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  1.    Jman8763 reacted to a post in a topic: USS Enterprise (CV-6) by PvG Aussie - FINISHED - I Love Kit - 1/350 Scale - PLASTIC
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    Are you going for battle of Midway? For me my time frame for my Essex is summer of 45. The big E was a great ship and it was a shame she got scrapped.
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    Good luck with your build! I'm working on the trumpeter 1/350 USS Essex! If you need any help or advice please let me know! Cant wait to see progress updates on your build!
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    I made up my mind and I really like the landing! Thanks for the feed back! Any other feed back would be gratefully appreciated, specially with the weathering..... I'm new to using oil paints. I like the effect I have going so far. In the distance you see the dark navy blue but when you come closer to the ship, the blue fades out. My whole week is going to be painting the birds up.....
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    Week update: I didn't do much this week with the ship. I needed a break honestly. I gave the ship a gloss coat and weather the hanger deck. I used oil paints to lighten up the blue a little. I installed the lights and wow the hanger deck looks amazing! Only thing I'm worried about is the heat transference to the flight deck. The deck felt pretty warm after 10-15mins on. I'm hoping the wooden deck will help with the heat. Only thing I am worried about is the heat either melting something or undoing the glue..... Since the hangar deck is complete, I am going to show off the 3d printed airplanes. They are from black cat models. The detail is amazing but man they are fragile as hell! The wheels are the weak point of these airplanes. This week coming up I plan on starting to paint the planes and give the hangar deck a matte coat to seal everything in.
  23. Jman8763
    Sorry for being late this week for updates. So I finally got some paint on the old girl. I used tru color USN set. I really like the colors but man…. it’s a pain to airbrush. It gunks up the airbrush quickly and I mean quickly…… The hangar deck was painted insignia white and deck was painted gunship grey by mmp. I like these colors but again a pain to airbrush. The white was spraying like water. The grey was better but it still sprayed like water. I feel like there was to much thinner in these paints where the opposite is for tru color. The hangar flight deck was also painted and the outside bits too. I made the cranes and completed the catwalks and AA mounts for the turrets. This week I’m going to start working on the planes and weather the hangar deck. Weathering overall is going to be light. I want to make the navy blue lighter.
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    I did some test painting to see what the paint colors would look like. Most of the paint is from MMP, Ak real colors, and one Tamiya. Out of the navy sea blue, I really like the MMP. The anti-fouling red looks good. For the hangar deck im leaning towards either gunship grey or dark ghost. The flight deck blue looks good but idk if it matches the wooden deck from Pontos. Which flight deck blue paint range matches the wooden deck? What do you guys think of the color ranges I am thinking of using?
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    Thanks! I'm leaning towards the landing positions. I need to get more folded wings for my bombers and that will cut down on space on the deck. I want to have all four aircraft wings down to show the size of the aircraft on deck and another four wings down in the hangar deck.
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    Need your guys opinion….. I’m stuck between take off position and landing position for the aircraft arrangement. What do you guys think? The landing and takeoff airplane will have a clear rod under it.
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    Since I am getting closer to putting the flight deck on, I have a few ideas of how I want the deck to look like. I really like this photo and I would like to recreate this image however I got a good amount of airplanes with their wings folded out. I could do a take off scene however, I'm pretty sure this heavy bird didn't get airborne till after leaving the deck. What do you guys think?
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    Indeed…. I’m trying to get as much as I can build up before painting.
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    Update for the week….. the bow and stern are completed except paint. I added the elevator to the ship. I hope this doesn’t bite me when putting the wooden sticker on it. The fuel lines are added on both sides. I added the external ladders and AA gun placements at the bow. The starboard accommodation ladder didn’t agree with me soooo I’m pretending it was lost at sea hahaha. I started working on the catwalks. On the starboard side, it feels like two steps forward and one step back. A lot of detail on this side. Portside catwalks are completed.
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    Hey, Here is the website. The owner is very friendly and explained to me why the prices are so low on these kits. https://drydockmodelsandparts.com/collections/joy-yard-ship-model-kits
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    If anyone wants a review of this kit please let me know! I got all the goodies for this model for a good price. There is an Canadian seller that sells the kit for a good price and aftermarket pieces from Joy yard. He also sells wooden ships and extra stuff for the wooden ships.
  35. Jman8763
    Here is a tease of my next project coming up after Essex. Wonder if anyone can guess the model and ship!? Full update on the build will be tomorrow!
  36. Jman8763
    Thank you so much! I wish I could do my railings better.

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