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I'm getting ready to build a modern US carrier deck and was wondering if anyone knew the dimensions of the landing and foul lines and the spacing for the padeyes (tie down points). I haven't been on a flight deck in over ten years and my memory is a little vague. I was going to us 220 grit sandpaper for the non-skid. Any other options? Thanks for any info in advance.
good lord! that thing is gonna need a address!
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Looking at this pic the tie downs look to be about 6 feet apart. (Enterprise CVN 65)
If you're building a F18 use the measurement off the front wheel to scale it out. George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)
Good pic of an arresting cable being cut for replacement showing the size and twist of the braid.
After working out the spacing of the tie downs use that for figuring out the spacing on the trip wires (Nimitz)
Page 1 search for Nimitz Class on Navy.Mil
White Ensign offers 4 & 5 point tie-down stars. Most of the fret is made up of WWII "greek key" tie down strips -- so you may need to order multiple sets depending on the size of the area you're modeling
Now that's a project!
If the actual ship is about 1092 feet long, a 1:48 scale version of the deck should be about 22' 9'' long, and about 5' 3" wide.
Is that for your own enjoyment, or for display at a local museum? Please keep us posted, I like to hear about your plans for all of the aircraft as well.
I think (hope) he means just a portion of the flight deck. If not ...
The tie down distance might be a subfixer question, if he happens to check this thread.
mfsob I think (hope) he means just a portion of the flight deck. If not ... The tie down distance might be a subfixer question, if he happens to check this thread.
No doubt you're right, but then again, if you've ever seen the huge ship models at the Art Gallery of Ontario, or that guy with the battleship he gets into and goes for a cruise...
I guess I was just dying to think of the working catapult...
USS Midway In San Diego has the 4-spoke tie-downs and they are 10'-0" ctr to ctr per row and every other row is 5'-0" offset.
Tie-downs measure 6" OD with ring and spokes 3/4" (.75) and 2" thick.
Does anyone know what carrier started using 5-spokes?
It depends on what scale you are using.
I use wet-dry for the dark coloring, grit 240 for 1/48, 320 for 1/72 and 400 for 1/144.
I haven't built 1/32 deck yet, so couldn't tell you what grit yet.
I cut masks for the striping and paint with airbrush directly on sandpaper.
Years ago I had found a poster showing the top view of the USS Constellation, scaled the deck
markings and drew them in a CAD system, then print out the area that I want to show, then cut to
make the mask.
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