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1/350 Trumpeter Nimitz 68 colors

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Posted by Mikeym_us on Monday, June 27, 2005 10:35 PM
So mike is it true that Red shirts in the US Navy dont survive as long as anyone elseTongue [:P] And BTW the best paint to use for hull color is Tamiya Light Grey.

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Posted by Mike F6F on Monday, June 27, 2005 5:19 PM
Shooters are catapult officers that wear yellow shirts and green helmets.

A/C directors wear all yellow.

Catapult, arrestor gear crews and photographers wear green.

Fuel folks wear purple.

Fire fighters and weapons people wear red.

Plane captains wear brown.

Safety inspectors, LSO's wear white.

Chock and chain crews and tractor drivers wear blue.

There are certain other combinations where a different color helmet from jersey and float coat are worn, but I can't recall them now.

Mike

 

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Posted by therriman on Sunday, June 26, 2005 7:29 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Mikeym_us

I thought they wore Green shirts and the fuelers wore Yellow and ordinance wore Red. and the booths control the pressure used on the Cats so that the steam pressure is calculated to the exact weight of the aircraft so you don't have a SCL "Soft Cat Launch" or a HCL "Hard Cat Launch"


The "shooters" wore green. The fuelers purple. The firefighters wore red. The plane handlers (chock's and chains guys) wore blue. The yellow were worn by the officers and enlisted plane directors (petty officers). Ordinance wore brown and Misc guys (us Postal Clerk's for example) wore White.
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Posted by Mikeym_us on Sunday, June 26, 2005 5:47 PM
I thought they wore Green shirts and the fuelers wore Yellow and ordinance wore Red. and the booths control the pressure used on the Cats so that the steam pressure is calculated to the exact weight of the aircraft so you don't have a SCL "Soft Cat Launch" or a HCL "Hard Cat Launch"

On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15   http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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Posted by MontanaCowboy on Saturday, June 25, 2005 7:32 PM
I just said ie shooters so you would get what I meant. I guess I could have said yellow shirts. Tongue [:P]
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Posted by Mike F6F on Saturday, June 25, 2005 8:33 AM
Montana,

I don't "people" my ships and I work in the 1/700th scale range, but I believe Tom's Model Works and Gold Medal Models make 1/350 scale posed aircraft carrier deck figures.

One thing about shooters aboard the Nimitz-class ships. These ships all have internal booths for the catapult officer, or shooter, to work from. There is one between catapults one and two forward and one on the port deck edge for cats three and four. The cat officers can work outside the booths, and do, but when they are working on deck the booths are lowered into the flight deck and aren't visable.

I'm not sure your model shows the booths in the raised position or not. The 1/720th Italeri models do.

Something to think about as you plan the model.

Cheers,

Mike

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Posted by MontanaCowboy on Friday, June 24, 2005 8:07 PM
Thanks a ton. Big Smile [:D] I really needed that info. Also, do you know of any companies or places that sell 1/350 deck hands (ie shooters). After i read your post, I looked at those pictures and I see what you mean about the wear and tear. I was also thinking about putting a motor on at least one of the elevators.
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Posted by Mike F6F on Friday, June 24, 2005 7:17 PM
Montana,

If you look at any of the carrier shots you'll see that the flight decks aren't a single tone. The non-skid surface is not put down all at once, but in sections, so even on a new carrier, the shades of gray will differ as the dark gray fades under the sunlight. The deck stripes maybe fresh over several different gray tones.

Gunship gray is isn't a bad start at all. That sea blue color will dry out too blue, I believe. You could use it on the hanger deck surface, if you'd like. Look at several overhead carrier shots and you'll see even, straight edges where the non-skid application stopped and then was started later. Using the photos as a guide you can do a subtle mix of gunship gray and a little black, for "newer" areas and then mix in light gray for more worn locations.

Once the decals, or painted stripes are on, you can weather the deck with washes, dry-brushing, chawlks, whatever method you choose.

Aircraft carrier flight decks are dirty places. Check some other Navy shots and see how dirty the sailors' uniforms are.

Depending on how long the ship's been at sea, you'll notice weathering in some rather standard locations, too. A brownish/black grease color quickly fills the flight deck elevator tracks and often leaks to the hull. The top deck on the island can often weather to a grayish tan color. Again, just check your reference photos.

Many ships will have a grayish-black sooty color on the port forward side of the island. Most of the time the E-2C Hawkeyes are parked there and their turbo prop engine exhaust discolors the paint when they are started. This would be pretty subtle in scale, but it is often there.

You may want to rent the movie, The Final Countdown. It has been recently re-released on DVD. It was filmed in '78-'79 aboard the Nimitz and your model is very close to the ship's appearance in the film.

Enjoy,

Mike

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Posted by ddp59 on Thursday, June 23, 2005 7:21 PM
check this link http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/cvn-68-pics.htm
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Posted by MontanaCowboy on Thursday, June 23, 2005 7:06 PM
Thanks Mike, I've only seen about 30 photos, but so far so good. I have one other question, what is the deck color? I thought Gunship Grey was too light, so I got a darker blueish, blackish color called flat sea blue.
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Posted by Mike F6F on Thursday, June 23, 2005 6:27 PM
Montana,

For current shots of aircraft carriers, the best place is the source.

The US Navy has a wonderful web site with a massive downloadable high res photo gallery run by the Navy's Visual News Service.

www.news.navy.mil

These will be current news shots, so any shots you see of the Nimitz will show her new appearance after her RCOH. It is different from your model which shows the ship when first in service-mid 70's.

The basic colors will be the same though.

Mike

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1/350 Trumpeter Nimitz 68 colors
Posted by MontanaCowboy on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 11:12 PM
I just recently got this model. It will be my first ever ship model. The only problem I have is, the painting guide is not very detailed at all I think. I was wondering if anyone has any close detail photos of theirs or real life ones. I have already checked most of the sites in the forums.Sad [:(]
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