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Hello, guys. Soon I will start to work on Tamiya model of ship from title. I wa wondering if you could help me with some facts. I was wondering from what period is this model ? In the box, are this aircrafts - 2 x F-18 Hornets, 2 x A-6 Intruders, 2 x F-14 Tomcats, 2 x A-7 Corsairs and 2 - S-3 Vikings.

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In 1982 she carried;

VF-114 Fighting Aardvarks F14 Tomcats

VA-22 Fighting Redcocks A7E Corsair II

VA-94 Shrikes A7E Corsair II

HS-6 Indians SH3A Seakings

VAQ-133 Wizards EA6B Prowlers

VS-37 Sawbucks S3A Vikings

VF-213 Black Lions F14 Tomcats

VA-95 Green Lizards A6E Intruders KA6D Tankers

VAW-117 Wallbangers E2C Hawkeye

VQ-1 Worldwatchers A3B Skywarrior

VRC-50 C2A Greyhound

Hope this helps!

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Search for 'USS Enterprise CVN-65 1982 cruise book. The crew take pictures all the time and produce these year books. Then try each successive year till you have what you need. Also try and get a hold of the 'detail and scale' volume by Bert Kinsey.

All the best.

Jocko

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Also try and get a hold of the 'detail and scale' volume by Bert Kinsey.

All the best.

Jocko

Thanks for the book recommendation! I had no idea Detail and Scale started putting out books for ships!

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It's one of a few but went out of publication years ago. Not easy to get a hold of but worth the effort in trawling the internet for a copy. Watch out for the greedy sods charging over the odds, around the £20 mark is reasonable!

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On 3/8/2016 at 7:34 PM, Jockster said:

In 1982 she carried;

VF-114 Fighting Aardvarks F14 Tomcats

VA-22 Fighting Redcocks A7E Corsair II

VA-94 Shrikes A7E Corsair II

HS-6 Indians SH3A Seakings

VAQ-133 Wizards EA6B Prowlers

VS-37 Sawbucks S3A Vikings

VF-213 Black Lions F14 Tomcats

VA-95 Green Lizards A6E Intruders KA6D Tankers

VAW-117 Wallbangers E2C Hawkeye

VQ-1 Worldwatchers A3B Skywarrior

VRC-50 C2A Greyhound

Hope this helps!

 

Hi all,

 

Bringing an old thread back to lift here. What number of each of these airport would have been on board please?

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Typical air group composition for the period

 

SquadronsAircraftRemarks

2 Fighter Squadrons (VF).       24 F-14 

2 Attack Squadrons (VA).        24 A-7  

1 All-weather Attack Squadron (VA).  10-12 A-6E and 4 KA-6DAlso responsible for tanker operations (KA-6D).

1 Carrier Early Warning Squadron (VAW). 4-6 E-2C

1 Tactical Electronic Squadron (VAQ).       4-6 EA-6B

1 Air Anti-Submarine Squadron (VS).         10 S-3A 

1 Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS).  6 SH-3G/H

 Total: 86-92 aircraft 

 

Usually it would be 4 xE-2C & 4x EA-6B & 10 xA-6E.

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On 08/06/2023 at 20:14, Jockster said:

 

There is a 3D print site,  the name escapes me for now but as soon as I remember I'll post it! ☺ 

 

Do you mean Shapeways?

 

Depending upon the actual type of cutter it is (size, open or with deckhouses etc), you might be able to get resin replacements from somewhere like Black Cat Models, Micro Master, or Starling Models (though I note that Starling are closed for 4 weeks from this coming Friday)

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Iv got a couple of Enterprise"s  2 in 350 1 in 400 2 in 1200 and 1 in 72nd scale, what kit have you got if I Have spare then no worries 

chris 

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