Calling all USS Enterprise CVN-65 fans

[Rob Jansen]

Did you get your hangar bay decals?

gtbred,
Yes, I did, as always Mark was awesome!
Thank you so much for sharing!!!

[gtbred]

Just got more decals for my BigE from Starfighter Decals.

[Rob Jansen]

Just got more decals for my BigE from Starfighter Decals.

More?...there's...more?

[gtbred]

Just got more decals for my BigE from Starfighter Decals.

More?...there's...more?

Yes flight deck decals and deck tractors decals.

[Aur]

Hello,

I'm planning to create a 3D printable model of the USS Enterprise CVN-65's 5-bladed screws (propellers) in 1/350 scale. These are also used on the Forrestal, Kitty Hawk, and Nimitz classes, at least from how they look. I've done some researches, and so far I only have the diameter, which is 22ft (please confirm if this is correct, because various sources quote the figure as 21ft, 22ft, and even 25ft, which is certainly not true). The last thing I need is the pitch, and I was unable to find it anywhere on the internet. I believe these kinds of screw characteristics can be obtained from sea trial and/or fuel consumption documents (which are quite easily found for some other USN ships), so if anyone here has a clue of where to get that pitch info, please let me know.

Thanks in advance,
Aur

[Lewis E. Matkin, Jr.]

Hello to all!!! It has been a long while since I posted or asked a question here. Recently, I ran across a question as to whether or not 1/350 aircraft would be noticable out of scale on a 1/400 Revell Enterprise. If so, is anybody manufacturing a set of aircraft in this scale???

Cordially,
Lewis E. Matkin, Jr.
Ridge Manor, Florida

[ModelMonkey]

You might find some goodies here: https://www.shapeways.com/shops/snafu?s ... 00-500&s=0

[Lewis E. Matkin, Jr.]

I am looking for aircraft from her early service through 1971, any and all types.

[Lewis E. Matkin, Jr.]

David P, those will do nicely. Thank you, sir

[wvtomcat65]

I built the kit in my younger days. I also have another in my stash to build. Looked at the instructions and the kit comes with A-4's, F-4's, F-8's, and HUP-3 Helo's....

Thomas

[Lewis E. Matkin, Jr.]

1974-5 cwv 14 air wing including f14's, a7's, e2c's & sh3's.

[pengbuzz]

Let's try this again, since I seem to have come out as "guest" the last time I posted! lol


I was researching reference material for my scratchbuild of CV(A)N-65 when I came across this forum. My jaw just dropped to the floor seeing everyone's work here! While I don't think my work is nearly the caliber of the rest of the group that's posted in this topic so far, I just wanted to share what I was doing...

I had wanted a model of the carrier from September 1974, when VF-1 Wolfpack premiered aboard the "Big E". I had built a mode of the fighter, and did the following painting on the stand for it:



Here's the entire setup:



Anyways, after doing that, I wanted the carrier but could not afford the model (disabled with a tight budget that barely allows for niceties); here's what I started with:



It grew to this:



And this is what I have now:



And yeah, the mast was a pain (and not entirely sure of accuracy, so I'm just going to do my best):


Anyways folks, the materials I used in this are foam slats from an old set of heavy blinds, masking tape, hot glue and thin cardboard. I know this isn't the greatest, but you folks here inspired me to at least try!

[Plymouth FI26]

Hi Guys reading this with hope I have an Enterprise @ 1/72 nd scale although I didnt build what I have
It was a good friend of mine who lost a battle and crossed the bar
I inherited this behemoth of a ship my friend wanted 2003 med tour but I think it should be full of colour so 1973 first tour with the As VF 1&2 any help appreciated
CHeers

[fuzzoli]

Hi everyone,

I posted this over in the Main forum but only got a much appreciated Welcome Aboard! I hope my questions aren't too specific.

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I'm well into planning my Enterprise build and am completely amazed at the amount of information on this site. At this time, I'm specifically looking at lighting the hangar and flight decks, and have a few questions.

Flight Deck

I purchased a one-page flight deck lighting plan over on FloatingDryDock.com. It's a simple drawing with a lot of information, but also raises more questions.

1. Deck Edge Light. There are lights which appear to be just off the flight deck. It's hard to tell if the lights are on the deck or off in the netting area. Is this lighting flush to the deck or raised? I found one or two nighttime pictures, but you can't tell one way or the other.
2. Free Deck Launch Line Light. This line of lights cuts across catapults 1 & 2. Was this ever used?
3. Rotating Beacon. Three rotating beacons are identified on the port side of the island. Does anyone know where they are located? Somewhere high, or more near deck level?
4. Homing Beacon. I assume this was on the uppermost part of the mast. Did this rotate?
5. Overhead Floodlights. Does anyone know the color and locations of these lights? I did find some additional information in this video. Several multi-colored floodlights are visible. More research will be needed to determine which lights are which, etc.
6. In various videos, I see there are lights underneath the superstructure illuminating the deck below. That lighting should be much simpler to implement.

Hangar Deck

There are many videos which include the hanger deck (here, here, here, and here), and one pattern I can see is probably five rows of lights. If my measurements off of various pictures are accurate, there could be +/- 200 lights across the entire deck.

1. Is the five row observation accurate?
2. The lighting pattern doesn't seem to be consistent along the length of the deck. For example, there could be 10 lights visible in one row, but only eight in the next row. Was this for a reason, or were missing lights due to "plumbing" in the way on the hanger deck ceiling?
3. There are pictures with smaller yellow-orange lights as well as smaller red lights. Are the red for nighttime use? Are the yellow-orange fixtures lights or heat lamps?

I know that's a lot of questions. I appreciate any guidance folks might have.

