The advantage of this scale is that in case of severe floods one can use the finished model for evacuation purposes. :-D Capital ships in 1/200 are just insane.
Hi Nigel, better put a warning on the front of this video too else the amount of 3-13 year olds ordering this kit on their Mastercard before you break the bad news will lead to a massive backlash from your younger viewers! 😆 Looks like a very nice kit. If only time was no object.
Knew mentioning that Trumpeter bringing out CV-6 in 1/200th would have you rummaging through your stash ;) The Essex Class will have Trumpeter really scratching their heads, as they went through so many structural changes during their lengthy careers.
The Yorktown Class Carries!!!!! My favorite ships in history!!!!!! They held the line, Yorktown lost 😞 at Midway on June 6, Hornet at the Battle at Santa Cruz in October, and Enterprise would survive and be the most decorated US Warship in history! The sad Think is the US government sold it for scrap in 1959! Still my favorite WW2 carries!
Dad was fitting out the Independence in Philly.The Enterprise is on the opposite side of the pier.I asked him if he remembered it."Oh yes,I saw it everyday besides,it was impossible to see it and not think of my ship.(YorktownCV5)
Do you know of and detail kits for the 1:200 Yorktown? I’ve been looking and I can’t find one. I can only find one for the Hornet. Would that work you think?
At first sight I could asure that that hull ain't accurate shaped, rather looks some squared like the ESSEX class carriers...., I was expecting a better version of that famous vessel, I've still convinced that the MERIT INTERNATIONAL LTD..USS Yorktown CV-5 1/350th scale model kit has the better accurate shaped HULL yet..!..without to mention the REVELL old mold from the '60s in 1/480th scale..VERY NICE VIDEO..THANKS FOR SHARE THAT REVIEW..!
@@NigelsModellingBench YEAH...!..you are on the right..! that was the only one dissapointing I had to work on it so carefully and so slow...along two weeks.shaving those annoying planks...with a razor blade....bye mate..!
Could be a superdetailers dream. Lots of see through hanger deck spaces. A little stretched sprue and brass rod on those interior walls would do wonders.
@@StephenCole1916 that’s good to hear. MK/KA misled me after months of saying they are making one they decided to do it for the Enterprise version after its war refit. Models aren’t the same size so it can’t be reused or kit bashed for the yorktown.
I know it's been 3 years since you've made this video but was hoping you might be able to point me in the direction of where you got the hull profile plan you show early on in this video. I have the Webb plans but they're at 1/192 scale and I'm hesitant to chop them up to fit in a scanner or copier. Any help would be appreciated! I'm hoping to correct the hull for my next project.
Hello thanks for video. If You want fix Hull USS Iowa use plaans from Floating Drydock. But they are in 1:192 scale. You Can use plans for BB63 for hull
@@NigelsModellingBench That I didn't know ! I loved building those Kits. I did the three versions, Yorktown, Hornet and Enterprise as my little 'Midway' collection.
Even though they're from the same class, I thiiiiink that USS Hornet was a bit different from USS Yorktown CV-5 and USS Enterprise CV-6, I might remember wrong though! USS Hornet was commissioned roughly four years after USS Yorktown, 30th of September 1937 and 20th of October 1941 respectively....
@@NigelsModellingBench Yorktown Class, USS Yorktown CV-5, 1937. USS Enterprise CV-6, 1938. USS Hornet CV-8, 1941. USS Hornet CV-7, 1940. I wonder if we'll see a USS Wasp CV-7, which was on her own and slightly smaller than and more vulnerable the Yorktowns...
@@NigelsModellingBench Would offer to buy it off you. But its far too big for me lol. I have had Tamiya's Enterprise CV65 in 1/350 in my stash for years. Been afraid to build it lol.
Fast look at this I see one mistake right off. Yorktown never had FC radar on her 2 gun directors., before her loss at Midway. Wonder what else Trumpeter got wrong.
Hello Nigel, my first comment was a bit unsuccessful :-)... a nice report on the Yorktown. I have the model too. Likewise the Hornet (unfortunately almost nothing matches the original, Hangar walls, hull, hangar deck etc....). Yorktown is much better. I think there are missing portholes and a few sections of the hanger walls are wrong. Greetings PS: I watch your Titanic build report. Great... I´m fighting with the Bismarck hull :-)... Dock Keel...
@@NigelsModellingBench yeah. I had high hopes that the Enterprise would be late war.... (I bought her never the less, but it's a shame trumpeter has no 1/200 Avengers)
Yes and no. There were indeed no Avengers on Yorktown during the Battle of Midway as Yorktown was still equipped with Devastators, but Avengers in general were already available at that time and they were actually present during the battle, but were flown from the island not from carriers.
@@dusanbolek8004 your right on flying off of Midway however they were not ready for carrier operation. The Avengers became available during the Solomon’s Campaign.
