Tamiys CVN 65 Hanger Doors

Hi,

I am away from some of my stuff but can try and see if I have any info on Monday.

PF

Hi,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.  A few things came up at home and I temporarily accidentally forgot about your question.

Looking at the General Arrangements for USS Saratoga on the HNSA website  in dicates that her hangar doors were about 25' high by about 62-63' in width with a 10-11' gap between the inner and outer openings (though this appears to get a bit bigger for the lifts nearer to the ends of the ship).

I would expect that maybe the Enterprise may be close to similar.  However, in looking at this image of the NIMITZ flightdeck, it indicates that the width of the main section of that ship's lifts are about 70' wide, and as such I would expect that the hangar openings would be similar sized. 

As such, my best estimate is that for the ENTERPRISE, hangar door width would be at least 62 ft, but may be up to about 69-70' in width.  In addtion I would expect the height to be about 25', and the distance between the inner and outer opening to be about 10-11' (with maybe a little increase for the forward and aft most lifts, where the shape of the ship pcomes in a bit).

Hope that helps.

PF

https://www.quora.com/US-navy-now-has-only-3-landing-wires-on-aircraft-carriers-How-do-pilots-feel-about-this

 

 

 

KennyG I’m working on the same thing right now as it turns out. I found a great set of plans available from Tom Pope. You can email him at  b911heavy@yahoo.com here’s what I got from him via email to explain it - stop me if you’ve got these already 

 

For a GREAT 3D printed hanger deck for the Big E 
Greg Holmes over on Shapeways has everything you need 
It will save allot of headachs for you plus if you have any questions just contact him on Shapeways or his Facebook page 
Greg is a really great guy 
Heres the link
https://www.shapeways.com/shops/baconfist?section=1%3A350+Enterprise+Class+Accessories&s=0

I also have the fire fighting mnual for carriers it featues allot of pics and drawings of both the flight deck and hanger decks for the moderen carrier as of 2005 (which includes the Big E)
It also shows how aircraft are parked in the hanger deck for either launching or recovery 
I have hundreds of pics of the Big E's hanger deck 
And lastly (LOL) I have a complete set of hanger deck decals for her with all the paintings and murals just message me on here with your email and I'll send you any pics and the decals you need for FREE all you have to do is get some decal paper and a printer and print as many decals you want for your self 
I give the decals away for FREE to fellow modelers so you don't have to buy them 
Hope I can help
COChef 

COChef;

Thank you so much for your generous offer of decal artwork and pictuires for the USS Enterprise CVN-65 Hangar Deck.

I have just purchased the Tamiya Kit and as i want to add the Hangar Deck and make it it as accurate as possible I have already ordered the Hangar Deck from Shapeways but I am in need of all of the information I can get.

With this in mind could you please send me the artwork for the hanger deck decals including the 1981 era mural and a few pictures if possible.

thank you so much in advance for this.

best regards;

Mel Paul

paulmel750@gmail.com

COChef;

UI have already done this as a post as i did not fully understand hom forums work being a newbie but now I will send it as a reply

Thank you so much for your generous offer of decal artwork and pictuires for the USS Enterprise CVN-65 Hangar Deck.

I have just purchased the Tamiya Kit and as i want to add the Hangar Deck and make it it as accurate as possible I have already ordered the Hangar Deck from Shapeways but I am in need of all of the information I can get.

With this in mind could you please send me the artwork for the hanger deck decals including the 1981 era mural and a few pictures if possible.

thank you so much in advance for this.

best regards;

Mel Paul

paulmel750@gmail.com

thank you for the offer of pictures and decals.  Served 3 tours of duty aboard the E and never really thought about pictures inside. getting parts together to build the tamiya kit and found a lot of parts on shapeway.com

Thank you

rtoofan@sbcglobal.net

Clarence

For a complete set of hangar bay decals that includes BOTH murals and air wing logos for the many different air wings thru her service check out https://davidsscalemodels.com/decals/modern-carrier-hangar-bay-decals/

thank you for the info.  I did purchase this set.  I was looking for the  printable version juist to back up my project.  Mybe I posted wrong as new to this type venture. 

Clarence

I Served 3 tours of duty aboard the E and never really thought about pictures inside. getting parts together to build the tamiya kit and found a lot of parts on shapeway.com I also purchased a set off ebay.  You are right shapeways has a lot of items which I defintely will purchase.  Reason for asking about the decals would like a method to back myself up as I know I will mess up.  I appreciate your offers.  Pictures of the congflag stations locations would be helpful.  I think my original attempt was done incorrectly so try again.  I am really glad I waited this long to start my kit of enterprise.

Thank you

rtoofan@sbcglobal.net

Clarence

Hi, I am brand new to the forum as I'm building a !:400 scale CVN 65. 1972 era. A friend gave it to me for NZ$1 but it came with no instructions or decals. I have painted all the flightdeck markings etc and built the island and hull. I have started construction of the hanger and your pictures and decals would be very much appreciated. Kind regards Chris in New Zealand

COChef, I just came across your comment here about the Enterprise CVN-65, I too was stationed on the Enterprise (1979-81) being assigned to AIMD, IM-1 while the ship was going through its COH/refit at (then named) Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, and have The Tamiya 1/350 scale CVN 65 Enterprise kit that I've currently stopped construction on while waiting to 'accumulate' enough funds for additional decal sheets, resin, and photo-etch detail parts to continue with its construction. I would appricaite any addtional refference material you have that would help with when I resume construction on this kit. Please e-mail me at: wild57mustang@yahoo.com

plasticutter, if you don't hear from him as this post is somewhat aged let me know. He sent me quite a bit of info that I'm using for my current build. You can check it out in the ships of the american flag group build. Let me know what you're looking for and maybe I can assist as well. 

I also served on the Enterprise, in the airwing, VA-27 from the start of work-ups in 1975 for the 1976-77 Deployment to the end of the 1978-79 Deployment.  I am like you, collecting materials for building the Big E during my 2nd deployment.  I have collected some reference stuff.  I would be glad to forward what I have to you, but I don't see a way to do it here as the files would be too large.  I'm not sure of the rules of the forum but if you are interested contact me at mikey25252@comcast.net.

I have an Arii and Revell 1/400 Enterprise if you still need instructions for either I would make pdfs and send them to you if you are still looking for them.  I made some drawings of the 1978 Enterprise that I would share with you.

I'm very interested in the images as well, could you please send a link of what you have? Thanks!

Ronald D. Meyer, Sr.