1:72 Scale Nimitz

[Knight26]

Some time ago on the old boards we had a discussion about extremely large scale ship models. DUring that discussion I brought up this model, a 1:72 USS Nimitz Aircraft Carrier at the NImitz Museum in Fredricksburg, TX. Well on a recent trip back there I managed to take some pictures with my nephews old digital camera thought you folks would enjoy it. BTW this is in the 80's configuration as the Phalanx mounts have since been replaced by RAM Launchers, which I work on. I had to convince my nephew not to point out this change to the museum staff.

Anyway onto the pics, bow shot.

[Knight26]

Flight Deck, Island, and some guy to give you a sense of scale. CHeck out all the tie downs on the deck too, way cool. Resized this one, sorry about the last one.

[Knight26]

Port Island Aft, with elevators, aircraft, Jolly Rogers, and NATO Sea Sparrow Launcher.

Edited February 2, 2004 by Knight26

[Knight26]

Aft Elevators and Hanger Interior

[Knight26]

Aft Starboard Side, missing my RAM Launcher it is

[Knight26]

Forward Elevator and Flight Deck, lookie a Hornet.

[Knight26]

"Skull One Ready for Take Off!"

Plus Forward NATO, whips, etc... THose finger on the end of the flight deck are gone now too on the real thing, like I said early 80's configuration.

[Knight26]

Mid ship Flight Deck, A-7's and EA-6Bs on Deck.

[Knight26]

Starboard side of the Island, man my Dad wound up in several of these shots, camera hog, lol, jk.

[Knight26]

Last One, Stern Shot.

[Knight26]

Very cool model, almost makes me wish for a WM Cheng Version, lol. That or a 1:72 Scale Prometheous and Dadelus (sp?) those would he huge and too cool.

[EXO]

I could just imagine 1:72 nut - Grayson's drooling face on that glass...

Nice pics Sean!

[Agent ONE]

Too bad you didn't turn the flash off. Thanks for the pics.

[Opus]

I have to wonder how long and how many people it took to build that monster.

[Knight26]

Unfortunately Agent One it was a crappy old digital camera, like first generation of digital cameras and I didn't know how to turn it off. If I ever go back there I will take a much better digi-cam with me and take far more and better pictures. That beast is truly awesome and very impressive to view. And to answer Opus' question the info sheet on it said it took about five years to build including all the model planes and several people worked on it. Even the plane models were very high quality, maybe not WM Chengs, but easily better the something the average modeler does.

[EXO]

Does anyone know off hand how big the Promeheus is compared to the Nimitz?

Too bad it's encased, you could have snuck a 1:72 hase valk on there.

[Dat Pinche Haro!]

i want to see a Promeheus or an ARMD and Ark Royal in 1/72

[Dat Pinche Haro!]

That's making me want to see a 1/70 Iowa-class.

Why did they have to name the U.S.N.'s most powerful battleship class after Iowa? Why couldn't they name it after a place no one wants to mess with, like Detroit, or Chicago?

Damnit, this bum didn't log himself out again!!! I sware this guy needs to get his internet back up.

Druna Skass

Edited February 3, 2004 by Dat Pinche Haro!

[007-vf1]

It reminds me of the air-carrier in the washington DC's museum but it isn't this big. I like the weathered details on the hull.

[91WhiskeyM6]

Wow!

[Isamu Atreides 86]

it would own to see some 1/72 VF-0 and 1's on the 'cats......

[David Hingtgen]

Dat Pinche Haro (or Druna Skass, whoever's account you're using)----

Battleships were named for states, cruisers for cities. And Chicago had 2 ships in WW2 alone, like 4 this century. Detroit---only 2 I can think of. And all were cruisers, as the naming procedure goes.

There were no "bad-a$$" states really left to use. New York was already in use, as was Texas and California.

Now, the unbuilt biggest battleships were to be Montana class. But the rest of the class were to be New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, and Louisiana. Not the largest, most awe-inspiring states.

Or in other words--it's pretty darn random. Nowadays it's pure politics (once congressmen found out how easy it was to re-name a ship, we started getting LOTS of sucky names, and out-of sequence ones--especially the new Virginia class, which everyone agrees should have been any of the other 49 states due to the OTHER Virginia still existing and recently being a front-line very famous class of ships)

[Druna Skass]

Dat Pinche Haro (or Druna Skass, whoever's account you're using)----

Battleships were named for states, cruisers for cities. And Chicago had 2 ships in WW2 alone, like 4 this century. Detroit---only 2 I can think of. And all were cruisers, as the naming procedure goes.

There were no "bad-a$$" states really left to use. New York was already in use, as was Texas and California.

Now, the unbuilt biggest battleships were to be Montana class. But the rest of the class were to be New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, and Louisiana. Not the largest, most awe-inspiring states.

Or in other words--it's pretty darn random. Nowadays it's pure politics (once congressmen found out how easy it was to re-name a ship, we started getting LOTS of sucky names, and out-of sequence ones--especially the new Virginia class, which everyone agrees should have been any of the other 49 states due to the OTHER Virginia still existing and recently being a front-line very famous class of ships)

Thanks for clearing that up.

