddly bits in brass. Going blind doing them but what else is new. Ha ha. 1/700 scale is to small for me these days. So I went and bought a aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1/350 scale can’t wait to start it this winter. Curious to see how that wood deck works out.
what an absolutely fantastic video, I bought the Enterprise over 10 years ago and am now starting it up, pairing it with the polar lights USS Enterprise star ship at the same 1/350 scale. My plans are to integrate my 1/350 ships with an N scale train layout. The scales don't match up but it's the best of both scales.
JJ Model Making its going to be military a dock/refinery industrial layout. Seems to be a cool way to display everything and include my model train stuff.
I'm partial to two ships. I was in the Navy and my first ship was the USS Nimitz from 1986-1989. I look forward to you getting that project going again. I have pictures of the Nimitz when I was on it showing bits and pieces of the flight deck and all. Plus I have my two cruise books from a Med cruise and a WestPac with even more pictures. If you need any detailed pics, I can see what I have and scan in anything that might help your build. I think I have some from underneath when it was in drydock - I reenlisted under the bullnose when it was in Bremerton, WA. The second ship I was on was the USS Copeland (FFG-25), a FFG-7 class ship. Sadly I lost that cruise book but do have some decent pictures that I took when up on the main mast looking down at the ship while docked in Puerto Rico, as well as some when it was in drydock from underneath. Also, as I was reading the comments below, I remember someone mentiong Russion ships and the Kirov was mentioned. In one of my cruisebooks I have a picture of the Kirov underway on a clear sunny day. I currently have two 1/700 models FFG-7 (Built) and CVN-68 (Still in drydock). I am now starting my FFG-7 1/350 model, but want to make it an FFG-25. I also have a 1/350 scale Noah's Ark just to see how that compares to the size of an FFG, and maybe to a CVN when I save up the money for that. Let me know if you could use any of those pictures. Is this where I say Cheerio? Jim
Ok, I'm kind of new to using RU-vid this way, but I don't see a way to add pictures here. I have two pictures showing something that I think is unique. The top of the mast had to be hinged so we could fit under the Oakland Bay Bridge. One picture shows it hinged down, and I have another similar view when we were up in Bremerton with it up. What's the best way to share those with you? I could send a link to them in my Flickr account.
@@jimh7339 Amazing, thank you! My email address is on the About section which you can find from the channel homepage. I'd prefer not to put it in the comments section. I'll keep an eye out!
Wow, So far I have a CVN 65, and a DD 445, and a BB 63 in 1/350. In the "dry dock"/ box is a Yamato. I also have another 1 350 scale NCC 1701A, not sure if it counts. lol
Love them all! I do a bit of work myself although I've not gotten the weathering technique down. I did the same New Jersey and Enterprise models. Even got to display my New Jersey at the University I went to before graduation. I'd like to see you tackle the newly released 1/350 U.S.S. Montana from Very Fire. You'd have a blast I think.
Nice to be able to display your work like that! I've just had a look at prices for a Montana, that's a lot of money! £160 plus postage. Helping me financially with these expensive kits is the reason I set up a Patreon page as I'll have to save the money slowly.
Beautiful job on those ships! Although I'm primarily a model aircraft builder, I do have a few 1/350 ships, including the Spruance and Tigonderoga ones from Dragon. I agree on the "fiddley" comment..
I’m honestly waiting for a Gerald R Ford kit to be made. Also the Ticonderoga Class is not a destroyer, it’s a Guided Missile Cruise. The Spruance and Arleigh Burke Class are destroyers.
that Enterprise is sure pretty great ship love its 90's loadout much better than a bunch of F-18's Ticonderoga is cool since it is one of the few before VLS
Very cool kits btw 688 is the lowest hull number for Los Angeles class submarines 669 belonged to USS Seahorse which was a Sturgeon class hunter killer to which the Seahorse belonged.
It’s very interesting to see the size comparison of the Titanic to other ships. I can get a good idea as to how big the Titanic really was. Ive not seen that before. Good work sir.
JJ Model Making . I’ve just seen it actually, it was very interesting too. I build mainly Tamiya army model kits like tanks etc but I haven’t built any of the their ships before. I think I’m going to start off with the 1/350 Bismarck like you have and see how I go. I’ve just subbed to your channel, I like it.
@@rob.m3647 Wow, thank you. Get the Revell Bismarck, it's much better than the Tamiya. I've set up an Amazon Affiliate account so if you're interested, and purchase the kit through this, a small commission I'd receive would really help the channel : amzn.to/2CAXae7
That is a terrific looking collection. Many kudos to you on the skills it took to make them all. But, unfortunately, I spotted one small issue. The hull number on your Los Angeles class sub...SSN-668...is for the USS Spadefish, a Sturgeon class sub. You noted that the sub was from The Hunt for Red October...not sure if you mean book or movie, but if you mean the USS Dallas, the number would be SSN-700. Cheers on the great work, though. :-)
I collect paper models from Poland. The paper kits I love are the pre dreadnought battleships and cruisiers of pre World War I period. I think there are plastic models in the 1/350 scale for that period. Love to see you build the HMS Dreadnought, the ship that started the modern battleship designs of WW1 and onward. You are lucky to have space for fifteen 1/350 scale warships.
I dunno why but im loving the New York lhd. Probably would be my first kit if I started making warships... As I dont believe a company has yet made one, I'm still waiting for someone to make a proper 1/350 Juan Carlos Class LHD or even better yet the Australian Canberra Class version of the same ship (I'm Aussie so the 2 Canberra Class LHDs we have in our navy are our pride and joy). Not to mention its just a beautiful warship visually...
Great to hear! Some people go to great lengths to be as accurate as possible to show the model during a certain time period, which is great, but it's your model. If you want modern aircraft, go get some!
If you're looking for your first 1/350 ship I would be cautious buying the New Jersey. She's the third longest ship I own behind the Nimitz and Enterprise. Plus, with over 1,500 parts it's a serious undertaking. I'd recommend either a Freedom or Independence class to cut your teeth on. Entirely your choice of course, just some words from experience
All your build's are fantastic James thanks for sharing I especially like the Revell USS New York bit out of my price range at the moment but one to get at a later date.