Thanks,

-Frank

[pengbuzz]

Okay, some progress:




Hope to have more progress soon; still a ton of stuff to do!

Stay tuned...

[bmkerr]

hi everyone,

Can someone tell me how many deck vehicles and types were on the deck during the period of 1984 to 1990.

[Doughnuts22]

Hi Everyone,

I am new here having only signed up yesterday.

I have purchased the Tamiya 1:350 CVN 65 and would like to do the best possible job on her as I can and I want to build her to the early 80's. I have purchased the Airwing, Photoetch sets, parts from Shapeways, resin figures and other resin parts (kits) etc. I just need to purchase EZ Line, decals various styrene sheets etc for the hanger bay and for any mods that need to be done to her. I will be building this as a Seascape diorama so will also need to purchase the parts for that too.

I am also one of those people who will not start a project until I have all the parts I need to complete the build, so have been busy buying parts over the last few years and have at least another 6 months to a year before all the parts have been collected. ( it appears to be an expensive project to complete to a high standard)

The issues I currently face is that I am unable to locate a website where I can find some good detailed pictures of the ship in the early 80's. You could say I am becoming confused as to whats what, as there appears to be a wealth of ref pictures on the www. I am not sure what pictures are from the early 80's and whats not. I am also having issues trying to locate a seller who who sells decals for the Airwing which would include not only the F-14 but also the Prowler, Greyhound, Hawkeye and Sea king for the early 80's. I have looked into Starfighter who does sell the decals for the CVN 65 but no decals for the Airwing for the 80's. I have also located an company called Boatswain Model and emailed them, however they have not got back to me so are either not interested or gone out of business.

So in short if anyone here knows of a place where I might be able to purchase the Airwing decal sets for the early 80's, or a downloadable file for the Airwing in scale so I can print the decals myself and of a place for the ref pictures of the CVN 65 for the early 80's including some great shots of the hanger bay it would be gratefully appreciated.

I want to do this old lady some justice when building her as I believe she was the best of the best and deserves to be built right!

Apologises if this has been covered in any other topics, however I would be grateful for any assistance you guys can give me on this quest.

Regards

Richard

[Mark McKinnis]

Hi Richard,


The Tamiya kit represents Enterprise shortly after the overhaul in 1983 so most of the heavy lifting is complete. Both A-7E Squadrons started transistioning to low viz gray paint jobs in the early 80s so that is a bit different than what most of the decal sets provide for CVW-11 for that era. Here is a link to a must have DVD set if you are loking for accuracy:

https://freetimehobbies.com/the-enterpr ... dvd-album/

The ship itself didn't really change its appearance much until the mid 90's when the SATDOMES started sprouting up on all of the carriers so a 1987 pic probably is as good as a 1983 pic from the ship configuration perspective. The look of the airwing did change during that period. Here is a link to some good information on the airwings for Enterprise:

http://gonavy.jp/CV-CVN65f.html

Hope that helps.

Good luck,

Mark

[HvyCgn9]

Hi Everyone,

I am new here having only signed up yesterday.

I have purchased the Tamiya 1:350 CVN 65 and would like to do the best possible job on her as I can and I want to build her to the early 80's. I have purchased the Airwing, Photoetch sets, parts from Shapeways, resin figures and other resin parts (kits) etc. I just need to purchase EZ Line, decals various styrene sheets etc for the hanger bay and for any mods that need to be done to her. I will be building this as a Seascape diorama so will also need to purchase the parts for that too.

I am also one of those people who will not start a project until I have all the parts I need to complete the build, so have been busy buying parts over the last few years and have at least another 6 months to a year before all the parts have been collected. ( it appears to be an expensive project to complete to a high standard)

The issues I currently face is that I am unable to locate a website where I can find some good detailed pictures of the ship in the early 80's. You could say I am becoming confused as to whats what, as there appears to be a wealth of ref pictures on the www. I am not sure what pictures are from the early 80's and whats not. I am also having issues trying to locate a seller who who sells decals for the Airwing which would include not only the F-14 but also the Prowler, Greyhound, Hawkeye and Sea king for the early 80's. I have looked into Starfighter who does sell the decals for the CVN 65 but no decals for the Airwing for the 80's. I have also located an company called Boatswain Model and emailed them, however they have not got back to me so are either not interested or gone out of business.

So in short if anyone here knows of a place where I might be able to purchase the Airwing decal sets for the early 80's, or a downloadable file for the Airwing in scale so I can print the decals myself and of a place for the ref pictures of the CVN 65 for the early 80's including some great shots of the hanger bay it would be gratefully appreciated.

I want to do this old lady some justice when building her as I believe she was the best of the best and deserves to be built right!

Apologises if this has been covered in any other topics, however I would be grateful for any assistance you guys can give me on this quest.

Regards

Richard

For most complete collection of pics Ray Bean at Stillmotionphotographics in Canada does a superb Photo DVD with Gb's of pics of Big E



Cheers Bruce

[Doughnuts22]

Hi Richard,


The Tamiya kit represents Enterprise shortly after the overhaul in 1983 so most of the heavy lifting is complete. Both A-7E Squadrons started transistioning to low viz gray paint jobs in the early 80s so that is a bit different than what most of the decal sets provide for CVW-11 for that era. Here is a link to a must have DVD set if you are loking for accuracy:

https://freetimehobbies.com/the-enterpr ... dvd-album/

The ship itself didn't really change its appearance much until the mid 90's when the SATDOMES started sprouting up on all of the carriers so a 1987 pic probably is as good as a 1983 pic from the ship configuration perspective. The look of the airwing did change during that period. Here is a link to some good information on the airwings for Enterprise:

http://gonavy.jp/CV-CVN65f.html

Hope that helps.

Good luck,

Mark