USS Yorktown 1/350 Trumpeter: Assembly, Painting

Hello, thanks for visiting the channel!
In this video, i am building and painting the USS Yorktown from Trumpeter in 1/350 scale. It is a truly massive model when finished, so the process of building is quite hard to get on camera - luckily, the building system is 95% the same as with the USS Essex in 1/700 that i have built some weeks ago, so if you are interested in the build, you can check that video and double the size.
I usually only build battleships and cruisers in 1/350 scale, so the massive hull with the hangar was new to me. But i enjoyed it and think about getting some more in that scale.
The kit itself is good, especially if you get it quite cheap, i got mine for 60 bucks and therefor, i consider it extremely valuable. the detail and the decals are not that up-to-date anymore (the kit is around 20 years old), but the planes are excellent and the hull makes a great model with a nice camouflage.
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[@jb2053]

Greetings, Great effort and sucess in completing a huge kit with some fitment problems and old decals. About the decals, Microsol and others make clear Liquid Decal Film with which you can make your own decals. But more importantly, you can coat old decals with a couple of coats to restore old decals and keep them from cracking and breaking. I always put on a few coats if I suspect the decals are brittle, aged or too thin, Also and I hate to mention it, but the F6F Hellcat fighters on the deck in the middle have their wings folded incorrectly. They utilitized Grumman's "Sto-Wing" wing folding system. The wings are designed to fold horizontally back along the side of the fuselage. Just wanted to tell you in case you build another American Carrier. The Avenger also. Best regards!

[@audiemikalauskis7714]

I agree on not focusing on realism. I plan on getting the 1/700 scale version and making a version of the ship that had been in service long enough to be retrofitted to carry jets.

[@acescalemodeling]

Awesome job!! Especially on the MS33 camo

[@andreferro4618]

MAGNIFICENT! Greetings from Brazil!

[@MsAvaRL]

Dude I built the same one I want to die try to put those small ass guns on it 😭😭 you did a amazing job

[@arisscalemodeling350]

I love watching this video considering im building it right now im getting major anxiety on the paint job though.

[@HMSDukeOfYork]

Great build

[@kevinchapman635]

Very nice job on her ! Well done.

[@funinscale2892]

Thanks!

[@Don_Camillo]

Again a very fine modelwork by yours. State of the art. High - End. Precious ! 👍👏

[@funinscale2892]

Thanks! i looked into the wooden models and found a life boat of the titanic, this sounds interesting! i'll get that some time!

[@roaringcat14]

​@@funinscale2892 how many planes comes on the box?

[@SuperDirtyberty]

Looking good my man!

[@jamesbednar8625]

Awesome video & build. you are correct about some of the earlier Trumpeter kits from early 2000s - fit problems and other problems and errors in instructions, kind of like Dragon kits from 1980s-1990s but not as terrible. Can remember when Trumpeter kits started to arrive at hobby shops, was like they did not know what to do with them or how to price them. Bought quite a few 1:35 scale armor kits for around US $12.00-$15.00 and a few 1:350 scale ships for around US $30.00 - purchased those kits while had the money and before the stores changed their minds all of a sudden!!! Also, early Trumpeter kits were some unique subject matter, another reason to purchase them.

[@funinscale2892]

Sounds great! there are still some older kits from Trumpeter that are around 15 bucks but today they have risen quite high as well

[@hardypingen2228]

Mega Good

[@HMSDukeOfYork]

I think you mean the USS Yorktown Museum Ship because the USS Essex was scrapped

[@funinscale2892]

Yes, exactly. I mixed Yorktown and Essex quite frequently in making this video, but in the end, i missed one sentence. I somehow thought that i was building the actual USS Yorktown CV-5 until i found out that it was the Essex class Yorktown.

[@will1990915]

@@funinscale2892 CV-10 then

[@timothymorris814]

HI awesome model what aircraft are on board particularly those that have the extra bubble machine gunner aft of the main cock pit as those were not in my kit. Where di you get them ? Tiim

[@jerrymccrae7202]

Just wanted you to know saw your vidios on the 1/700 TEXAS and SURCOFF. just got both today and so anxious to try what i learned from you. This is my first P E. Attempt!

[@funinscale2892]

Hi Jerry! Thanks, Good luck with your PE parts! did you get a good super glue? Starting with bad super glue and PE parts can get frustrating very fast. When i started, i glued most of the parts to the tweezers instead of the models!

[@jerrymccrae7202]

@@funinscale2892 lol! I have Gorilla super glue. Ive sealed my carrier project so im anxious to start oil weathering. The SURCOFF looks great! I hace a Hasagawa I 400 with PE i ordered thell look great together! Hope you do some new vidios and all good there.

[@jerrymccrae7202]

@@funinscale2892 lol! Spoke to soon! Just seen your USS SULLIVANS VIDIO!

[@funinscale2892]

@@jerrymccrae7202 The I400 was always quite expensive in europe, do you think she is worth it? I had a small segment of oil weathering at the USS The Sullivans, true! But i think a little more in-depth is the weathering process at the Prince of Wales 1/350 video i made some weeks ago, if you want to look there too

[@luigi4691]

Hey where did you buy this at?

[@funinscale2892]

Hello, i think i bought this kit from a polish model shop, plastmodel.pl, which has great prices for their stuff!

[@williamkoppos7039]

Man, you left that "10"decal on? looks poor on an otherwise fine model. You're good with masking tape, cut stencils and spray them on.

[@funinscale2892]

That would have been the better option!