nikosmeta Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Hi all. I want to make a carrier dio in 1/48 with the hangar and the elevator part. Has anyone has any dimensions to start with? For example the elevator or the elevator door would come in handy. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aurora Mark Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Which Ship? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nikosmeta Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 CVN-69 Eisenhower is my choice. Sorry I forgot to mention it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nikosmeta Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 Any help here? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomcatfan Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I am also building an elevator-diorama. What I did was I looked up norfolk, virginia on google earth. You will find a Nimitz-class carrier there. You can take your measurements for the elevator from there. Not 100% accurate, but worked pretty good for me. But I must admit, it won´t help with the hangar door. Good luck, Daniel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foxtwo Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 well...i've got to say that i made mine "at eye sight"....should be the good word ? was looking at several pics showing the elevator with planes on.....and here's the result with an X-47B at 1/48 th on....surely noot the good measure...but.....is it needed ? Pat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Par429 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Hey- The elevators on CVN 69 are 85' along the deck edge, 70' along the opposite inboard edge and 52' deep. This is from a drawing which labels these dimensions as typical (typ) so they may not be exact. I hope this is helpful. Phil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
coairmech88 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 (edited) Found this on the net... According to this drawing the dimensions of a typical Nimitz class elevator are 85' at the outboard edge, 70' at the inboard edge and 52' in width. In 1/48 that would be 21.25" outboard dimension, 17.5" inboard dimension, and 13" overall width. Edited January 9, 2015 by coairmech88 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nikosmeta Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 This is why I love ARC foruns :woot.gif: I must thank you all. All the answers were very helpfull. Foxtwo that is a very nice job. Keep it up. Greetings from Greece Nikos Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HAMMER32 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 (edited) I'm building a carrier elevator, here is my drawing in 1/48 scale, may not be accuarate, hope to be helpful. Edited January 10, 2015 by HAMMER32 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nikosmeta Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 (edited) Hummer32 your work is awesome. Thanks for the dimensions. What have you used for the net? I hope you will make an in progress topic to follow and learn. Edited January 10, 2015 by nikosmeta Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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