carrier deck

Black_Dragon_One · Post by **Black_Dragon_One** » Wed May 12, 2010 12:50 pm

i need a top view of the rear part of a carrier ..

i was going to blow it up into 1;18 scale for my tomcat to land on with arrest-er hook..

Sabrefan · Post by **Sabrefan** » Wed May 12, 2010 12:54 pm

Very cool project, you must have lots of room...

Black_Dragon_One · Post by **Black_Dragon_One** » Wed May 12, 2010 1:04 pm

i only need part of it.. to few feet at the end ... i am going to display mine with pizza guy stand which i ask him to angle it 30 degree so it look like it coming in for landing.. i need the pic to show the aft part of the carrier kicko do blow up for 30 on cardboard so i try that..

it is going to be display at the library

glass case

Post by **aferguson** » Wed May 12, 2010 1:30 pm

wouldn't it be easier just to make and paint it, rather than enlarge a picture? Since you're only doing a part of it anyway, it's just going to be rectangular or square and you can easily draw on or paint on the markings. Note that the rear of the deck is not square but slightly angled.

Here's a top view of the Lincoln

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2193/221 ... dce3bf.jpg

I made a secton of the angled deck out of an old closet door. It was a folding metal design, so the groove down the middle was perfect for the steam catipult track. I just painted it a dark grey and plunked my F-18 on it with some white cotton to simulate steam. I used a strip of duct tape to simulate the metal that runs down the catipult track groove.

You won't need to do any of that...just draw on or paint on the markings onto a big pice of painted wood or cardboard.

Threetoughtrucks · Post by **Threetoughtrucks** » Wed May 12, 2010 1:49 pm

Didn't we have a thread long ago where some of us took a Hasbro carrier and cut it in half to put a plane on and stuck the carrier half to a wall. It wasn't to scale but it did fit a big plane.

As I remember, it had an angled deck and looked neat.

TTT

Black_Dragon_One · Post by **Black_Dragon_One** » Wed May 12, 2010 1:49 pm

i was thinking of using cotton ball too for the smoke

Black_Dragon_One · Post by **Black_Dragon_One** » Wed May 12, 2010 1:53 pm

since this is going to be displace in the local library .. i need something light and portable and look good.. y

i was thinking of the gi jo carrier to but it is too small

Black Lion VF-213 · Post by **Black Lion VF-213** » Wed May 12, 2010 2:47 pm

Too bad you're not looking for the cat launch area cause you could download or use "Snagit" and capture the cat launch deck area from Century Wings' website and use Snagit to blow it up. Or use that free online vector graphic program, Inkscape, to size it up to 1/18.

http://www.centurywings.com/model_144/deck_sheet.html

Black_Dragon_One · Post by **Black_Dragon_One** » Wed May 12, 2010 11:38 pm

Black Lion VF-213 wrote:Too bad you're not looking for the cat launch area cause you could download or use "Snagit" and capture the cat launch deck area from Century Wings' website and use Snagit to blow it up. Or use that free online vector graphic program, Inkscape, to size it up to 1/18.

http://www.centurywings.com/model_144/deck_sheet.html

thank you that was great.. i might do that