USS NIMITZ CVN-68 Trumpeter 1:700 scale Full build

[@mrhearse777]

RESPECT for a great piece of model making. Mind blowing.

[@ArdeconHobby]

thanks, buddy

[@richardbaxter2057]

Just what 1/700 was made for......😎🤪 What a great kit to get a “water damaged” deal on? 👍🏻👍🏻 Hell of a good build vid as well, thanks for posting it! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@ArdeconHobby]

thanks, my friend

[@baralato]

I's a great build, nice details and painting is amazing, thanks for sharing buddy. 😀❤👍🖐

[@obxnice]

Amazing. With no decals your carrier looks better painted then my Eisenhower 1/700 I did with decals in kit. Wish I could paint like that. My weakness when doing models. But I get by. Just when I use tape even when spraying it always bleeds thru or runs under the tape even when I think got a good seal of it on the model. My painting stinks. But yours is amazing. Just seeing that job you did on the foul line and center line is awesome No way I could done that. Paint would bled all over each other if I tried that. Heck even with the decals my flight deck markings aren’t as straight as yours..granted the Trumpeter Eisenhower model was the first model I ever did. But I always wanted a carrier of the flight deck I worked on for 6 years of my life, never realized there were models of them till few years bk but since I built that I have built numerous more models, mostly aircraft, few armor, and couple helicopters. Def got the modeling bug now. But still can’t paint as well as most you guys I see online. But man I try..lol.. by way saw a comment were they say they don’t park aircraft on the stern during flight landing ops. That def is correct. You don’t want aircraft anywhere near the landing area during flight ops unless they are being directed up the deck to get to the catapults. Your model would be little more accurate if you just moved the aft aircraft just past the foul line.. we would park aircraft bk there past elevator 3(the patio) and elevator 4 (the finger) during flight ops but only certain aircraft that we could make sure didn’t pass that foul line at any point of the aircraft.. nothing crosses that line during landing ops. They take that extremely seriously. Remember when a friend of mine who was a E4 grabbed a f-14 Pilot (man I miss those jets) but that pilot wasn’t paying attention and walked out past the foul line and even though we were all screaming at him he just kept walking as I ea-6b was calling the ball. So my friend grabbed that pilot by his flight suit collar and yoked him off his ass onto the deck with force to get him off that flight line. Well of course that Commander was furious and wrote my e4 friend up. So later after flight ops that officer had him standing in front of the our division officer, chief, the air boss, mini boss, and captain of the ship. He wanted to have my friend thrown in the brig and kicked out of the navy for assaulting a officer..man we were all worried about our friend..well that worry wasn’t needed.. the captain and air boss ended up giving my friend the whole week off at the next port we hit. Had the officer f14 pilot apologize to my friend and thanked him for saving his life after he was being a dumbass for not keeping his head on a swivel while on the deck. Then he had to come out next day during our f.o.d. Walk down and do another formal apology to him I in front of all the other flight deck personal. And the air boss made a comment about it as he did it over the intercom. So yes that foul line is to be respected no matter who or what you are.. Anyway great job on your carrier.

[@ArdeconHobby]

thanks, mate, about the problem in your painting, maybe you sprayed too heavy, just lightly spray your paint about 6 inches if you're using the spray can, if airbrush, just adjust the flow of paint and avoids too heavy paint lightly spray and wait for a couple of seconds and repeat it 3-times. thanks also for sharing your great story and some advice my friend it's really a big help for me.

[@richardbaxter2057]

Just another thought....once you mask an area, run a light coat of Matt, or clear varnish over it and this will seal those interior edges and prevent that bleed through problem! Particularly useful on those long lines, like the hull ones....👍🏻👍🏻

[@cjdavis2684]

It's very interesting build especially the fact that you painted all the lines and numerals on to the ship. Just a few things the 68 at the bow goes all the way to the end of the flight. The 68 on the island structure is painted in white as well. The main flight Deck between the white lines that you have on the model is also painted black it's what separates it from the rest of the flight deck. The yellow lines around the elevators on the main flight Deck are yellow but they also have red stripes. Also the main hall and Island superstructure are painted in a light Hazel Gray. Otherwise you did a really remarkable job

[@thanassisveggos627]

Wow! Amazing deck lines! I'm impressed !

[@ArdeconHobby]

Thanks.

[@zetaopress2389]

You went the challenging way around and painted the deck markings... something i can't do. I'd just buy a separate set of decals from starfighters lol, nice job by the way!

[@ArdeconHobby]

thank you, my friend,

[@robr2389]

Nicely done. Came out well.

[@ArdeconHobby]

thanks, Robert.

[@robr2389]

@@ArdeconHobby Very welcome.

[@coast219]

Nice build. Like how you substituted paint for the flight deck decals.

[@ArdeconHobby]

Thanks, Romel.

[@kurrlx25]

6:06 SM Bonus seen.. pinoy to! galing ng build!

[@ArdeconHobby]

thanks, my friend.

[@leftymcnally6913]

Alright, a lefty. Excellent work!