I don't like reviews, I feel they are unnecessary. I like your build videos they are excellent. That is why I watch reviews for a minute or two. When you build on video you are going to warn modelers of a problem, right? You will show us the box art and instructions as you go. So when you find a problem you will expertly guide us with your solving the problematic kit.
They can help you decide if you want the kit in the first place and give you an idea of what you get for your money. Some kits I have purchased over the years I wish there had been a review for, so I didn’t buy them 😂
I’m not a finisher… I can relate to that entirely! 😂😂😂
This is my Dads ship.Sank on his Birthday.CV5 didn't have jeeps for tugs but USS Yorktown CV10 did have them.The jeeps were poached from the Marines.
The advantage of this scale is that in case of severe floods one can use the finished model for evacuation purposes. :-D Capital ships in 1/200 are just insane.
HHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH even using those liferafts
Beautiful looking kit. Looking forward to watching the build!
So glad they named a ship after Trump! Very patriotic!!!
Thats huge. Loverly review thank you 👍🏻
Thanks for watching!
Hi Nigel, better put a warning on the front of this video too else the amount of 3-13 year olds ordering this kit on their Mastercard before you break the bad news will lead to a massive backlash from your younger viewers! 😆
Looks like a very nice kit. If only time was no object.
Knew mentioning that Trumpeter bringing out CV-6 in 1/200th would have you rummaging through your stash ;) The Essex Class will have Trumpeter really scratching their heads, as they went through so many structural changes during their lengthy careers.
The Yorktown Class Carries!!!!! My favorite ships in history!!!!!! They held the line, Yorktown lost 😞 at Midway on June 6, Hornet at the Battle at Santa Cruz in October, and Enterprise would survive and be the most decorated US Warship in history! The sad Think is the US government sold it for scrap in 1959! Still my favorite WW2 carries!
I just saw the Trek man review the 1/350 kit.. might have to get that one too? he said you got that kit for him yeah?
Dad was fitting out the Independence in Philly.The Enterprise is on the opposite side of the pier.I asked him if he remembered it."Oh yes,I saw it everyday besides,it was impossible to see it and not think of my ship.(YorktownCV5)
Do you know of and detail kits for the 1:200 Yorktown? I’ve been looking and I can’t find one. I can only find one for the Hornet. Would that work you think?
At first sight I could asure that that hull ain't accurate shaped, rather looks some squared like the ESSEX class carriers...., I was expecting a better version of that famous vessel, I've still convinced that the MERIT INTERNATIONAL LTD..USS Yorktown CV-5 1/350th scale model kit has the better accurate shaped HULL yet..!..without to mention the REVELL old mold from the '60s in 1/480th scale..VERY NICE VIDEO..THANKS FOR SHARE THAT REVIEW..!
Agree 100%. The Merit/ILOVEKIT version is much better but for the planking on the hull.
@@NigelsModellingBench YEAH...!..you are on the right..! that was the only one dissapointing I had to work on it so carefully and so slow...along two weeks.shaving those annoying planks...with a razor blade....bye mate..!
Yorktown, Enterprise and Hornet are in theory sisters....but most ships in a class are not truly identical clones
Could be a superdetailers dream. Lots of see through hanger deck spaces. A little stretched sprue and brass rod on those interior walls would do wonders.
It would be a masterpiece if the time was taken to do it justice.
Great review! Big kit!
Thanks for watching!
Ka/MK has a set coming this month. Pontos told me nothing planned. I have the this kit as well. After Titanic I hope to get to it. Great review.
Pontos had a set almost ready but there was an internal issue with one of the people leaving and taking some of the designs with him.
@@StephenCole1916 that’s good to hear. MK/KA misled me after months of saying they are making one they decided to do it for the Enterprise version after its war refit. Models aren’t the same size so it can’t be reused or kit bashed for the yorktown.
Nice review Nigel, those ads are a killer, broke the continuity of your review, thanks for taking the time for doing it.
Sorry buddy, I forgot to edit them out initially. YT generally put an ad in every 2-4 minutes, I make them every 15.
Nigel’s model boat channel
I know it's been 3 years since you've made this video but was hoping you might be able to point me in the direction of where you got the hull profile plan you show early on in this video. I have the Webb plans but they're at 1/192 scale and I'm hesitant to chop them up to fit in a scanner or copier. Any help would be appreciated! I'm hoping to correct the hull for my next project.
I think a friend sent them to me? As you say, long time ago.. I dont even have them any more.
Hello thanks for video. If You want fix Hull USS Iowa use plaans from Floating Drydock. But they are in 1:192 scale. You Can use plans for BB63 for hull
I have been told they are not correct??
@@NigelsModellingBench ok.. for me Are better than Kagero, I don't know about plans from AOTS Iowa
The Yorktown was hit and put back online to get hit again late in the afternoon. It still took a sub to sink her days after Midway
Oooh now then ! I built the revell version years ago just so I could arrange the planes on the deck !
That Revell Yorktown has apparently got the most accurate ship hull of any kit.
