one for the ship chaps....

[BarryW]

Taken at Telford in the Airfix stand. I don’t think it’s about to be released but it looks good....

[papa 695]

I hope they do.
Hope you have a great day at Telford Barry, or are you there all weekend.

[PaulTRose]

well, its got more F35s than the real one :smiling5:

[boatman]

HI Barry just seen your telford pics of that Q/E with the F35 on an I must admit it looks a nice ship what was the scale ? an how big as it looks about 6ft long to me am I right or is it bigger ?
chris

[Ian M]

Airfix are asking opinions as to they should release it in 1/350 scale, so time to start spamming them.

[boatman]

Airfix are asking opinions as to they should release it in 1/350 scale, so time to start spamming them.

Well Ian I think it would be a very nice model in 1/350 for those that like a static kit but I would not buy it as all my dosh is goin into my tiger
chris

[Ian M]

Well Ian I think it would be a very nice model in 1/350 for those that like a static kit but I would not buy it as all my dosh is goin into my tiger
chris

Its the largest Airfix go to i'm afraid :-(

[boatman]

Its the largest Airfix go to i'm afraid :-(

YEA its sad Ian only 1/350 airfix do :sad:cor just think what it would be like in 1/144 scale proberly like the pic above as that looks about 1/144 scale like my Nimitz
chris ps just think as well of the price it would be wow

[BarryW]

YEA its sad Ian only 1/350 airfix do :sad:cor just think what it would be like in 1/144 scale proberly like the pic above as that looks about 1/144 scale like my Nimitz
chris ps just think as well of the price it would be wow

The model shown is 1/350. It is a large ship...

[boatman]

The model shown is 1/350. It is a large ship...

HI Barry you say its a 1/350th to me it looks to large for 1/350 how long was it approx. ? im not sayin you got it wrong at all
chris

[Ian M]

In 1/350 she would be 800cm
in 1/200 = 1400cm
In 1/72 = 3888,6cm
Or there abouts...

Airfix state on their facebook page that the model is 1/350 and was built by Dave Coventry.

[BarryW]

HI Barry you say its a 1/350th to me it looks to large for 1/350 how long was it approx. ? im not sayin you got it wrong at all
chris

There was a written explanation of how it was constructed. It said 1/350 and parts from the 1/350 T45 and Illustrious were used along with a lot of scratch building. I think it looks a bit bigger due to perspective.

[davecov]

I can confirm that it is 1/350 in scale. I must admit that in some pictures it looks about 30 feet long! Here it is the day it was completed, two days before handover to Airfix at Telford:


The Airfix parts mainly consist of the weapons, 4 Merlin helicopters and a few domes, in total less than 60 parts. Inside there is part of a Tamiya USS Enterprise hull for added rigidity. Almost everything else including all radar (apart from other aircraft and the props) has been scratchbuilt.

Dave

[boatman]

There was a written explanation of how it was constructed. It said 1/350 and parts from the 1/350 T45 and Illustrious were used along with a lot of scratch building. I think it looks a bit bigger due to perspective.

HI Barry I apologize about the size of that Q/E as im amazed at how small it is as I think you are right in the top pic it must be due to the angle perspective of the photo when taken as to me it looks a lot larger but when seen by the gent holding it I am bambozzeled as victor mildrew said( I DONT BELIVE IT ) LOL
Chris

[Ian M]

I can confirm that it is 1/350 in scale. I must admit that in some pictures it looks about 30 feet long! Here it is the day it was

First welcome to the forum and I hope we see a lot more from you.
Secondly well done on building the model. Very nice work and I hope that Airfix do bring it into their range.