HANGAR DECK FOR Tamiya Enterprise 1/350

Hello Dersickora. I am building this kit also but I have the purley accidental luck to have had the CVN-65 Enterprise which was broknen in a family move.  The up side is I am 20 years loder, a much better modeler. and I plan to use the flight deck and hangar doors from the broken kit for my hangar deck details. I figure if anyone else likes this idea then you could send for these replacement parts from Tamiya. Just a thought. Take care. 

If you take the time to do the hangar deck, make sure you pay attention to the four doors from the elevators. You will have to scratchbuild a second large oval opening for each door and the space between the two ovals.

I am working on the same project. A ship this size has to have a hanger deck. I have the floor down and I believe the walls could easily be scratchbuilt out of sheet styrene, just add some small detail for the sides. I am planning to add lights to the ceiling. It is certainly an undertaking but I know the results will be well worth it. You may try 'AIRWING ENTERPRISE' by Michael O'Leary (Osprey Publications). It has a bunch of nice color photos of the airwing circa the early '90's. I think the best way to go is to build the hanger as a kit by itself, then add the completed kit to the ship just before the flight deck is installed.

Tom's Modelworks makes a brass hangar deck for the Enterprise. It is a three piece floor with large brass doors. It looks great but is slightly over-sized and takes a while to get it to fit properly. Also getting the three parts to join smoothly is a bit tricky. Sadly there is still no one who offers walls for the hanger deck. I have ordered a book from Squadron called "Detail & Scale Vol.# 39 The USS Enterprise CVAN-65 to CVN-65". According to other model builders the pictures provided are quite good. For more info on the Tamiya Enterprise check out www.modelwarships.com. Here they also show how to build a hangar deck from scratch. Good luck!

I'm not sure; I think it's two sections - a forward and after piece. I don't think it runs the full length of the ship. www.tomsmodelworks.com

is it the entire deck or just a portion of it

Tom's Modelworks makes a resin insert for the Enterprise hangar deck.

I can tell you some web sites, maybe it could help.
http://www.cvan-cvn-65.org/ - ( take the virtual tour and chose Enterprise Hangar)
its a panoramic view.
or
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/cvn-65-gallery.htm
only 1 or 2 fotos inside hanger, a lot of them outside.