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Going through my stash and stack of in-progress builds, it occurred to me that it would be interesting to build the Navy aircraft in carrier specific markings. My thought is doing the F-14A, F-14D, F/A-18E and F and F-8 in Enterprise livery. Only problem, it is near impossible to find decals to do this; VF-33 for F-8, VF-1 and 2 for the F-14A, etc.

Anyone else try this and if so, any luck?

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it wasn't hard for 1/72, only a few that need "spares digging" to make markings, for my "one of each carrier" stage

it was only slightly harder for the "one of each squadron" final stage,,,,some squadrons just never got covered by decals, even in 1/72

I've posted the first stage "one of each wing from AA to NP" on a blog, just as a target list to keep me from changing it any more

the cool part is that as long as you don't get wrapped in up one specific aircraft/wing/carrier/squadron combo,,,,,there are pictures of every squadron out there somewhere

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hmm, I seem to have given an answer that is not helpful for exactly what you intended

I know from reading on here that doing Carrier Wing 8 is mostly possible

If you are looking for gaps to do just Enterprise,,,,go to a site like http://www.hannants.co.uk/ , do an advanced search for your scale in decals,,,,,in 1/72 that search gives 2,000 hits for decal sheets,,,in 1/48 it should be far more,,,,,scroll through the list and look at the pop up previews for any sheet that catches your eye from the description, you might find that all you need is available even today

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Going through my stash and stack of in-progress builds, it occurred to me that it would be interesting to build the Navy aircraft in carrier specific markings. My thought is doing the F-14A, F-14D, F/A-18E and F and F-8 in Enterprise livery. Only problem, it is near impossible to find decals to do this; VF-33 for F-8, VF-1 and 2 for the F-14A, etc.

Anyone else try this and if so, any luck?

if you're looking for F-14's first cruise, you can try Hasegawa K-40 "Wolf Pack"

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