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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ต.ค. 2024
- The final video for my USS Enterprise Project, the culmination of over ten years of research and model building to produce the USS Enterprise, CVAN-65 in 1/720 and the aircraft of Carrier Air Wing Nine in 1/72, as they appeared during their 1968 cruise during the Viet Nam Conflict.
I include complete lists of the references, kits, decals, and accessories as well as the build descriptions and modifications I made to represent each subject.
I also include a brief history of the Big E’s operations that year, as well as background information on the ship and each of the aircraft types that graced her flight deck.
Links:
The project build at The Ship Model Forum at ModelWarships.com:
www.shipmodels....
Scalemates Project with complete project stash:
www.scalemates...
My TH-cam playlist of the entire Enterprise Project build up to now
• USS Enterprise Project...
Thanks,
John
Hi John. Nice job on the U.S.S. Enterprise. I built a 42" wooden model of the U.S.S Ronald Reagan a few years back. Fun build but tedious work when it came to the rigging, the tower and planes. You did an excellent job!
Very nice John
I believe I mentioned recently that I deployed onboard USS Enterprise CVN-65 from Jun to Dec 1996 in VF-103 as part of CVW-17. I was an E-5 at the time, AD2 (aviation Machinest Mate). The ships Island had be modified from the original Square Island to a more conventional looking structure. For the age of the ship it was in very good shape and boy could she move. We were the fastest ship in the Battle group and in several cases we had to slowdown to let the escorts catch up. One of the neat and most frustrating things about the Enterprise flightdeck was that the aircraft elevators were not a solid deck like most other carriers but were a large grate. You could see the water passing by below but you ever dropped anything while on the elevators you could consider it gone. Our QA department finally stopped investigation lost tools if we dropped them on an elevator.
Your project is simply outstanding. Amazing research and patience. BZ (Bravo Zulu - Well done)
I saw the elevator grates on the DVD. Just assumed all were like that, for weight purposes, etc. Thanks for the info. Very cool that she was so fast. I had learned that she could make a pretty tight turn for her size. Thanks for sharing and for the kind comment. And again, thank you for your service.
Beautiful !
Loved hearing all the history. Such a Cool build!!!! Love all the larger builds to go with the ship. To thumbs up!!!!! Now that the project is all done you're not going to know what to do. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Mike. Well I didn’t work on it straight through. There were other builds in between each project kit. If you’ve noticed , I’ve accumulated quite a few motorcycles, cars and armor. So I m looking forward to doing a wider variety of builds. Thanks again for your support and the kind words.
Very nice completion to your long term Big E and related aircraft build. Thanks for the plane lineup and summary.👍
Thanks David
Man what a project! Perseverance pays off great job.
Thanks so much. Yeah, can't believe I'm finally finished.
Well done sir. A perfect recap to your very entertaining build videos.
Thanks for sharing this with us!
@@boccelounge Thanks so much for your kind comment. I’m glad you enjoyed the build videos.
What a great project , John !! Well thought out and planned. Love how you built each plane. Brilliant work , lad. Brilliant. 👍👍
Thanks so much Charlie. I greatly appreciated your Constitution project as I was working on this. Indeed, at one point I was tiring of this project and yours inspired me to get back to it. Thanks again.
An amazing project John, one to be proud of, 😎👍
Thanks so much Tom. Yeah, can't believe I'm finally finished. BTW, I've appreciated the support with all your comments along the way. Thanks again.
Just an amazing overall project John! The detail you put into not only the builds but cataloging everything is just brilliant! What is the next long term project?
Thanks so much Joe. I'm not really sure I'll do another one like this. At least not one that takes this long. I've done the Blues, the T-Birds, all the Presidential Aircraft and this Carrier/Squadron project. I do have a collection of kits that may fit the bill in my stash, as I'm thinking about a "Between the Wars Aircraft" project, during which aviation transitioned from bi-planes to single wings. But I think I'm just going to build whatever strikes my fancy for awhile. BTW, I'm looking forward to your Mig series. I have few of those in the stash as well. Thanks again.