[@ArdeconHobby]

thanks, my friend.

[@steve87thpsap]

Very good job on the build

[@ArdeconHobby]

thanks, buddy.

[@ronaldmamuyac1567]

Good job sir..salute..👏👏👏

[@ArdeconHobby]

thank you, mate

[@burakladik5836]

Bravo harika görünüyor büyük emek var 1/350 var mı yaptığınız yapmak istesek nasıl temin ederiz yardımcı olur musunuz

[@iamkesha.]

ARGH! I just bought the USS George H W Bush CVN 77 model and I TOTALLY underestimated assembling this. The numbering is in small print, the magnifying glass don’t help. CONFESSION. I’ve never assemble anything before.

[@ArdeconHobby]

Kesha, that's normal to a first-timer, that's a lesson experience to be better, just keep up the good work, and thank you for your sharing your thoughts, good luck, and stay safe always.

[@midnightmodeling1639]

Love Your Nimitz, Well done.

[@ArdeconHobby]

Thank you, my friend.

[@johnlawrence7386]

Enjoyed the music, what was the first one?

[@andrysuryono]

The coincedence (my grammar just terrible at writing) is....., is it good?

[@toriny7555]

Impressive. Great builds. Btw, what is the aircraft carrier at 13:54? Seems like that it must be an Essex class aircraft carrier but I'm not sure what is it.

[@ArdeconHobby]

I'm not sure also, my friend, sorry.

[@mako2350]

you need to paint the aircraft. Given that is the sole duty of a carrier.... I served in VS-23 as flight crew so this is kinda personal to me ...

[@frankbusch4747]

I served in VS-24 in 1974

[@CaptainDanger-]

how did you manage the aircraft wheels.. that must have been hard

[@Animeboy_-qc8pf]

Nice carrier what color did u use for the flight deck

[@camilleassouad5093]

I like it, but I build The aircraft Carrier completely differently.

[@ArdeconHobby]

thanks, Camille, it's my early build.

[@쫑구-w4x]

awesome

[@ArdeconHobby]

thanks my friend.

[@iHelper-lw1wl]

What paints were used for this and paint brand?

[@SprueFascinationChannel]

Well done

[@ArdeconHobby]

Thank you, sir.

[@verden2323]

Asking if those models of plane that are folded wings can be unfolded or not?

[@ArdeconHobby]

originally it was unfolded, my friend.

[@frontalwind]

What music title do you use for your video?

[@richardk5486]

How did you the glass/cockpits on the aircraft

[@ArdeconHobby]

aircraft are in clear plastic by trumpeter and I didn't apply anything in the cockpit to look like glass, thanks, my friend.

[@dt4629]

Just found this video and it’s great. You did an amazing job. What colors did you use for the flight deck, the island and hull?

[@ArdeconHobby]

as I remember I used dark Navy blue mixed with dark gray for the flight deck for the Island and hull Tamiya XF-53 neutral gray my friend.

[@dt4629]

@@ArdeconHobby Thanks a bunch. That really helps.

[@ArdeconHobby]

@@dt4629 you're welcome, stay safe always.

[@tolikparamonov6012]

@@ArdeconHobby I was interested in it too. What color did you select for white spots on the deck? Are they holes?

[@BwoahBwoahBwoah]

What masking tape do you use and if you use one what airbrush system

[@ArdeconHobby]

I used Tamiya with the aid of an ordinary masking tape, a cheap mini airbrush the one I used with just a little test and practice to get a good result of the outcome. Thank you, my friend, and good luck.

[@stuartbremner9680]

Cracking build. What paints did you use for the deck and Hull please 👍

[@ArdeconHobby]

For the Flight deck, I mix the H54 w/ about 5% black just to darken the Navy blue, for the lower hull you can use XF-9 hull red for upper hull XF-82 ocean gray.

[@stuartbremner9680]

Ardecon Hobby thank you. Have a 1:700 tamiya enterprise to do and it’s my first ship model, so looking forward to it 👍😃

[@ArdeconHobby]

@@stuartbremner9680bremner thanks too buddy good luck.

[@luisnerf]

Great job on this one! but I think you got the scale wrong, it seems like it is 1:350, it's way too big to be 1:700. I can tell you because I have built two 1:720 carriers (George H.W Bush CVN 77 and Saratoga CV-60) and they are way smaller than this one. Cheers mate I love your channel!

[@ArdeconHobby]

thanks, sir but it's only 60 cm in length while the 1:350 scale is almost 105 cm. always stay safe.

[@barryiscool]

What glue where you using in the vid ? Nice vid to fast though

[@ArdeconHobby]

I've used the Tamiya thin cement, my friend.

[@marvinasuncion2626]

what color did you use for your bridge im doing the 1/700 uss stennis it asking for navy gray and the flight deck its asking for gray im kinda lost please help if you have all the color info you have it would be nice thanx

[@ArdeconHobby]

You can use, sir the H-61 hobby color or 35 of Mr color.

