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My attempt to make headway on my stash of unbuilt kits settled on a second 1/72 Academy F6F this week. In 2021 I built this kit as Alex Vraciu's F6F-3 - (link). This time I would build the kit as a F6F-5 in overall Glossy Sea Blue.
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Instead of buying an overpriced kit whose molds have been around since 1967.I thought maybe I could refurbish one that was hanging in the detached garage for over twenty years and had endured all those winters and summers, plus one roof [...]
Kit: Academy 1/700 USS Enterprise CV-6 "Modeler's Edition"
EDIT 11/2021: Fixed the SBD wing issue by building new ones
History:
The USS Enterprise CV-6 was the seventh US Navy vessel of that name and the sixth US aircraft [...]
Last October or so, I casually mentioned to my son that I had an interest in building an Enterprise model, thinking someday I would build one of the AMT 18" models. My son, however, went right out and bought me the gigantic Polar [...]
Star Trek USS Enterprise Series NCC-1701D AMT 1:2500 Model built by Dale Jackson - StratoArt.com - (link)
I loved this series of 1:2500 ships of the U.S.S. Enterprise. The decals for most were amazing, save for the NCC-1701C which I [...]
For the most part, I'm almost done with this kit, but I wanted to go ahead and photograph it. I still have yet to paint some details on it such as the end of the warp nacelles and so forth, so it's about 98% complete.
Definitely an old AMT [...]
Recently Polar Lights changed the mold on the kit, and made the saucer (primary) hull smooth, eleminating the fine engraved lines. This one I have here was the first issue of the kit, the one that could be preordered (and then it was [...]
I already presented my Enterprise build, but now I made a little video with lighting showed 🙂 If you like my video feel free to subscribe to my channel, and leave a comment 🙂 Thank you 🙂
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