CVN-65 U.S.S. Enterprise (1969)

rtwpsom2 · Post by **rtwpsom2** » Sun Apr 28, 2013 5:03 pm

Awhile back I spent five months doing a U.S.S. Enterprise for Dragon's 700th scale model which has been announced but seems t be delayed. I have had a lot of success selling drawings of the Scharnhorst model so I thought I would repeat the process for Enterprise. The problem lies in the nature of the model making business. A 700th scale model doesn't need to have as much detail as a 350th kit. But a 350th kit doesn't need as much detail as 1/100th scale drawings. There was also the issue that I didn't model some of the existing CAD that Dragon already had, like the anchors and a couple antennas. So in order to release a set of drawings, I need to spend another few months detailing out the model I already have. Towards that end, I began to look over the model and see what I was missing. The first thing I added was a relatively simple AN/SPS-42 landing control radar.

rtwpsom2 · Post by **rtwpsom2** » Sun Apr 28, 2013 10:10 pm

Today I worked on flushing out details on the AN/SPS-12 radar antenna. Dragon only wanted the thin overall surface, they didn't want structure. So I got to go a little hog wild and maybe a little stoopid with the frame.

Lars_Befring · Post by **Lars_Befring** » Mon Apr 29, 2013 4:01 pm

Are you going to sell CAD-drawings or 3D-models?

time for crowd-funding????

btw

WOW and PLEASE keep us informed!

rtwpsom2 · Post by **rtwpsom2** » Mon Apr 29, 2013 4:09 pm

Paper drawings, blueprints as it were, of the finished model.

Lars_Befring · Post by **Lars_Befring** » Mon Apr 29, 2013 4:53 pm

not pdfs?

anyway....

put me up fore one set!

any idea on price-range?

rtwpsom2 · Post by **rtwpsom2** » Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:37 pm

I think I'll probably keep this set at the same $70 plus shipping the Scharnhorst drawings are at. The sheets will be longer but there will probably be one fewer sheet per set.

rtwpsom2 · Post by **rtwpsom2** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:24 am

Had an afternoon of sheer terror last night as I tried repeatedly to open up my assembly file of the entire ship. Every time I tried to open it or one of three other sub assemblies SolidWorks crashed. I tried everything for several hours and was finally able to get one of the subassemblies to partially open and found the error was coming from this guy:

It's the RIM-7A launcher. The file became corrupted and every time SW tried to open it, it got a belly ache. So now I need to recreate the early Sea Sparrow launcher. I could just redo the work I have already done but it would be nicer if I could find some better pictures and/or drawings of one. I know this one isn't that accurate.

Lars_Befring · Post by **Lars_Befring** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:20 am

http://www.seaforces.org/wpnsys/SURFACE ... parrow.htm

hope it helps somewhat...

CAD-work... a few step forward and then a giant leap backwards!!!

rtwpsom2 · Post by **rtwpsom2** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:56 pm

Finished detailing out the AN/SPS-12 Antenna.

Wish I remembered where I got the picture so I could credit it.

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