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TAMIYA 1/350 Enterprise converted into Macross anime Prometheus super carrier.

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seadude

It's been a bit too hot lately to fully continue working on my 1/350 Ticonderoga cruiser model, so I dug out some parts from a second TAMIYA 1/350 scale USS Enterprise CVN-65 carrier model kit and started to plan out a future project to be started maybe 2 years from now.
Anybody here remember and was a fan of, the old 1980's Japanese anime called Macross? Otherwise known as Robotech in the US. Anyway, one of the unique craft from that show was the gargantuan CVS-101 Prometheus aircraft carrier. According to various sources and references, it was HUGE! At least 512 meters (1,600+ feet) long. I'm a huge fan of the anime show and I have a spare TAMIYA Enterprise carrier model, so I'm thinking of possibly building a large carrier similar to the Prometheus. IT WON'T BE AN EXACT COPY, but I'm thinking more like a pre-Prometheus prototype version.
I've got a bunch of 1/700 scale aircraft carrier kits that I got when my best friend passed away and I was able to have his kit stash. I could use the 1/700 scale aircraft on the larger 1/350 scale flight deck. As for what other conversions, additions, and deletions to make to the TAMIYA kit, I don't know yet.
So if anybody has any questions, comments, advice, etc., etc. then feel free to post. A few pictures and/or links are below.

https://www.macross2.net/m3/sdfmacross/carrier-prometheus.htm

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Sounds like a great idea. In a similar vein, I have a 1/72 Destroid Monster on the go. I keep putting it off due to the sheer amount of prep it will need.
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