After spending the last few months working my 1/200 USS Arizona, a late night visit by our cat to the hobby room has placed that ship back in dry dock for now to repair some minor battle damage. Big breath in, open a new model for distraction.
I picked up the Merit 1/350 scale USS Enterprise CV-6 some time back. I did a little tinkering, got some after market PE, but never really made a solid start on her. So now she's unboxed and about to occupy my non-Christmas related spare time.
Straight up, the kit appears quite well detailed for the scale and contains a number of PE sheets already, including things such as the degaussing cables. There's a full set of period aircraft and sufficient interior parts to work up a nice hangar deck. My only initial 'complaint' after trawling through the box contents is the quality of the instructions booklet. For a larger kit such as this it's not all that comprehensive, so will need to pay close attention to parts, PE placement and reference materials in a few areas.
I'll try and take regular pictures as the build progresses, although that's never been one of my strong points.
I picked up the Merit 1/350 scale USS Enterprise CV-6 some time back. I did a little tinkering, got some after market PE, but never really made a solid start on her. So now she's unboxed and about to occupy my non-Christmas related spare time.
Straight up, the kit appears quite well detailed for the scale and contains a number of PE sheets already, including things such as the degaussing cables. There's a full set of period aircraft and sufficient interior parts to work up a nice hangar deck. My only initial 'complaint' after trawling through the box contents is the quality of the instructions booklet. For a larger kit such as this it's not all that comprehensive, so will need to pay close attention to parts, PE placement and reference materials in a few areas.
I'll try and take regular pictures as the build progresses, although that's never been one of my strong points.
