by ESzczesniak » Sun Mar 20, 2022 5:02 pm
I present Meng�s 1/700 USS Enterprise, CV-6. This kit is a �snap kit�, molded in colors and requiring little glue. I built it as a pallet cleanser. Ignoring the air wing, the model was done in 11 days. With the air wing, it was 13 days. I painted the kit and filled the handful of seams necessary. Still, it�s a simple build and I have to say, despite it�s simple origins, it can be built in to a nice ship.
There are some shortcomings. All markings are stickers. I painted the flight deck markings. It�s been a little while, but to my recollection I found the Big-E did not sport the �6� during the Ms. 21 paint scheme. All of the kit�s markings are stickers, so what markings there are on the ship are painted on.
The aircraft insignia use the stickers in puddles of future to blend them. I elected to call the F4F�s earlier models without folding wings. I folded the wings on the TBD�s, and the SBD�s did not have the folding wings.
The kit painting diagram shows a 20B flight deck with 5-H hull. I am not a ship expert, but I do not believe the Enterprise was ever painted this way. My reading was that this kit depicted a late war CV-6, so I painted her in Ms. 21. Tamiya paint was used, leveraging heavily with different mixes of XF-50 and XF-2 for the 20B, 5-N and deck blue stain. Weathering was almost entirely with oils in various techniques (filter, faded, wash, etc).
Here's the end result:
I appreciate any feedback and/or criticism. Thank you for looking!
Eric
I present Meng�s 1/700 USS Enterprise, CV-6. This kit is a �snap kit�, molded in colors and requiring little glue. I built it as a pallet cleanser. Ignoring the air wing, the model was done in 11 days. With the air wing, it was 13 days. I painted the kit and filled the handful of seams necessary. Still, it�s a simple build and I have to say, despite it�s simple origins, it can be built in to a nice ship.
There are some shortcomings. All markings are stickers. I painted the flight deck markings. It�s been a little while, but to my recollection I found the Big-E did not sport the �6� during the Ms. 21 paint scheme. All of the kit�s markings are stickers, so what markings there are on the ship are painted on.
The aircraft insignia use the stickers in puddles of future to blend them. I elected to call the F4F�s earlier models without folding wings. I folded the wings on the TBD�s, and the SBD�s did not have the folding wings.
The kit painting diagram shows a 20B flight deck with 5-H hull. I am not a ship expert, but I do not believe the Enterprise was ever painted this way. My reading was that this kit depicted a late war CV-6, so I painted her in Ms. 21. Tamiya paint was used, leveraging heavily with different mixes of XF-50 and XF-2 for the 20B, 5-N and deck blue stain. Weathering was almost entirely with oils in various techniques (filter, faded, wash, etc).
Here's the end result:
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51949629995_ac0ec94ed4_k.jpg[/img]
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51949630095_e6a7ddb940_k.jpg[/img]
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51948042817_c357897c10_k.jpg[/img]
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51949630310_77cf6220f3_k.jpg[/img]
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51949630455_fe43941e98_k.jpg[/img]
I appreciate any feedback and/or criticism. Thank you for looking!
Eric