Another Famous U.S.S. Enterprise Merit Models 1:350 Scale CV-6
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2024
- A look at the Merit Models 1:350 scale CV-6 U.S.S. Enterprise WW II aircraft Carrier model kit and some extras to go with it from Trumpeter.
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This kit is sitting on my shelf, maybe its time to build it.
The Grey Ghost! IJN pilots actually reported she was sunk twice but she always made it home, got refit, and returned to kick ass!
looks like an awsome kit . ive built the dauntless 1/18 from Merit and really enjoyed the build and kit, had no fitting issues and the instructions were very clear
WoW! What a wonderful gift! Will definitely make a beautiful display!
Can't wait for this build!
Looking forward to watching you build this kit! I've always loved this particular version of the Enterprise. The CV-6 has a lot of history behind her. Very distinguished and gallant vessel!
There is a Trumpeter USS Enterprise CV-6 1:200 scale of this ship. The same scale as the Titanic.
Can’t find any review on UA-cam on that scale
@@sikais17 I've seen it. Look it up again.
There is also an Arizona, Rodney, Yamato and Bismark in 200 scale.
This is going to be great!
Awesome. My grandfather served on her during the war from Pearl to Solomon Islands,
Wow, I bet he had some fantastic stories to tell!
Actually, he didn’t talk about it. But we have the reports and his Navy Cross for Midway. He, like most of that generation of American fighting men, was a bad**s.
@@jrgunn5 that’s awesome!
Giving me ideas all the enterprises from the sail ship to the enterprise E models along my hobby shelves
That is something I’ve been thinking of myself but I can’t build a model, make toast to save my life lol
Part of the line of ships named Enterprise.
1941 , Dec.7 , the Enterprise was on her way to Pearl Harbor having engine problems, "BIG E" arrived on Dec 8, 1941. Had she been there earlier, she would have been sunk. Her Nick name was " The galloping ghost of the Oahu coast", because Japanese propaganda claimed how many times she was "sunk". Some of her port holes were used on the CVN 65 Enterprise on the Captains quarters during its build. CVN 65 was launched in 1961, decommissioned in 2012. The original Enterprise was a British sloop of war captured during the Revolutionary war. Her name was spelled " Enterprize" ( how England spelled the name.) 😁😁😁😁
Reported sunk by the Japanese several times, the Gray Ghost served her country well. She was the recipient of 20 battle stars, the most of any other ship. Damn shame she was unceremoniously broken up. Looking forward to the build
you finally really done it!
This ship had such an amazing history. Excellent choice.
@Cloud Burst 117 I owned this series on blue ray. Must have watched it a hundred times. Thanks for the heads up.
There was very little of the CV-6 Enterprise preserved.
The largest portion of the hull that was saved is the ship's nameplate which is in a baseball field in New Jersey. That section weighs several tons!
There's an anchor that's preserved besides a dedication plaque in the Washington, DC area.
Other preserved bits (that were on CVN-65, the nuclear-powered Enterprise) were portholes used for the captain's cabins and some pipe fittings. I don't know if all the memorabilia transferred to CVN-65 has been removed yet. You would think so but the Navy gives highest priority to in-service vessels. With all the headaches disposal of CVN-65 is causing for the US Navy, I'm sure the name "Enterprise" is not one of the Navy's budget office likes hearing!
Other than that, the last bits preserved from CV-6 were mainly planking from the ship's flight deck that were removed and given to members of its crew. At least one plank is used as the base for a model of CV-6.
There were plans to preserve the tripod mast of CV-6 but they never went through and that was scrapped. They did save the ship's bell and it's at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.
There's a permanent exhibit for the CV-6 Enterprise at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL from what I've heard. The home of one of the Enterprise's captains was also saved.
The shipwrecks of both Enterprise's sisters, CV-5 Yorktown and CV-8 Lexingon, have both been discovered in the last 25 years. They're largely intact and well out of the way of the scavengers who are destroying a lot of World War II wrecksites throughout Asia. They're 3 miles deep and not easy sites to salvage for scrap like has happened to other wrecks like the Prince of Wales which have been devastated by scavengers.
P.S. -- They re-equipped Enterprise with Hellcat (F6F) fighters after they became available. F4F Wildcats stayed in service on the decks of smaller, slower carriers of the escort/jeep carrier classes like the Casablanca class carriers. Those smaller ships weren't fast enough to launch and support the heavier fighters like the F6F Hellcat and F4U Corsair. The larger fleet carriers (Yorktown and Essex class) could support the heavier planes like the F6F and F4U.
The Enterprise (CV-6) never carried F4U Corsairs as part of its normal air wing but there may have been experiments with those on the ship.
NOTE: I was wrong about the Corsair. They carried night fighter versions (F4U-2(N) conversions) on CV-6 for a short while as part of Air Group 10 from 16 Jan 1944 to 15 July 1944. www.cv6.org/company/airgroups.htm This seems to be the only time Enterprise embarked F4U Corsair fighters.
