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Steve,
I don't have paper documentation of the change. I think they were changed during her 1943 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard overhaul at Bremerton, Wa.. The picture on the home page http://www.cv6.org/default.htm is dated July, 1944 and it looks like the cats are angled in.

HTH

Gordon

Steve, Enterprise originally had two H-2 catapults which were rated for 7000 lb. aircraft. These were per the original design, and CV5 and CV8 had the same setup. The H-2's on CV6 were replaced with H-2-1 catapults rated for 11,000 lb aircraft during her 10/43 refit. These cats were a bit longer, and necessitated angling a bit so the holdback tracks could bracket either side of the forward elevator well. Also angling gave a bit more deck room for wider landing gear aircraft than the CV5/6 deck design allowed. CV8's forward flight deck was modified, in part, to help remedy this, as well as allow a safer rolling takeoff, which was far more normal than cat shots.

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Mike V. -
Did you notice what is apparently one of the port HF antenna supports in the photo above?
Did you get the PM I sent last week?

Yep, it's there. See my last post in the CV-8 thread. Missed your PM, I'll go check.

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Mike

Mike, thanks! That's exactly what I wanted to know.

I'm actually now more inclined to attempt a post 10/43 refit conversion from Trumpy's Hornet. Not sure yet. If anyone has some detailed information on the hull blisters please pass it along. That'll be the other big factor. I truly like the late-war AA fit. Bofors rock.

I'll need to finish Yorktown first before I start on Big E.

To all who have posted: thanks for all the wonderful information captured here!

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Hi,

I'm in puzzle again.

Who can do me a favor to show McClusky's SAG painting style.(the size and color of SAG and if tail white line in existence) I nearly mistaked it to 6-S-1.

Thanks!

Jack

Jack,

Here's a link to a Midway site where one Ken Durling made a nice model of McClusky's SBD.

http://www.centuryinter.net/midway/durling/sbd4618.html

He doesn't say where he got the info for how it should look, but it seems pretty logical to me. I've been looking for info on this issue for years myself but this is the only thing I've found. Hey, no one can say you're wrong!

HTH

BD

Blue Devil,

Thanks. I think Ken would not make a so delicate model if he didn't get any proof. The GC is so small and I decide to delicate it.
The 6-B-1 here.
No B charactor and the tail line is also inaccuracy。

Jack

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Check out the photos of the ENTERPRISE model at the National Museum of Naval Aviation on the Steel Navy site: http://www.steelnavy.com/EnterpriseCV6NMNA.htm

It is a stunning model, but I was a bit let down by the colors (or lack thereof) the builders used. I'm hoping it is just the photographic limitations and /or lighting, but there seems to be a definite aversion to the fact that the ship was a fairly dark blue-gray with dark blue decks. I know they were trying for a weathered look, but geez. Pure neutral gray tones. Anti-blue syndrome: it is closely related to brown flight deck syndrome! At least they didn't make the deck tan, as some do. But for detail... I'll be studying those shots for a while!

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I thought at first it was due to lighting, etc. But John Snyder (John@WEM) says that when he saw the model without the case, it was gray. Too bad. It is, even with this error, a superb model in every other way.

Rich

Thanks to your help! My CV6 will be finished in a week. Then I will post it here. Just wait. And , how can I contact you?

Jack

Jack: E-mail me at rich101250@verizon.net (those are all numbers following rich). Can't say my response will be prompt, though, as most of the time my daughter's using the computer, but I do check my mail at least once a week.

Regards,
Rich

Finished 10 mins before.

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1/700? looks really good! Hull plating...good job Dude

Nice work, very clean build.

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Nice work there, Jack. One minor point: I've seen no evidence that tractors were in use aboard ENTERPRISE prior to her return to the Hawaiian area in April (?) of 1943. Other than that, I believe that you've produced an excellent representation of the ship. Congratulations!

Yeah, what he said!! Very nice!

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High quality work for a superb Carrier



A very nice model



Jef

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