Hi Guys,
JGrease,
Please share pics!
I found that old National Geographic in an antique store in La Mesa, CA one night while attending the annual OctoberFest back in 2005. All of the local stores stay open late during this 4 day festival. I paid $2 for it. There is an article on BigE and a subsequent article on, "The Nuclear Navy". I remembered this magazine from when I was a kid, but never thought I'd find it again. Small article, but a few good pics of BigE.
I can't remember where or when now, but I also found a publication from North American Aviation; bigger than a monthly newsletter, but not really a book. I'd say it is a magazine. Anyway, NA visits the BigE as their new attack a/c the A3J, (Vigilante), enters service. I have a few books on the Viggie, but that's an airplane! Some more pics of BigE in her earliest config.
PeterO,
We meet again!
Operation Sea Orbit is a great idea; one I've tossed that one around more than once. I'd probably do this three ship display when the crew was'nt standing in formation on the flight deck, but I'm sure someone would ask sooner or later..where's the E=MC2? Then I'd be explaining why I am so lazy....
1/700 Enterprise does not exist, unless you want to convert a 1/700 Fujimi Constellation. The good news is; the Fujimi Constellation/Kitty Hawk kits are rather plain,a nd adding detil is a whole lot easier than removing it and then replacing it. I do not ordinarlily recommend this king of kit bash;as these were two different ships. The hull length difference for BigE in 1/720 to 1/700 is 1/2". Can you live with that?
I built the 1/700 JAG Long Beach in her earliest config in the event I ever attempted an Operation Sea Orbit. The JAG Bainbridge kit will have to be back-dated too; which I don't have.
I do have 2/3 of these ships in 1/350 though! The ISW 1/350 Long Beach is taking up space in my closet; right next to the Enterprise...and a whole bunch of other ships! Time is a premium; building time is a gift!
I'm gonna share some pictures of CVAN-65 from 1961........the year I was born!
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More to come!
Tony