Hello everybody
My Enterprise arrived today...and I had to cut plastic and use glue right away!
I am not the big Enterprise expert and hence cannot comment on dimensional things. The hull, which was a big issue with the Trumpy Hornet, looks a lot better, much like the old Revell 1/542 ships. Very slim lines, almost like a race boat!
The kit itself from a layout point of view is exactly what Academy's "modeller edition" of the Missouri is. PE is included and so are masks for the decks. The detailing of the parts looks very good and the fit so far is excellent. I put the hangar deck into the hull and assembled the island basis. All in all the kit is designed as a snap together kit...which it clearly is not! The Missouri btw also requires glue even though they say it does not. No issue for me since I glue anyway. On the detailing there are some short cuts...not in the crispyness but in the lack of options. All hangar deck roller gates are molded closed!
On the hnagar deck the internal wall details are missing and even though it seemed to have been planned the hangar deck structure under the island is not in the kit even though the deck shows the position of those parts. The flight deck shows no trace of arrester cables...not sure how to do those in 1/700 yet. A lot of parts are slide molded (island) and also the planes seem to be since they show very nice details with molded on props. Decals are plenty for the ship and the planes.
All in all for the 33,95 I paid here a lot of model! Only really down side for me is that Enterprise comes in her Midwy config...I would have prefered a late war config like Tamiya's Sara.
cheers
Uwe
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