[@michaelbenjmitchell1]

@@ArdeconHobby Haze Gray for the Hull and Flight deck gray for the flight deck you can find those in the soverign models line of paint.

[@ArdeconHobby]

@@michaelbenjmitchell1Mitchell thanks for the info my friend it's a big help for me.

[@michaelbenjmitchell1]

@@ArdeconHobby The colors I meantioned used to be in the White Ensign line of colors but were bought out by Soverign models when White Ensign closed shop a few years ago.

[@subliminalstyrene811]

Are you sure this is 700 scale ? it's big for 1/700, If this really is a 1/700 scale, and after seeing your build, I will seriously consider buying this kit myself. Good job !. PS: I lived in the Philippines for 3 years and bought quite a few water damaged kits, great value for money !.

[@ArdeconHobby]

Yes, my friend, it's 1/700 scale by Trumpeter and very commendable thanks.

[@michaelbenjmitchell1]

@@ArdeconHobby The 1/350 scale kit is over 2 feet long and about a foot wide so the 1/700 scale kit should at least be half of that.

[@ArdeconHobby]

@@michaelbenjmitchell1, 1/350 scale is more than 3 feet long or 39 inches, so half of it is about, is 20 inches or 50 - centimeters and width is less than a foot more or less thanks, my friend.

[@michaelbenjmitchell1]

@@ArdeconHobby well I did say over 2 feet long. LOL And I happen to have the 1/350 scale kit itself and it is way bigger than the 1/350 Essex kit by a fair bit.

[@ArdeconHobby]

@@michaelbenjmitchell1Mitchell thanks buddy keep up the good build.

[@allgood6760]

Nice👍

[@ArdeconHobby]

thanks, my friend, enjoy.

[@ronaldmamuyac1567]

Boss san ka nkabili nyan?

[@ArdeconHobby]

sa "special toys center" yan mate mga water damage medyo mura ng kunti wala lang decals and instruction manual. Meron din sila brand new. tingnan mo sa website nila type mo lang name ng store.

[@jomarpanado5367]

nice pinoy, san nyo po nabili yang scale model na yan? sang store po? limited ang store kasi dito sa pinas ng scale models na ganito.sana may qm2 sila na revell same scale or 1/400

[@ArdeconHobby]

nabili ko yan kabayan sa online lazada, salamat.

[@aarinesfahani]

I used to make models with cardboard. But whenever I had to make a miniature piece out of cardboard I was not able to make it perfect because after all its a cardboard and you cannot cut it perfectly. At 0:30 and 0:35 I saw these. How do you make these parts?

[@ArdeconHobby]

Cardboard is different from plastic, it's a plastic model kit that you can find in a hobby store, it's really a replica of the real ship almost perfectly designed as a model. This can be built with an easy-to-understand instruction manual and you'll notice that parts are almost perfectly fit each other and I'm sure you'll enjoy building it, my friend.

[@aarinesfahani]

@@ArdeconHobby okay thanks for the information pal!

[@ArdeconHobby]

@@aarinesfahani you're welcome.

[@robertmascarina6253]

pano mo pinanel line yung control tower boss??

[@ArdeconHobby]

tulad din kung paano ka mag panel line ng aircraft sir, apply ka muna clear gloss bago mag panel line tapos linisin cover mo na ng flat clear for final sir.

[@Robin6512]

They never parked planes on the stern during flying operations. To hazardous for landing aircraft. Beautiful model.

[@ArdeconHobby]

Thanks for the info friend.

[@Robin6512]

My pleasure. You build beautiful models btw!

[@soarabove337]

You’re not wrong, but the deck was jam-packed for photo ops. In other words, the staging happened up front to make it look like aircraft was departing whilst the stern was also full. Yes, I’m aware there is an A-6 taking off lol. Minus that, such staging did occur... but you’re right of course. 😎👍

[@mrthin1313]

1/700 = cm ?.

[@ArdeconHobby]

it's about 48 cm, my friend,

[@townstar1]

333m x100 =33300cm : 700= ca.50cm but ca 350m is the ship long and the scale 1/700 is half long. If was the ship 700m long in scale 1/700 the model was 1m long

[@mrthin1313]

Thank 😍😍😍😍😍

[@rebelbarca7934]

Not totally accurate as the Nimitz never had F-4 Phantoms as part of its aircraft

[@ArdeconHobby]

thanks for the info, I"ve just build what"s in the box and instructed my friend. Happy New Year.

[@rebelbarca7934]

Ardecon Hobby just thought that I’d let you know. Happy New Year to you

[@goatdocfilms504]

when the Nimitz entered service in 1972 it did have Phantom squadrons as the Tomcat didn't deploy on a carrier until 1974

[@democracy2005]

alams na kung saan mo nabili yan

[@artemiogutierrez5326]

ha ha ha... salamat.

[@ArdeconHobby]

Saan ba kaibigan ha ha ha...

[@democracy2005]

sa stc

[@UCS_BibaswanChakma]

north koreans- told you that thing is made of plastic!!

[@ArdeconHobby]

You're right my friend, Happy New Year!