1/700 Mini Hobby USS Enterprise CV-6 (Completed)

Mike F6F

I bashed this kit with the Tamiya Hornet last year to make a late 1943 post refit Enterprise.

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My problem with the Mini Hobby flight deck was that it wasn't as rigid as the Tamiya one.  It worked fine, but as mentioned, it takes some tweaking since it is very flexible.  If not mounted with care, you can having a flight deck with a rolling hill terain.

There can never be enough models built of CV 6.

First rate CV-6 of yrs, Mike!

I was going for a quick build, maybe in future will add in PE to detail it if got the chance and time.

I bashed this kit with the Tamiya Hornet last year to make a late 1943 post refit Enterprise.

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My problem with the Mini Hobby flight deck was that it wasn't as rigid as the Tamiya one.  It worked fine, but as mentioned, it takes some tweaking since it is very flexible.  If not mounted with care, you can having a flight deck with a rolling hill terain.

There can never be enough models built of CV 6.

very nicely done! thanks for sharing

Very nicely done my friend...Cheers Mark

the Baron

Nicely executed!  I'm with you, the Enterprise was such a great ship, and her crew performed some real feats in the Pacific war.  It's a shame that we weren't able to save her as a monument to those men and the job they did.

I'll second the question about fit issues.  Was it a difficult kit to assemble, or did it go together relatively easily, so you could focus on painting and finishing?

The other comment about the Tamiya kit is an interesting one, since this kit is supposedly a copy of Tamiya's waterline kit, modified to include the full hull, though I don't know if that's correct or not.  I picked up the Tamiya kit, to bash into the Big E as she appeared in the Battle of Midway.

What did you use for your rigging?  That's a nice additional touch.  You did a nice job weathering the deck, too, though, why did you choose an unstained deck, as opposed to the blue stain the Navy used?

Best regards,

Brad

Fit of flight deck to hull is terrible. You must cut off plenty of parts to order fit in nicely but those cut will not be obvious once you fit in. Regards to detail. What I know is minihobby will not be too off compare to Tamiya since its a copy of tamiya kit with added full hull only.

As for rigging, I used scretch sprue painted with black paint. Use super glue to secure it side to side.

The deck, I can't get the blue stain and just need to use whatever resources I have.

Nicely executed!  I'm with you, the Enterprise was such a great ship, and her crew performed some real feats in the Pacific war.  It's a shame that we weren't able to save her as a monument to those men and the job they did.

I'll second the question about fit issues.  Was it a difficult kit to assemble, or did it go together relatively easily, so you could focus on painting and finishing?

The other comment about the Tamiya kit is an interesting one, since this kit is supposedly a copy of Tamiya's waterline kit, modified to include the full hull, though I don't know if that's correct or not.  I picked up the Tamiya kit, to bash into the Big E as she appeared in the Battle of Midway.

What did you use for your rigging?  That's a nice additional touch.  You did a nice job weathering the deck, too, though, why did you choose an unstained deck, as opposed to the blue stain the Navy used?

Best regards,

Brad

Though you probably should have gone with the Trumpeter 1/700 scale early war aircraft than the kit supplied ones. With the looks of the weapons layout on the Enterprise you have 1.1" "Chicago Pianos" not 40mm Bofors which will probably place it in the 1941 to early 1943 time frame before her refit so you would need F4F's TBD-1's and SBD-1's  for 1941-42 time frame.  For 1943 F4F's SBD-1's and TBF Avengers were carried.

I like the paintjob on the wooden flight deck, and your air wing looks sharp as well.

Nicely done. Was there any fit issues?

Oh my!  What a good looking model!  Well done!

Cool so the Minihobby kit actually isn't even in the same league as the Tamiya kit it looks better.