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Trying to find out what the piece of deck equipment is called carrying the two red tanks https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cvn65-68/113.htm

Can anyone enlighten me?

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On the Workbench:
1/350 USS New York (LPD-21)

In the Shipyard:
USS Iwo Jima
USS Abraham Lincoln

Not much info available for the early CV Equipment, but I think this is an early Twin Agent Unit foam firefighting tractor.

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Darren (Admiral Hawk)
In the not so tropical climate of the Great White North.

Thanks Darren. That has helped in finding further information.

The vehicle is called a Twin Ball Fire Fighting Unit (TBFFU). Found a report (minus usable pictures) detailing how this was evaluated at Yankee Station in 1967 aboard CVA-62 (as well as a couple of other carriers). Looks like there is a hose reel behind the PKP tank.

I am researching for a CVAN-65 (1968) build in the future. Aiming to get deck equipment as accurate as possible., so looks like the TBFFU is part of that.

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On the Workbench:
1/350 USS New York (LPD-21)

In the Shipyard:
USS Iwo Jima
USS Abraham Lincoln

I still have the CVN 65 50 YRS available . now totalled to 1250 images Now included are 2 DVD is one ...
how much longer I don't know as I am dealing with cancer health issues and may shut everything down next year.
$28.00 usd

be quick .
email me at stillmo@shaw.ca

Hope you overcome your cancer Ray. Post more of BigE this coming weekend!

Hi All
Returning to this great hobby after may years absent.
I decided to go all in and get underway (pardon the pun) with the Tamiya Enterprise.
After reading many inspirational build logs (such as DWD) I'd like to attempt to put a hanger deck into my ship.
My question is, could anyone recommend the thickness of styrene need for the deck and bulkheads. I'm thinking I'd need a reasonable thickness for the deck to prevent sagging.
Appreciate any advice

Ken

glue some cross braces to support the hanger floor if the model is 1/350 scale then use .040"(1mm) sheet styrene for the hanger floor & bulkheads. don't glue the hanger floor to the cross braces but to the inside of the hull as gluing to the cross braces might cause the floor to cup.

Chances are good it will still bend over time. Just when you do make some bracing underneath it, make sure you brace it 2 directions, diamond pattern of some sort. I had smaller flat parts, with some "one way" plastic on it, and it did bend (did not fix it to my ship in the next few days) but i believe, if you brace it somehow, and not wait too long to fix it to your ship, it might stay flat forever.

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Jacques
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that is why I said not to glue the deck to the braces but to the hull sides itself as I think the glue causes the sheet to bend.

Be careful putting the deck in. I screw up the first time. Had to start a new deck.

Good day you good people out there. Does anyone have a record on how many tractors / forklifts and so on are usually on a modern carrier?
I mean, yes we can buy a lot of these items.. and make the deck & hangar fully packed, but I always keep wondering, is this too much or was there more in real life?
Would be great if there is a list of vehicles one can have as a guide when building a carrier like this.

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Jacques
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Doughnuts, what did you end up doing with the decals? I am in the exact same situation.

Does anyone know about whatever happened to the often promised but never delivered Dragon 1/700 USS Enterprise (CVAN 65)?


Bill

No Luck Bill.

I had done some simple searching and the original plan was for a Cyber-Hobby release 2 years ago.
The usual folks, Freetime, ScaleHobbyist, HL, have no pre-order anymore.
The SK, HK and Japan stores I frequent do not have it listed for pre-order either now.

However, Dragon USA does show it, but check that Date!

1/700 U.S.S. Enterprise CVN-65 1969
Your Price: $59.95
Pre-Order
Est Arrival: April 2017
Item Code: CHC-7130

modelshipdepot:
Cyber-Hobby Ships 1/700 USS Enterprise CVN65 Aircraft Carrier Kit
"COMING SOON"
CHC-7130 $57.59 $71.99

Internet hobbies :
Cyber-Hobby Ships 1/700 USS Enterprise CVN65 Aircraft Carrier Kit
$57.59 $71.99 SKU: CHC-7130

BUT the Cyber-Hobby web site does not show it at all.

Christmas is coming. Maybe they will try to release it for a legit pre-order then.

Enjoy the fact that you have it bracketed with your Revell 1/720 and Academy 1/600.


Jim.

Tim, do you have any news on the kit?

Thanks.

Regarding the Academy 1/600 "New Tool" USS Enterprise CVN-65...

As far as I can tell the so-called Academy "New Tool" 1/600 Enterprise CVN-65 is the same basic mold as Kangnam's except the decal sheet is rearranged, the Ships stand is different and the last Sprue has been re-engineered and there is no Sea King Helo or E2 Hawkeye on the Academy sprue.

Kangnam Sprue C:


Academy Sprue C:



The Academy aircraft look exactly like the Kangnam mold but fortunately there is NO FLASH! Maybe the mold has been been cleaned up since the 1990's when it was supposedly either a Kangnam or Arii/MicroAce mold.

Scalemates is not clear on the History/Comparison of the Arii, Kangnam, and Academy releases.

Additional: The Kangnam kit hull looks the same as the Academy. The hull has the same separate Bow piece to add. There are indentations for 4 Props to be mounted on Kangnam as well as Academy. The mold marks/imperfections are exactly the same too.