USS Enterprise, CV-6 (From World War II) in 1/350 scale
- Thread starter Jeff Head
- Start date
As you can see, the vessel is looking very good at this point with the flight deck added.
The hanger deck looks pretty good underneath too.
I was going to add a lighting system, but with all of the opneing available, most of which I will leave open, I decided to allow people to just either use a flash light, or natural lighting to show off what I did in there.
The Build - Adding the mani structures in front and back of, and the island main assembly - April 28, 2017
I then needed to start on all of the structure around and incompassin the island. The island is very detailed and this will take a couple of sessions at least...inmcuding the quad forty millimeter anti-aircraft guns.
Here's how it went:
I decided during this session to also build out the ships launches and boats and the cranes, both on the flight deck and on the lower deck outside of the hanger, and did that while building more of the details into the island.
...including the many, many fifty caliber maching guns and their armor plate protection. There are A LOT of them and they are very small indeed in building.
...including the many, many fifty caliber maching guns and their armor plate protection. There are A LOT of them and they are very small indeed in building.
The Build - Adding the flight deck decals and building and placing the air wing on the flight deck - May 2, 2017
It was now time to add the decal markings onto the flight deck.
The large "six" that came with the model is a little too thick for the World War II markings...but I went ahead with it. If I find the large, thinner ones later, I will replace them.
As it is, this looks pretty nice once the dashed lines and elevator outlines were all in place.
I then built, painted, and added the airwing. Eight more Widlcats, eight more Duatless dive bombers, and a couple more Devestator torpedo bombers.
It was now time to add the decal markings onto the flight deck.
The large "six" that came with the model is a little too thick for the World War II markings...but I went ahead with it. If I find the large, thinner ones later, I will replace them.
As it is, this looks pretty nice once the dashed lines and elevator outlines were all in place.
I then built, painted, and added the airwing. Eight more Widlcats, eight more Duatless dive bombers, and a couple more Devestator torpedo bombers.
The Build - Final equiment and railings, final touch up and completion - May 7, 2017
There were stll numerous small parts for equipment to add and railing as well. THis was accomplished and then the two final coats of dull clrear coat were addded, as well as the stand. Then it was time for the final photos:
There were stll numerous small parts for equipment to add and railing as well. THis was accomplished and then the two final coats of dull clrear coat were addded, as well as the stand. Then it was time for the final photos:
