With most of my kits in storage in preparation for a home move, we're now locked down from COVID with so many others. Stay safe and well fellow modellers.
Luckily, my family and I are well, but to help get through I've purchased a couple of new models (yes, our local Hobby Shop remains open!) First up, I am making my first trek into building a model aircraft carrier. I would love to have grabbed the 1/200 Hornet, but thought it best to start smaller and cheaper, so have picked up the Merit 1/350 USS Enterprise CV-6.
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File comment: USS Enterprise - Box Art
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At present I'm mostly in research mode, picking up the David Doyle book on the Enterprise's Yorktown Class sister ship USS Hornet, and browsing the internet for photos and model build logs. One of the main issues reviews and builders have with this particular kit is the over emphasised hull plating. The hull is a solid one piece mold, but yeah, that hull plating looks terrible. So, as many before me seem to have done, I'm making my first task the reduction of those panel lines. Starting with the stern, I'm working one side at a time. And this is where I am......
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File comment: Removing the raised plating detail.
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More to come.