I don't know about master ... slightly better than average, maybe. You CAN do it, or much of it. Just do what I did. That's why I made the video. Thanks so much for watching and for your kind comments. Happy Modeling!

Wow, given you've built it several times, your compliment really means something. Thanks for the view and the kind comments.

Coming full circle...I'll be putting all the aircraft, vehicles, and crew in place in the coming months. Thanks for the view and comment.

Thank you so much for your comment. That really means alot to me. The history is important to me. Hope you’ll check out the rest of the project playlist. Thanks again.

Glad you like it. Thank you for the kind comments.

Thanks. The A-4s are on the work bench right now. Stay tuned. Now that winter is approaching I'll be spending more time building.

Thanks for the view and kind comment. Hope it helps with your build. Good Luck and hope you'll post a video when you're done. Thanks again.

@@mightyjjk1298 first update posted yesterday

@@lizard869 , I saw that. Looking good. A few tips, if you don't mind: Wait until you're completely done to do your decals; and lay down a coat of clear acrylic (especially over flat paints), like Pledge Floor wax, with a brush where your decals will go and let it dry for a day before you lay down the decals. Decals adhere and look best when laid down on a very smooth surface. You should be able to find the Pledge Floor Wax in the cleaning products isle of your local grocery store. Keep up the good work and keep posting progress, and I'll keep watching. Feel free to ask any questions as you go along. I'm so happy to see a young person like yourself getting into this great hobby. Good Luck!

@@mightyjjk1298 just added the hanger deck and will begin painting the runway area

@@lizard869 , Good progress. More tips: Take your time. Use scissors on masking tape to get nice straight edges. and carefully use the masking tape around the engraved landing area markings. Wait until the paint is semi-dry/tacky before pulling up the tape. I can't stress enough...take your time. Its not a race. It's about accuracy, not speed. You will be happier with the results in the end. Keep up the good work. And feel free to ask any questions as you go. Good Luck.

Thank you. That was the first video in the project....I am just finishing up the last 1/72 aircraft (UH-2C Helo) then I'll go back to the ship and finish it with vehicles, crew, and final placement of all the aircraft. Thanks again.

Thanks for the kind words. Two 1/72 RA-5C Vigilantes of RVAH-1 Smoking Cats are on the workbench now. Hope you’re getting your son into the hobby. Don’t know his age but years ago my youngest built a simple 1/1200 USS Constellation. Would be a great kit to start with. See here. www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/cv/cv-64/1200-jkd/index.htm Good Luck.

@@mightyjjk1298 my son will be 13 at the end of the month. He simply doesn't have any interest in building models despite being raised with them hanging over his head.

Oh my gosh...thanks so much for going back and checking this out. My very first KZfaq video and it's so obvious. Proud of the build, but not so much the quality of the video. Yeah, built that back in 2012 and been adding planes to it ever since. Thanks again.

When I finish all the aircraft (see my other videos) then attach them, the vehicles and the crew, I'll do some weathering. Thanks for the interest and advise. Stay tuned.

Hope all is going well on your build. I'm working on the E2-A right now. Larger scales cost more $ and take-up more space, but are easier for our old eyes and fingers to deal with. Good Luck. FYI; this video was done with old equipment, and with MS Movie Maker. I have a Mac now, a better mic now, and just taught myself how to do noise reduction/volume adjustments in iMovie; So things have improved and will get better. Thanks for the feedback, and for the kind comments. Happy Modeling. Hope you post the results of the ship.

@@mightyjjk1298 Unfortunately I made a bit of an error while constructing, since I painted the lower and upper hull first and only then glued them together. It isn't a perfect fit though, so it needs some adjusting and perhaps even some spruegoo to get it right which means my painting so far has been for nothing. Not done with this kit though, I'll get back to it. The biggest problem right now it is freezing cold in my buildingroom! So I suspended all build activities for a while. ;) Currently working on a 1/48 BF-109 E3. Usually WW2 is more my gig so when I run in trouble that's my safespace to return to. Good stuff on the sound quality! Proper video editing is really an art I found out, so good to see you it is working out for you! Cheers, Dan

@@BoJack_HorseFly85 I have one of those Delongi oil radiators in my office, which is over my garage. Keeps it toasty. Have them at Costco and Amazon.

@@mightyjjk1298 might be a good idea! I do have an electric heater there but it's a fairly big room and the heater takes up quite alot of energy so I'm a bit reluctant to turn it on for more than half an hour.

Star fighter Decals kit 700-101 on the Starfighter-Decals.com website is specifically for the Revell Enterprise kit. And you can get stripe decal sets at Microscale.com.

I might if the subject was interesting. I still have 5 more aircraft on the Enterprise project. I have tentative plans to build a helicopter for Gary Schreffler, purveyor of GRS videos. He was consultant to Revell for model of his helo with his name in the decals. Lord knows I owe him as his videos are a modeler’s dream.

Wash the parts with dish soap. Then paint the deck black first. Let that dry. Then mask around he lines etched in the deck part. Like it looks at 20:13 in the video. Paint the masked out white lines with the center line yellow & white. When that’s dry mask over that and the entire deck up to the edges. And paint the edges hull gray color.

