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White Ensign Models 1/350
Photo Etch Upgrade Sets |
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Reviewed By Tim Reynaga, #26391 |
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Forklift from Enterprise Set |
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1/350 USS Enterprise “The Ship” £32.50 (about US $46.00) 1/350 USS Enterprise “The Airwing” £18.95 (about US $27.00) White Ensign Models of England has recently released a pair of photoetch upgrade sets for Tamiya’s classic 1/350 scale USS Enterprise CVN-65. There are two sets, one for the ship and a second for the Airwing. USS Enterprise “The Ship” The first set is for the ship itself, and it is awesome. The parts are flawlessly etched in a single 11 ¼ inch by 7 11/16 inch brass fret, providing over 300 separate parts to really dress up your Enterprise. The set is very comprehensive, and the etching is some of the nicest I’ve seen. I especially liked the relief-etched safety nets, delicate radars and numerous hose reels. The illustrated 5 page instruction leaves no mysteries, and the assemblies are intelligently designed, straightforward builds. The set includes: 3 bar guard rails (standard and close stanchioned), 2 bar guard rails, 1 bar guard rails (close stanchioned), elevator safety rail, safety nets (deck angle front, bow center and corners, elevator edge, roundown, port fwd phalanx, port and starboard bow catcher, and SPS 49 mounting), folding side antenna handles, 4 and 3 point aerial spreaders, side sensor deck grid, SPS 10 radar antenna assembly, lower yardarms assembly, wind direction vanes, mast upper yardarms assembly, SPS 49 radar antenna screen, SPS 49 radar antenna assembly, SPS 49 radar screen backing, frames, SPS 48 radar antenna screen assembly, SPS 48 radar screen support braces, approach radar scanner center probe, island port and starboard director platform supports, island starboard upper sensor platform braces, aft SPN 41 platform supports, island vertical ladders and cages, cone antenna (upper yardarm starboard), island forward aerial spreader, island aft aerial spreader assembly, mast approach radar platform assembly, mast sensor platform assembly, long and short inclined ladders (port and starboard), cable and hose reel assemblies, boat falls, island VHF and DF antennas, stock inclined, vertical, and accommodation ladders, island mounted pole antenna, hose reels, arrestor wire guides, catapult operators deck hatches, standard WT doors, doors with handwheel, quick acting, and inner side doors. USS Enterprise “The Airwing” This set is also relief etched in brass. It contains detail parts for the following aircraft: F14 Tomcat, F/A18 Hornet, A6 Intruder/Prowler, A7 Corsair (8 sets each), S3 Viking (four sets), E2C Hawkeye (two sets), and one each SH 3 Sea King spread rotor, folded rotor, tail rotor and cargo door. In addition WEM provides nine startcart hoses, eight sidewinder missile trolleys, seven aircraft towing frames, six high capacity aircraft jacks, six flatbed trailers, five forklifts, fluid replenishment trolley carts, and a finely etched flight deck crash barricade. Tamiya’s 1/350 scale Enterprise was arguably one of the finest model kits ever produced when it first appeared in the late 1970’s. It remains today an impressive model, and these magnificent upgrade parts are just what you need to bring the old girl into the Twenty First Century. The sets can be had directly from WEM at: White Ensign Models Thanks to White Ensign Models for the review samples. |
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