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Sorry what would the structural changes be? Planning to do a conversion from the trumpeter hornet if that is possible with the USS LEXINGTON in a diorama during that raid.

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I'll leave the details to those more knowledgeable, but a quick look on Navsource shows these two photos of the island that you should compare (even assuming Trumpeter got this part of the Hornet right, which they might not have):

Hornet in '42: http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/020831e.jpg
Hornet in '42: http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/020860.jpg
Enterprise in late 1943: http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/020696.jpg
Enterprise in March '44: http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/020667.jpg

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I did a search using the terms "Mini Hobbies Enterprise", but didn't find anything related so I'll bump this thread with a question that I hope someone can answer:

Do the 1/700 Enterprise and Hornet kits made by Mini-Hobbies have the correct bow shape like the Tamiya kits? Or are they under-scale as well?

Or is the Hornet one simply a copy/rebox of the Trumpeter kit?

I couldn't find a review yet for either kit at our reviews section.

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No, they are worse. The Mini-Hobbies are terrible. The CV6 version is full hull, and utterly incorrect, especially in the rear. It makes the Trumpeter hull look godly. In many ways its a reboxed Tamiya kit, many parts on the spruces are exact copies as found in the Tamiya kits. A few differences can be found like the planes and hull. However, quality is much lower. Ill see if I can find some pictures for you.

Here's a well built one, but look at the hull, especially at the stern's drop off at the waterline
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.html

Stay away from those kits. Kill them with fire

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"Also we will never see a 1/350 late war Enterprise from Dragon due to a paralyzing fear of success...." - Heavy Melder

Lots of unfinished model ships + attention issues = A busy slipway where nothing gets done!

Ditto JT's comments. Mini-Hobby Models is an offshoot of Trumpeter's parent company, and focuses on making crappy-to-usable counterfeits of existing kits, such as the Tamiya 1/350 battleships and CVN-65.

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Thanks for confirming what I suspected.

Sigh. Should have just figured there was no way around combining a Trumpeter Hornet or a Tamiya Hornet/Enterprise/Yorktown kit with a Tom's modelworks corrected hull.

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The Tom's Modelworks corrected hull is only for the Trumpeter Hornet kit. (Or you can get the full resin kits of CV-5 and 6 from Tom's.) The Tamiya kit is actually 1/719 scale, based on actual measurements, and is too small. The Tamiya hull is correctly shaped anyway, so you would not need Tom's hull on a Tamiya. Its main issue is that the entire ship is under-scale, and has too narrow an island, even for 1/719. These will work fine in a 1/720 collection though. Details need correction based on ship and rig.

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There goes my plan to recreate US Task Force 17 from the Battle of Midway in 1/700...

It's good thing I didn't rush and buy the the Tamiya Yorktown kit.

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Hello again.
I am stuck despite having bought plans from floating drydock at the CV-6 bow area under the flight deck.I cant quite set my mind as to how exactly those extra support beams for the bofor mounts are arranged , and any photos i have look they are not realy that clear (lots of shadows).Does anyone know or have a clear picture or set of plans for this area?
I forgot , i am building it as in 44 with the camo sceme on.

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Has anyone looked into converting Merit international 1/200 1942 Hornet into a 1944 Enterprise?

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There was (or heavily rumored) going to be a Trumpeter 1/200 Late War Enterprise, but haven't heard much about it lately. Im sure others like myself are waiting for that, or were planning to wait for it and didn't get the Merit kit.

Work would be similar to any other Hornet-'44 CV6 conversion, scratchbuilding new torp blisters, adding two 40mm tubs on the aft hanger deck on the port side, number AA all around (20's and 40's), updated island, etc.

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Lots of unfinished model ships + attention issues = A busy slipway where nothing gets done!

a very sad photo.

Hello

I have seen an announcement for a Merit Enterprise in 1/350! Ist this going to be a new mold or a warmed up Trumpeter one? If new...will it be late war?

thanks
Uwe

It'll based on the mold they used for the new Merit Yorktown.

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Santa Cruz 1942 time frame. Not the exact same as the CV-5 and if you want to do a Midway-based Enterprise the CV-5 kit will be a better start. One visual difference is the Santa Cruz Enterprise had all but one 1.1" mount swapped out for Quad 40mms.

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