USS Enterprise CVN-65 || 1:1 Scale

Hi guys, I'm back after a long hiatus to bring you my most ambitious and largest project to date- a 1:1 scale USS Enterprise CVN-65 in minecraft.

This ship was built primarily to resemble Gabriel Sunaryi's 1:72 scale model of the USS Enterprise CVN-65 and Air-Wing 11 on its 1989 cruise, with a visiting US Marine Corps F/A-18 squadron, also represented in this build.


This project took me a long time to build, many hours a day for at least a month straight, and I had many people help me along with it whom I could not have done it without! I will try to list all of them that I can remember in the credits, If I miss anyone please tell me!

I strongly recommend using this build in the 1.8 and onward releases.

I also strongly reccommend using this texture pack that I have compiled from many different texture packs, the base pack being MCEndhnced 1.7.9+:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/c0722w44pwvb7ii/Minecraft+Enhanced+v1.7.9%2B+128x.zip


It is 1:1 scale, but with some of the bits and pieces of small detail like platforms and antennas, its a few blocks longer or wider than 1:1, but without counting those she is 1:1 scale.

IRL her dimensions are: 342m x 79m x 12m (<-draft) (LxWxH)

In Minecraft with all the details and bits sticking out: 349m x 95m x 83m (LxWxH)

Thanks to all these awesome peoples down below for their help and inspiration, wether it be indirect or direct, (or for one of their designs) they still helped in some way, shape, or form!

If anyone wants to make better renders for me then feel free to PM me with them, because mine are terrible because I'm lazy, they take a long time to do, and my PC needs a rest.

One last thing, beware that some of the small details (namely redstone components) like levers and droppers may be in the wrong orientation upon rotating the schematic if you do do that. Also, even if you download the world file, some of the item frames may be deleted, so if this happens just know that I warned you. :P