Trimaran aircraft carrier.

[seadude]

An idea just came to me. Well.........sort of. Was thinking about this long ago, but then kinda forgot about it.
Anyway, I was thinking of creating a trimaran hulled aircraft carrier. Maybe buy a USS Independence LCS, use the hull from that, then slap on a Nimitz type carrier flight deck on top of the hull. I'm pretty sure I'd have to use a 1/350 scale LCS and a 1/700 scale carrier flight deck to make this work.
Anybody else got any other suggestions?

[pyro-manic]

There's a company who's name escapes me now that did a resin kit of a stealth carrier. I've seen one somewhere on this site, I'm sure. Possibly Thorvic, or maybe JoeP has one.

EDIT: There we go, it's by JAG. http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/ships/cv/cvx/700-jag/jag-review.html It's not a trimaran, but probably could (should?) be given the shape of the side flight decks.

An Independence hull would be a good starting point for a similar build, I think. Not sure how it would scale out, but definitely worth a look. There's also the old Revell 1:144 Sea Shadow kit that could be used, though it's a catamaran rather than a three-huller. An interesting reference might be the British "Global Cruiser" concepts from a few years ago.

[seadude]

There's a company who's name escapes me now that did a resin kit of a stealth carrier. I've seen one somewhere on this site, I'm sure. Possibly Thorvic, or maybe JoeP has one.

EDIT: There we go, it's by JAG. http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/ships/cv/cvx/700-jag/jag-review.html It's not a trimaran, but probably could (should?) be given the shape of the side flight decks.

An Independence hull would be a good starting point for a similar build, I think. Not sure how it would scale out, but definitely worth a look. There's also the old Revell 1:144 Sea Shadow kit that could be used, though it's a catamaran rather than a three-huller. An interesting reference might be the British "Global Cruiser" concepts from a few years ago.

I know about the JAG stealth carrier kit, but can't purchase it yet as I don't have the money. And if I do buy it, it'll be used for a my stealth display project which I talked about in a different thread in this forum.
I'd like to get a Sea Shadow, but it's difficult as the kit is out of production and almost impossible to get.

[proditor]

I've got the JAG kit and it is an absolute gem. That said, you'd need a rotary saw to turn it into a trimaran. 

Are you thinking about doing the oddly offset landing zone like the old AVPRO art?

[pyro-manic]

I'd like to get a Sea Shadow, but it's difficult as the kit is out of production and almost impossible to get.

There's one on Ebay in the US for $9 at the moment! Item no. 321591815582.