[Capt_Bob]

Does anyone know off hand how big the Promeheus is compared to the Nimitz?

Too bad it's encased, you could have snuck a 1:72 hase valk on there.

The Prometheus Class carrier is 512 Metres in length, wheras the Nimitz class is 332.9 metres in length.

'Tis sad indeed. Man, someone should break in there and put a Valkyrie on that MoFo.

PS: Maybe the US Navy should name their ships after SF Vessels. I would not mind serving onboard the USS Macross or the USS Tiger's Claw.

Edited February 3, 2004 by Capt_Bob

[Druna Skass]

PS: Maybe the US Navy should name their ships after SF Vessels. I would not mind serving onboard the USS Macross or the USS Tiger's Claw.

Honestly I would hate to see the name Macross on a ship that couldn't blow away an entire fleet in one shot. Anything less wouldn't be doing the name justice.

[Southcross]

Does anyone know off hand how big the Promeheus is compared to the Nimitz?

Too bad it's encased, you could have snuck a 1:72 hase valk on there.

According to Nanashi the Prometheus is 512m long (rounding down, that 1500+ feet)

The www.navy.mil website lists the Nimitz at 1092 feet

I never realized just how freekin huge the Prometheus realy was.

[Warmaker]

Since USN BB's aren't in the picture anymore the SSBN's have taken their spot in the naming standards, i.e. USS Ohio. Just some random stuff.

[David Hingtgen]

And they screwed that up by naming the new attack subs Virginia class, about a day after the Virginia class (the other one) were decommissioned. Plus the Seawolf-class USS Connecticut. There should be some sort of 20+ year rule before reusing a name for a class. I mean, what if the next class of ships after the Nimitz is decommissioned was called Nimitz too? Gotta create a gap between classes. Feel free to reuse names all the time, just don't make 2 classes in a row. I mean, they could have just swapped some around, so the Virginia was 2nd, instead of the class leader. Then it wouldn't ever confuse/need clarification. It's not like the previous Virginia class is some old hulk no-one ever talks about, they're just one class back from our current front-line cruisers and served in Desert Storm.

Edited February 3, 2004 by David Hingtgen

[Gerwalker]

I remember an article in Fine Scale Modeler about the building of this monster.

Very nice indeed.

Thanks for posting those pics.

[F-ZeroOne]

i want to see a Promeheus or an ARMD and Ark Royal in 1/72

I have to ask - which Ark Royal...? Theres been more than a few...!

[Capt Hungry]

Fantastic looking model! I have seen a model of the USS Forrestal that is nearly that big.

Can you imagine the Prometheus in that scale?????

W00+!!!!!

[GreatMoose]

That museum is really cool. It's also HUGE (especially compared to the town! ) There's actually 3 museums, and they're all really good. I highly recommend them, if you're down in the Hill Country. Also, best wine I've ever had was made right there in Fredericksburg.

[Druna Skass]

And they screwed that up by naming the new attack subs Virginia class, about a day after the Virginia class (the other one) were decommissioned. Plus the Seawolf-class USS Connecticut. There should be some sort of 20+ year rule before reusing a name for a class. I mean, what if the next class of ships after the Nimitz is decommissioned was called Nimitz too? Gotta create a gap between classes. Feel free to reuse names all the time, just don't make 2 classes in a row. I mean, they could have just swapped some around, so the Virginia was 2nd, instead of the class leader. Then it wouldn't ever confuse/need clarification. It's not like the previous Virginia class is some old hulk no-one ever talks about, they're just one class back from our current front-line cruisers and served in Desert Storm.

Do you know how the Royal Navy names their ships?

[F-ZeroOne]

 

Do you know how the Royal Navy names their ships?

I don't know the origins of all Royal Navy ships - to use an example in this thread, I've no idea where Ark Royal comes from - but Royal Navy ships are prefixed "H.M.S." ( Her/His Majestys Ship ). The Royal Navy tends to name ships with classical or war-like names, though a number of modern vessels have been named after English towns or cities.

A number of RN warship names go way back - Ark Royal, again, is a name thats been carried through at least three centuries.

During World War I.I, British submarines sometimes took their theme from their class - the "U" class, for example, had names like Unseen.

A selection of Royal Navy ships throughout time include:

HMS Victory ( Nelsons flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar)

HMS Warspite ( famous old battleship from World War I that also saw through World War II as well )

HMS Hood ( one of perhaps the most ill-fated class of ships built - the "battlecruisers". Sometimes regarded as the most handsome warship ever built; unfortunately good looks did not help against the Bismarck...

Edit: various typos.

HMS Upholder ( the most successful of the "U" class submarines to operate from Malta )

HMS Dido ( anti-aircraft cruiser and popular with love-lorn pop listeners and white rap artists...! )

HMS Audacity ( a converted German merchant man; the first of the escort carriers designed to protect convoys in the Atlantic )

HMS Birmingham ( more modern vessel whose namesake cameos in Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory... )

HMS Ocean (modern amphibious landing support vessel; sometimes accused of being named by marketing consultants rather than tradition...! )

Edited February 3, 2004 by F-ZeroOne

[Lightning]

very, very nice ship. like some others have echoed though, who made that thing?