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hi
i'm kinda new to the hobby and as a starter i would like to make a scratchbuild aircraft carrier,
i was thinking if a 1/144 , does anybody know where i can find the plans,...

thx

peter

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thanks ,i will ask but i saw the picture and i think its better to start something smaller

thank u very much

peter V. wrote:thanks ,i will ask but i saw the picture and i think its better to start something smaller

thank u very much

hi peter ,as a compearison in scales 1/96 is 1/8" to a foot 1/192 is 1/16" to a foot.so 1/192 would be 1/2 the size of 1/96.nimitz in1/192 would be about 66"long

oooooooooooh...

thanks for the info

but i have to say ,i'm belgian so i mesure in metres but thanks anyway

HI Peter boatman here i see you are thinkin of building a 1/144 carrier well i would like to say im building a USS NIMITZ in 1/144 an it a nice scale to build in not to big an i have built in a hull jiont so it comes in two halves easy to transport but the scale is big enough to build in plenty of detail im thinking of posting my build on this site sometime.If you do a build i will look forward to following it
kind regards chris

well this can't be a coincidence cause i wanted to make a nimitz to

since it will be my first build it won't be very spectacular
but i will put everything on this post and i'm open for advice,etc...

kind regards

peter

Well Peter are you going to scratchuild your own hull ? because thats what i did an it turned out fine just got to give it some thought before you start to build i built my hull from plywood an then lined inside with firbe-glass v-stronge hull
chris

weel i was thinking of scratchbuilding the hull, but all plans on internet are english so the mesurements are like 5/32, but i need to know in mm,so still need to figure that out

but if i do i WILL make the hull

peter

WELL Peter a way round that problem is to get english plans an useing a steel rule the sort what wind up from say 3 mertes an just measure the plan in metric. Evan though my plans were english i did not have right plan i had to build my NIMITZ from a ENTERPRISE plan as hulls near the same so i still had to measure everything an most of this was just trace out sizes of say hull frames an keel then transfer to wood an cut out an build why not give it a try ? you don't know what you can do till you try an you may surprise yourself
chris

well its a great idea but the plans where 2 d and neded to know the thickness
but i figured how to do it now so now i just need to transfer al of them to mm
so just a little more work ande after that i'm ready,so...

thanks again

peter