USS Enterprise, CV-6 (World War II) in 1/350 scale

JEFF HEAD MODEL SHOP ^ | 8 May 2017 | Jeff Head

[Gene Eric]

That’s an impressive job, and well documented as usual.

One might think you were an engineer.

God bless.

[Jeff Head]

Yep...thos photographers who supplied so much combat footage were in harms way the whole way like the other soldiers.

God rest his soul.

[Jeff Head]

Probably have 200 =- 300 hours in her.

Lot of fun.

My favorite two builds were the USS ROnald Reagan, CVN-76

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3526555/posts

and the USS Iwo Jima, LHD-8

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/7/t/163616.aspx

I have every major carrier built by the US, Russia, China, the UK, Jaoan, and france.

Except the new Ford and new Queen Elizabeth. As soon as a kit becomes available for them...if I am still drawing breath, I will get them and build them.

Also have all of the escorts for each from each of those nations.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Well that sure keeps you out of trouble.Hats off to you Sir.

[Flick Lives]

There are five full sheets of photo etch parts that come with this kit.

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Holy photo etch, Batman!

[Liberty Valance]

bttt

[Berlin_Freeper]

Wow nice thread. Really Great work!
Thanks for sharing all that.

(I visited the USS Intrepid a couple of times, long ago.)

[Berlin_Freeper]

Holy photo etch, Batman!

Flickr Lives

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

For history buffs, the original contracts for the Enterprise and the Lexington are in the National Archives, DC (downtown), not at NARA II, College Park, Md.

I think I have copies somewhere in the basement (a lost cause) but I think the originals are in RG 125 - Contracts, Bonds, etc., not a Record Group people ordinarily look at.

I also think that a 1910 Wright Brothers contract for planes (possibly for use on an aircraft carrier) is also in those drawers (not boxes).

Been many years since I saw them but they are impressive documents.

[atc23]

AWESOME!

[cynwoody]

He was killed in the blast.

He was Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Robert F. Read. From the Wikipedia (boldface added):

A Japanese bomb explodes on the flight deck of USS Enterprise, 24 August 1942 during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, causing minor damage. This was the third and last bomb to hit Enterprise during the battle. The bomb was dropped by a Japanese Aichi D3A1 "Val" dive bomber piloted by Kazumi Horie who died in the attack. According to the original photo caption in the US Navy's archives, this explosion killed the photographer, Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Robert F. Read. This image, however, was actually taken by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Marion Riley, who was operating a motion picture camera from the aft end of the ship's island, above the flight deck and who survived the battle although his photographic equipment was damaged. The film Riley took that day, and of which this still was extracted together with others and published in Life, can be seen at this Youtube link (explosion at 03:05). Robert Read was stationed in the aft starboard 5" gun gallery and was killed by the second bomb to hit Enterprise. The smoke from the bomb explosion that killed Read can be seen in the upper left of this photograph. (Source: [1])

Had occasion to remember him just this last week when Spc. Hilda I. Clayton was killed while snapping her last photo in Afghanistan.

A mortar tube accidentally explodes, killing four Afghan soldiers and the U.S. Army photographer who took the photo, Spc. Hilda I. Clayton, during an Afghan National Army (ANA) live-fire training exercise in Laghman Province, Afghanistan July 2, 2013.

This view of the incident was taken by one of the Afghan soldiers:

http://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/English-Edition-Archives/May-June-2017/Clayton-cover-3/

[meadsjn]

Jeff, Thanks the awesome history lesson. You’ve done a heap of work on your websites, books, histories, and the models. Thanks so much.

[VaRepublican]

Where do you put them? would love to see a pic of your display room.

[exit82]

Jeff, another amazing model and another amazing history compiled.

I learned a lot about the USS Enterprise. I had no idea how many major battles of the Pacific she was in.

My wife’s uncle was on the USS Mobile for over three years in WW2, and she had 13 battle stars.

Twenty battle stars for the Enterprise was incredible.

[SunTzuWu]

Bookmark for after work.

[Dr. Ursus]

May 23th release “ Never call me a hero” Jack “Dusty” Kleiss”

[Chainmail]

Great work, Jeff!

[Eric Pode of Croydon]

Nice job. Wish I had the time and the space....

That looks like a Benson-class DD leading the group. What kit is it, and can/have you posted some build pictures and closeups?

[Flick Lives]

;-)

[null and void]

Thank you