@@NigelsModellingBench That I didn't know ! I loved building those Kits. I did the three versions, Yorktown, Hornet and Enterprise as my little 'Midway' collection.
Hell yes!! Finally!!
I want this kit so badly I can taste the steel....sorry, styrene! 😉😆😂
Even though they're from the same class, I thiiiiink that USS Hornet was a bit different from USS Yorktown CV-5 and USS Enterprise CV-6, I might remember wrong though! USS Hornet was commissioned roughly four years after USS Yorktown, 30th of September 1937 and 20th of October 1941 respectively....
Of course, yes.. CV-6 to CV-8 so must have been a gap.
@@NigelsModellingBench
Yorktown Class,
USS Yorktown CV-5, 1937.
USS Enterprise CV-6, 1938.
USS Hornet CV-8, 1941.
USS Hornet CV-7, 1940.
I wonder if we'll see a USS Wasp CV-7, which was on her own and slightly smaller than and more vulnerable the Yorktowns...
Thats frigging huge!
What?!!!! Where is this kit now? Can you actually do a video of displayed builds on shelves? Big shelves.
Still in the box mate.
These “Superkits” look great fun BUT where do you put them once built as their mahoosive!
On a mahoosive shelf lol. Or, if you're married, probably in the garage or basement?
@@NigelsModellingBench 🤣😜👍
This is really turning into Nigel's Modelling Ships eh?
NO!!!!
I want the 200th hornet with the b25s on board. Or the wasp. My brain isn't working great. Lol
That kit has been re-released!!
Nigel, have you built and painted this kit? Did you make a video of the building?
No sorry.
man when people paint these large ships do they just tough it out with standard 0.3 mm airbrush? Or do they bust out the spray gun?
Some brush them even..
Hello Nigel,
Hello..
Late to the party again with this one Nigel. For some reason your old videos are coming up on my feed. I assume you never started this kit.
No, its still in its box.
@@NigelsModellingBench Would offer to buy it off you. But its far too big for me lol. I have had Tamiya's Enterprise CV65 in 1/350 in my stash for years. Been afraid to build it lol.
To the best of my knowledge, there were no Avengers on the carriers at Midway. They were using Devastators at that time.
According to Wiki they were first used at Midway??
Avengers flew off of Midway itself. There were no Avengers on any of the carriers at Midway, so having only Devastators on the ship is correct.
@@kmoore02809 thank you. So they were there, just not on the carriers.
@@NigelsModellingBench Six on Midway, only one of which survived the battle and it was so badly damaged it was scrapped.
I can only imagine a 3 year old using a air brush and CA glue
you dont know if you build this one but i dont have anything to build due to covid :D Please build i want to see
Fast look at this I see one mistake right off. Yorktown never had FC radar on her 2 gun directors., before her loss at Midway. Wonder what else Trumpeter got wrong.
LOTS!! lol
Midway Island had Avengers. Devastators were still on all the US carriers. The 3 aircraft types are accurate.
Hello Nigel,
my first comment was a bit unsuccessful :-)...
a nice report on the Yorktown. I have the model too. Likewise the Hornet (unfortunately almost nothing matches the original, Hangar walls, hull, hangar deck etc....). Yorktown is much better. I think there are missing portholes and a few sections of the hanger walls are wrong.
Greetings
PS: I watch your Titanic build report. Great... I´m fighting with the Bismarck hull :-)... Dock Keel...
I have done the Bismarck docking keel twice. The aft section of the hull is also incorrect
I just bought the model as well. Have you found any detail kits for it? I’m having trouble locating one. Only found one for the Hornet
why did you pick the yorktown and not the enterprise
Ummm I like Yorktown??
@@NigelsModellingBench yes but they are or were sister ships i.e they look the same
sorry, no Avengers on Yorktown (CV-5). Maybe you confuse her with CV-10
Thank you for that.. Balls!! I love TBM's.
@@NigelsModellingBench yeah. I had high hopes that the Enterprise would be late war....
(I bought her never the less, but it's a shame trumpeter has no 1/200 Avengers)
Avengers were not on the Yorktown! They came out a little after the battle of midway.
Yes and no. There were indeed no Avengers on Yorktown during the Battle of Midway as Yorktown was still equipped with Devastators, but Avengers in general were already available at that time and they were actually present during the battle, but were flown from the island not from carriers.
@@dusanbolek8004 your right on flying off of Midway however they were not ready for carrier operation. The Avengers became available during the Solomon’s Campaign.
Yeah this kits begging to be detailed.
I don't like reviews, I feel they are unnecessary. I like your build videos they are excellent. That is why I watch reviews for a minute or two. When you build on video you are going to warn modelers of a problem, right? You will show us the box art and instructions as you go. So when you find a problem you will expertly guide us with your solving the problematic kit.
They can help you decide if you want the kit in the first place and give you an idea of what you get for your money. Some kits I have purchased over the years I wish there had been a review for, so I didn’t buy them 😂
@Terry Tewell Fair enough!
Impressive 40 minutes just to talk about opening the box lol