Can you make copies, then you can do both.

Quote from: philp on January 06, 2025, 07:16:14 PMCan you make copies, then you can do both.

You mean make extra copies of the Eagle landing leg parts that I'm robbing to use for my carrier? So that I can put the extra copies back in the box with the Eagle?
No can do. I don't own a 3D printer and don't know of anybody near me that has one.
Besides, I was thinking of turning my Eagle Transporter into something similar like the pic below. Might be cool. 

That would be very cool!  

Scratch build copies of the parts from the Eagle using plastic card if you have any.

This is about the best I can do for using those landing leg pod parts from the Space 1999 Eagle Transporter kit I have.
Only thing I can't do is add VLS missiles on the port side weapon sponson. I accidentally didn't make the sponson large enough.
But, I suppose it's better that way that I didn't. After all, the majority of current US Navy carriers don't have Seasparrow/ESSM launchers on the port side bow weapon sponson as I'm guessing it would interfere too much with aircraft being launched off the port side waist catapults.
Will I keep the VLS on the starboard side bow sponson? I don't know. It is, after all, a bit on the small side. But an 8-cell VLS with 4 ESSM missiles per cell for a total of 32 does pack more missiles/punch than a regular rotating 8 missile octuple launcher.

Now that the bow port and starboard weapon sponsons are done, I'm going to go back to Post # 284 on Page 19 of this thread and see if I can retackle adding a bulbous bow part to the front of my carrier model. Pic is below. This is one project where I need to get it "just right". I need to measure carefully and cut only where I need to ensure the new 3D printed part will fit. Although, I know nothing will ever be perfect and I'm sure I'll need a good heaping amount of putty and lots of sanding to make it all look right. 
Trumpeter came out with a 1/350 scale kit of the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier (in 1970's configuration) several years ago. Only the last 2-3 carriers of the US Navy's NIMITZ class have bulbous bows I think. The other 7 or so earlier Nimitz class carriers have the bow where it appears to be the same style/shape as what the USS Enterprise had, which of course is what the TAMIYA Enterprise carrier model has. I'm guessing the 3D-Wild company decided to make a bulbous bow part so that modelers could upgrade the Trumpeter Nimitz kit to reflect the newer upgraded Nimitz ships in the class.

So I made a cut at the bow of my Enterprise model about 1" inch long horizontal, and going vertical to where the Tamiya masking tape represents the black boot stripe. I tried to study real pics (Shown further below) of the bulbous bow on the Ford class carriers to get a sense of where my 3D-Wild printed bulbous bow part will go on the front of the hull. The positioning is close, but not perfect.
So other than the normal PSR (Putty, Sand, Repeat) advice people can give me, Is there anything else people can offer for suggestions and advice so I can make this work? At least, I'm hoping adding this 3D part will work. If not, I'm screwed. 

It's close, but remember it's a Whiff, so it's as correct as YOU say it is. 

It's going to be several days or a week or slightly longer before I finish the bulbous bow on the front of my model and show pictures.
Until then, please be patient.
Here's a checklist of other things I still have to do for this model:

Need to buy and add photoetch flight deck edge safety nets.
Display case and base made.
New flight deck tractors?
Paint and add various aircraft for carrier. Still need to buy at least 6 more F/A-18F aircraft and 6 MQ-25 unmanned refueling drone aircraft.
Add four arresting wires on flight deck.
Finish detailing and adding weapons to port and starboard weapon sponsons.
Continue to paint lower hull gray above black boot stripe, and anti-fouling blue below black boot stripe as time moves along.
Fix the flight deck area where the island superstructure sits as the island does not sit "level" on the flight deck.
Add white flight deck edge "bumpers" which prevent aircraft from going over the edge of the flight deck.
Paint flight deck. (But not until Spring 2025 sometime.)
Add decals to ship.
Add miscellaneous details like bomb jettison ramps, chaff/flare launchers, refueling hose reels, anchors, flight deck edge antennas, and other small details.

Have you worked with automotive bondo?  Can work great for larger/thicker areas than regular putty.   

Quote from: sandiego89 on January 20, 2025, 06:04:57 PMHave you worked with automotive bondo?  Can work great for larger/thicker areas than regular putty.   

I've used Bondo brand automotive putty in the past. But not anymore. That stuff stinks like hell.    And I've found it (sometimes) to be a bit too "liquidy" when it comes out of the tube and it has created a mess for me. I'm not using it ever again unless I absolutely have to...........which will be very rarely.
So for right now, I'm temporarily using Squadron Green Putty for holes and gaps, etc.
 

Still working on the bulbous bow. Putty, Sand, Repeat, Putty, Sand, Repeat, etc., etc., etc. 
Here's a few pics. Some might be "slightly" blurry. Sorry about that.
The yellow TAMIYA tape denotes the place of the black boot stripe on the hull.

Quote from: seadude on January 26, 2025, 04:00:30 PMPutty, Sand, Repeat, Putty, Sand, Repeat, etc., etc., etc. 

The mantra of the What If modeller.  

It's getting there 

looks like its going in the right direction to me. 
please keep at it, im enjoying the build, ( and making notes for when i tack a ship my self)