1/350 Tamiya USS Enterprise CVN-65

Gallery Article by Paolo Yuen on Mar 29 2012

 

 

This ship was build base on my 2007 made USS Enterprise.  Same as last time with lot of correction and details.  Started from the hull same as last time built a hanger but this time I had added 10 small LEDs for lighting!  The Fin tail was heavy modified on the left hand side the CIWS base and the small house (check Engine fire control room) was a resin made copy from my last ship.  Right hand side under the fight deck I had reference from the real photo and added a gallery walk and tube on the hull!  

The island did not have so much work and mainly I added clear green transparent plastic sheet for the island window.  Mast and radar was photo etch, and I added 0.3mm plastic rod to detailed the structure!  At the back side of the island I added a room and the CIWS base was resin made.  

 

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On the fight deck I sanded down all tie down points, because they are over scale and not easy to see in this small scale, you can only see them in 1/144 or bigger scale. Some fight deck side catwalk's wall was replaced with the railing type, added a working platform near the no.4 catapults and LSO at the rear!  Tom's Modelworks photo etch Flotation racks were added.  Hull and fight deck were given heavy weathering by using my air brush.  

Airwings are not the same as the last time using Trumpeter, the air wings are from the box and sprayed with Mr.Color Light Gull grey or Light Ghost Grey with Tamiya black color wash giving weathering on raise panel.  Two aircraft have added WEM photo etch Flag and slab, 2 Sea kings have opened cargo door and photo etch rotor. The EA-6B is making it's landing and there is an F-14 ready for launch.

Paolo Yuen

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Photos and text © by Paolo Yuen