@@mightyjjk1298 So if I'm correct u painted the white and yellow stripes on the deck? Or should I buy the decals and wait for them to arrive?

Nicky Louwagie, No I used decal for all stripes. I highly recommend the star fighter set.

Absolutely you can! My only suggestion would be to use spray cans for the red, and gray, ie, the largest surface areas. But instead of after-market decals, you can just mask tape around the etched in landing area outlines and brush those white with a white and yellow center line down the middle. It’s a good kit to build “ out of the box”. And if you check out my plane builds, you’ll see Im building them pretty much “ lout of the box”. I just took this ship as far as my predetermined budget, imagination and meager abilities allowed. (I already had the Indy kit and decided to canablize it rather than build it). Good luck on your build and feel free to ask any questions you might have along the way.

@@mightyjjk1298 Can I also do those area's with brushes? I prefer the "old fashioned " way haha. And as for the stripes on the deck: did u first painted the gray area or did u first painted the yellow/ white area? also: have you used any primair colour or not? Because for my Millenium Falcon and Airbus A360X I used primair (this is only my 3rd build I make).

Because I don't have those white and yellow stripe Decals included is this normal or not?

Nicky Louwagie, you can paint the entire model by brush if you want. It will just take longer. The Order would be: lower hull red. Deck black or dark gray, edge of deck and island lighter gray. Then the landing area outlines white then center line yellow and white. Good Luck.

Not sure, but model building instructions are often wrong. That’s why you should always use independent references.

I built a Revell Saratoga CV-60 about 60 years ago and just didn't personally like the red. I thought it was too distracting for a model that wasn't a waterline model. So I painted the hull grey and, below the water line, black. It's "not prototypical", but it made for a nice clean look. It sort of put that bulk of the bottom of the hull more out of mind and focused the eye on the superstructure.

It is 19 inches long. About 5 inches at the widest. And overall about 5 inches tall, with the tower being 2 1/2 inches of that from the deck to tip top. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching.

I was/am working from GRS video taken by crew on the 68 cruise. I think the bow 65 may be the solid one, etc. I'll get back to the ship/deck pretty much as the very last step, after all the aircraft, vehicles and crew are done. Then, I'll make any last corrections, weather (lightly) the planes, vehicles, ship and deck; and glue all of the above in final position. That's going to be years down the road at the pace I'm going. If you are aware of anything that needs correcting, I want to know. As you saw in the F4 Fix video, historical accuracy is important to me. Thanks for the interest.

MightyJJK I served aboard the Marine Detachment on the USS Dwight D Eisenhower CVN-69 from May 87-89. Started getting back into model building the past few years.

Dogs of WAR, Thanks for your service. Let me know if you have any questions. Happy to help.

Joe, Thanks for the view and kind comment. I've actually thought about it. I want to finish all the planes first, but yeah, maybe down the road. Thanks again.

While the kit came with aircraft, they were poor representations. I am making the planes separately; using Trumpeter after-market kits. See the other videos on my channel. I''m making all the aircraft in 1/72, then the 1/720 ones, so when I'm all done I'll have the ship with its planes (and service vehicles) in the middle, surrounded by all the aircraft from CVW-9/1968 in 1/72. A-6 is done; F-4s are done; working on the A-4s now. Stay tuned. Thanks for the interest.

Make sure you go to the MightyJJK channel for the plane videos. JK Tac Shot is my channel related to sport shooting.

AWESOME THANK YOU FOR INFO I REALLY LOVE THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER SHIPS I DONT HAVE MUCH TO SPEND BUT AT LEAST I KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT FOR MY FIRST SHIP BUILD I HAVE LOVED PLASTIC MODELS MY WHOLE LIFE AND HAVE BUILT MANY I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED A AIRCRAFT CARRIER SO THATS MY PLAN TO FIND ONE I CAN AFFORD AND I WILL BE BUYING IT AROUND BEGGINING OF APRIL I WISH I COULD GET THE 1/350 TAMIYA ENTERPRISE CAUSE ITS LARGER BUT I MIGHT HAVE TO GO FOR 1/720 USS KITTY HAWK BUT ANY WAY THANK YOU YOUR BUILDS ARE AWESOME I LOVE THE DETAIL YOU PUT IN GREAT WORK MAN ILL CHAT MORE AND MIGHT MAKE A VIDEO OF MY BUILD ALSO HAVE A GOOD ONE THANK YOU AGAIN

Kevin Gilchrest, FYI I just posted the A-4 Skyhawks build video. I’m asking viewers/ subscribers to pick my next build.

SOUNDS GOOD I WASNT ABLE TO GET ONE FOR MYSELF TO BUILD I DONT HABE MONEY RIGHT NOW BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR BUILDS

I know! My first few videos were with a crappy mic and I didn’t know what I was doing. Thanks for watching. The rest of the series gets better, I promise. Hope you check it out. A-3s are in weathering right now.

Oi BLYAT

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