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

[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

[scautomoton]

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.

[seadude]

So here's a few more pics of me just puttering around and playing with parts and stuff figuring out how I want to do this proposed future project.
Since the Prometheus carrier from Macross is like at least 2-3 times bigger than a standard Nimitz class carrier, Using my extra TAMIYA Enterprise carrier is the only way to go to build this gigantic beast. I originally started building this second Enterprise ages ago. But if I want to use it for my newer proposed project, I'm going to have to finish stripping off all the paint on the flight deck and all the gray on the sides of the hull as those colors are older Testor paints which no longer exist and which I no longer have or use.
The Prometheus carrier from Macross was designed to carry a lot of aircraft. At least around 150 VF-1A Valkyrie fighters plus other amounts of helicopters and other craft. As I said before, I've got aircraft from extra carrier kits that I got from my best friend's model stash. The F-14's will be used the most as those are the closest in appearence to the VF-1A Valkyrie fighters. But I might put other types of aircraft on the flight deck too like F-18's for example.
As for what types of armament this carrier has and the amounts, there are conflicting sources on that. So I'm just going to have to guess. Since I'm using 1/700 scale aircraft and armament on a larger 1/350 scale hull, I'm probably going to need a lot of defensive armament. But where they will all be placed as far as locations, I don't know. And how much I use, I don't know that either.

[Rick Lowe]

Using the smaller aircraft on the larger model is a good way to do it. 
They may not even need to make a cat launch, with the acreage available...

Check out whether there are any Macross-style aircraft and armament turrets printables online... worth a look.

[kerick]

You need a squadron of 1:700 B-52s!

[seadude]

Using the smaller aircraft on the larger model is a good way to do it. 
They may not even need to make a cat launch, with the acreage available...

Check out whether there are any Macross-style aircraft and armament turrets printables online... worth a look.

Yesterday, I went to a used toy/game shop looking for old Battletech RPG miniatures similar to the VF-1A Valkyrie battleoids in Macross. Sadly, I didn't see anything at the store.

You need a squadron of 1:700 B-52s!

Haha! Funny. Not going to happen. A B-52 needs at least 7,000+ feet or more of runway length to takeoff and/or land. The carrier would still be woefully too short.

[kerick]

The most powerful catapult ever!

[PR19_Kit]

Haha! Funny. Not going to happen. A B-52 needs at least 7,000+ feet or more of runway length to takeoff and/or land. The carrier would still be woefully too short.

But don't forget  a normal carrier would be doing 35 kts or so, and your monster-carrier could do much more, not to mention it'd have VERY long catapults................ 

[kerick]

Of course there would be the arresting gear situation. And a B-52 with a hook. Might have to go back into production to create a bomber with a redesigned structure to handle the stress. That would be an interesting whiff itself. A BUFF with a navy style paint job, launch bar and arresting hook. Not 1/700 scale. Maybe 1/144th.

[kerick]

Seriously, your super carrier idea sounds very tempting.

[Steel Penguin]

from ( 30 year old) memory you want the LAM versions of the Stinger, Wasp or  Phoenix hawk  ,  you specifically want the " unseen" versions from the late 80s and early to mid 90s, before the lawsuits got nasty 
the original metal ones i would imagine are tricky to get hold of, possibly not to scale and being white metal possibly corroded /  turned to dust.  they were produced by Ral Partha and later iron wind metals.  the newer ones are by catalyst ( i think)
You can probably get 3D printer versions, and then scale to fit.  the  providence of them may be variable depending on the originators site.

for the non VF-1A Valkyrie battleoids    the Rifle man is the 4 gun AA version,  the Archer is the one with the rectangular built into the shoulder  missile pods, , the Longbowman is the one with the 2 arm mounted tubular missile bins, and the warhammer is the one with the 2 arm mounted energy weapons and the missile launcher over one shoulder and the spotlight on the other.  With the Marauder being one of the enemy mechs

All bar the longbowman are in the 3025 tech readout,  my 94 reprint of the original still has the artwork , the Longbowman was in one supplement but i dont know which one , sorry. 

hope it helps.