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1/350 BigE beehive 1964 waterline

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1/350 BigE beehive 1964 waterline
Posted by raider-hall on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 8:58 PM

 The Shapeways 1/350 beehive to be shipped on Nov.5 In the mean time I order the Tom's model works hangar deck and also waterline the hull. Fun times for the 1/350  Supercarrier guys.

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Posted by GMorrison on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 11:28 PM

Do you live in an old basketball gym? I really would like to come over and play boats.

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

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Posted by surfsup on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 2:22 AM

I would have said an old Drydock. I will be there with you when the invite comes.....Cheers Mark

If i was your wife, i'd poison your tea! If Iwas your husband, I would drink it! WINSTON CHURCHILL

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Posted by raider-hall on Wednesday, November 4, 2015 9:36 PM

beehive has arrive!

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Posted by raider-hall on Wednesday, November 4, 2015 9:36 PM
beehive has arrive!
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Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, November 5, 2015 2:12 PM

raider-hall
beehive has arrive!
 

Wink sorry, I could not help myself... Whistling

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

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N is for NO SURVIVORS...

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Posted by raider-hall on Sunday, November 8, 2015 9:16 PM

Plankton okay. But he is no Simon Barsinister! Take over the world man!! 

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Posted by docidle on Sunday, November 8, 2015 10:24 PM

I remember my older sisters having these kinds of hairdos! Otherwise this build log will be interesting. I have a fond place in heart for the Big E.

Steve

       

 

 

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Posted by raider-hall on Monday, June 6, 2016 9:09 PM

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Posted by raider-hall on Monday, June 6, 2016 9:09 PM
Just wanted to see how to look.
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Posted by Tanker - Builder on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 6:33 PM

Hmm;

    Me likeum hive fer da beez . You makum guud ya heer .LOL.LOL.   That's what I am trying to find to not be 1/700 but fit my budget .I want 1/350 , me wantum big bad . Me beeng silly too ! yup , youse betchya ! He ! He! T.B.

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Posted by raider-hall on Friday, June 10, 2016 1:16 PM

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Posted by CapnMac82 on Saturday, June 11, 2016 11:12 PM
With all those bridge windows, it's hard not to wonder what that would look like in clear . . .
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Posted by raider-hall on Friday, July 22, 2016 9:54 PM
I'll be working the island this weekend. Also the hangar deck will be put in.
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Posted by raider-hall on Monday, July 31, 2017 12:43 PM

Working on the beehive!                                                                                  

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Posted by raider-hall on Monday, July 31, 2017 10:13 PM

Okay I put in hangar deck. Also I sanded off the weapons locations for the sponsons.

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Posted by GMorrison on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 12:09 AM

A friend of mine was a Naval Aviator who was on her from March 1965.Served until 1969, including through the fire and before that at Yankee Station.

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

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Posted by Tanker - Builder on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 8:19 AM

Yup !

   Oh Yeah , You got that right Capn Mac ! This is definitely the one I be looking for .

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Posted by Tanker - Builder on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 8:23 AM

Hey Stikpusher !
 Now I realize why my Mom and Grandma looked so tall ! Especially when there's a 63-64 Buick Riv behind them ! Somewhere between heels and hair was a normal sized woman . Oh ! , that's right , we be talking about the Enterprise , Sorry .

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Posted by Tanker - Builder on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 8:28 AM

Hi ;

 On the second sentence .You sanded off the weapon locations . Why ?

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Posted by lcb248 on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 8:32 AM

Did the Tamiya Big E ever come with the B-hive? I'd swear back in the day I remember it having the old radar array...

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Posted by raider-hall on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 8:07 PM
In 1967 BigE had no ciwis or sparrow missile launcher on the forward part of ship.
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Posted by raider-hall on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 8:08 PM
From 1963-1980 she had the beehive as builted.
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Posted by Tanker - Builder on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 7:38 AM

Thank You ;

 I did not realize that area was bereft of those items there .

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Posted by raider-hall on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 9:57 PM
I was thinking to myself looking at photos of BigE when she had that fire. Nobody has done a 1/350 model showing her after the fire. I will let you known what I will do.
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Posted by raider-hall on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 9:37 PM

 Working on the fantail.

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Posted by raider-hall on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 9:38 PM
Working on the fantail.
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Posted by Mark Steele on Thursday, August 24, 2017 11:51 AM
I was assigned to the Enterprise in 1992 when it was going through a major overhaul in Newport News Shipbuilding. I drove up and down the street looking for the damned beehive so I could figure out where the boat was berthed. Little did I know that the beehive went away years earlier!

On the Workbench:

Tamiya 1:350 USS Enterprise (CVN-65)

Kinetic 1:48 C-2A(R) Greyhound

Kitty Hawk 1:32 T-28B

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Posted by raider-hall on Monday, September 4, 2017 9:50 PM

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Posted by Darren Roberts on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 7:55 PM
Awesome project! I scratchbuilt the details for the early Enterprise some 20 odd years ago. I think I used a piece of 1/32 F-15 radome for the beehive housing. The biggest pain in the rear was making all of the life raft buckets. I didn't know how to resin cast back then, but that would save you a whole lot of time. Make one and cast the rest! The Shapeways beehive looks really nice. Good luck with the project!
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