There were later detachments of radar-equipped night fighter versions of the Hellcat in 2 later organized Enterprise air groups. The Corsair never returned its decks after that period in 1944.
I'm working on the 1/350 USS Hornet CV-8 and then plan on building the Yorktown CV-5 and the Enterprise CV-6. Have all 3 of the carriers from Midway.
Amazing! Would you please set them side by side the cv 6 and tos? Good job on your wwII history!
I just got the 1/200 version of the CV-6 Big E. Should be a fun future project.
Is the 200 scale in the Battle of Midway scheme?
@@henryschmitt7577 It’s late 1942 as I’m told. The 1/350 kit is also a late 1942 fit. If you want to do the CV-6 as of Midway, I’m told you’re better off using one of the CV-5 Yorktown kits as both Yorktown and Enterprise were 99% identical during mid 1942.
Question: As someone who can’t boil water, take care of a plant or build models, are there any creative types that do build/sell completed kits?
Don't stop there. Get Tamiya's CVN-65 to go with them.😎
Monogram is reissuing their 1/400 CVN-65 Enterprise
I am building the Trumpeter 1/350 USS Yorktown CV-5. Merit is really Trumpeter I have come to find out. I can’t wait to see this old girl built up! Enjoy!
Thanks again for sending out the kit. I'm really excited to get going on it.
@@TrekWorks the great thing about the kit is it has a complete hanger deck with detailed parts to have the hanger deck roll up doors open or closed.
Idk the Intrepid has a pretty impressive pedigree especially if you count it's Vietnam service. You should read about how the crew jury rigged a sail after being torpedoed so that they could get back to Pearl Harbour for repairs. Also it was the prime recovery ship for the Mercury Auroura 7 and Gemini 3 space craft. Overall a pretty significant ship. Not taking away from the impressive service recored of the Enterprise, but I want to make sure that the men of the Intrepid who sacrificed so much get remembered.
I sure wish I had room for one!
Have you built the kit yet? I have the Trumpeter 1/350 kit of the Lexington (Un-built ), were you intested in the Lex CV-2?
I like that this kit is in the same scale as your Polar Lights 1/350 scale Starship USS Enterprise NCC-1701 and the Refit. When you finish it, could you put it next to the other kits to see them together? Thanks, Boyd.
Yes... I have a slew of “ships” in 1/350 scale.. ocean-going ships, real space ships, sci-fi ships, conjectural ships, airships...
Star-Trek, Star Wars, Lost in Space, Thunderbirds, NASA, US Navy, etc.
I know some of the ship's parts are on display at the Pensacola's National Naval Aviation Museum. If you're ever close, I highly recommend it!
If you are interested in the history of the USS Enterprise, there was a very good show on the History Channel called Battleground 360. It's a 10 episode series that tells the story of the Enterprise thru the entire war. I think it would be definitely be worth your time.
The first U.s.S. Enterprise was a British supply ship named George that cruised Lake Champlain. Benedict Arnold captured her less than a month after Lexington and Concord and renamed her Enterprise to continue operating on the lake. Eight United States Navy ships have carried the name Enterprise including CVN-65 which was one of the longest serving vessels (commissioned in 1961 and decommissioned in 2017) in USN history. There are plans for the next Gerald R. Ford class of nuclear carriers (CVN-80) to carry the name Enterprise which remains to be seen but it is the Navy's intent to carry on the legacy of the Big E.
USS Enterprise (CVN-80) will be the third Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier to be built for the United States Navy. She will be the ninth United States naval vessel to bear the name, and is scheduled to be in operation by 2028. Her construction began in August 2017 with a steel-cutting ceremony.
This is gonna be an awsome build can't wait to see the old girl get put together ....what year was she officially removed from service?
Decommissioned on February 17, 1947.
@@henryschmitt7577 thanks you have a great NEW YEARS
I bought this model, Merit Models of course. And I didn't get the same things in the box. I didn't have that many planes and I didn't have the books. But I got all the photo-etched. Probably because I'm a fucking French . I still think it's a very nice model.
You should build the Enterprise sailing ship
Before you paint it I suggest you look up the correct USN colours for Measure 11 that is 5S (Sea blue), and not Ocean grey at the Battle of Midway.
Please don't forget about the U.S.S. Wasp cv7 . Yorktown cv.5 Enterprises cv.6. Hornet cv8.
It was finally scrapped in 1958
Trumpeter 1/200 CV6 Also Start selling
I am gonna put my together with my Tamiya CVN-65 Enterprise and the Enterprise from Azur Lane together.
Edit: The instruction Booklet look very Trumpeter like Instruction book so I suspect that This Merit Model kit was made by Trumpeter for them.
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So many models, so little time...
The Enterprise was not torpedoed. If she had been she probably would be at the bottom of the sea as the yorktown class had useless torpedo defence due to the machinary spaces not being staggard. As soon as the Hornet and Yorktown got torpedoed they lost power.