Building Italeri's USS Essex CV-9

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Published 2020-04-18
Building Italeri's 1/700 scale USS Essex from the World of Warships line, from start to finish.

The video covers construction, painting and weathering.

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Paints used:
Vallejo Model Air White
Vallejo Model Air Blacv
Vallejo Model Air White Grey 71.119
Vallejo Model Air Med Sea Grey 71.307
Vallejo Model Air Sea Grey 71.049
Vallejo Model Air Light Gull Grey 71.121
Vallejo Model Air USAF Light Blue 71.111
Vallejo Model Air Gold 71.066
Vallejo Model Air Fire Red 71.084
Vallejo Model Air Dirt 71.133
All Comments (21)
  • @modelchili
    This is my longest build video by far! I had an hour and a half of good footage, and after some community input I decided to leave most of it in, at the risk of making it less appealing to casual viewers. So this is going to be more of a relaxed, leisurely build where I take the time to show you some of the processes and work that goes into making a kit of this detail. So I hope you enjoy!
  • @christophersnyder1532
    I also own this Trumpeter model of USS Essex CV-9, and will build Essex as how she appeared at Leyte Gulf in October 1944. This video will be a great help in preparing my model. This video will also be a great distraction from this virus. Thank you, keep healthy.
  • @SkyscraperModels
    At that little scale is very difficult to do so many details and you have done it. Amazing job!!
  • @tjmmodelcraft8486
    Nice kit. Great job straight outta the box. I really like the way you weathered her too.
  • @JamesSavik
    The Essex class was the most successful class of capital ships in history. There was something like 25 of them and their appearance in numbers eclipsed the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific. They were a war winner. They served well into the seventies and had the first angled flight decks added as refits in the fifties. Essex herself recovered the Apollo 11 moon mission. Read a little of the history of this class ship because they made a ton of it! Thankfully several still exist as museum ships and are well worth the effort of visiting. Great build of a grand old lady.
  • @poeo5557
    Thank you for sharing, excellent work! Stay safe! You are lucky to be in such a beautiful country, and you have a smart prime minister too!
  • @esanjuan212
    Love your videos and modeling style! Really happy for the content you put out! Stay safe!
  • @AvengerII
    This ship was the lead ship of the Essex Class of aircraft carriers which were the backbone of the US Navy carrier forces from the mid-1940s to the early 1970s. The Essex (CV-9) itself was modernized in the 1950s and fitted with an angle deck. It was the recovery ship for the Apollo 7 mission in 1968. It was decommissioned in 1969 and spent about 6 years in mothballs before it was sold for scrap in 1975. There is a successor to this ship serving in the US Navy now. It's a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship (hull LHD-2) which is a fancy name for helicarrier/VSTOL operations warship. It's a really a modernized Essex-class ship with a landing craft hangar in the rear. It really does look like a World War II carrier! One huge difference is that the amphibious assault ship does not have catapults or arresting gear on it. It's a straight deck ship but lacks the ski jump British carriers have built into their bow. Right now, this Essex bases helicopters and F-35Bs which have been used in Afghanistan.
  • @Dahaas2003
    VERY Cool. Thanks for making this video. I intend to use it as a guide when I build mine, which I intend as a gift for a friend. So your tips and guidance is very, very, helpful. You did an amazing job. Happy Holidays!
  • @chevilla7010
    Good build. I liked the touch of the decals on the planes, great touch. Also good to see your ok health wise.