I see several kits and pics of modern-ish aircraft carriers that have many antennae-like things around the flight deck. Sometimes theyre up and other times theyre down.
I assume that’s what they are and that’s what they do. But I’m working on a Charles de Gaulle and want it to be accurate. Any tips on antennae position, length and thickness. I said antennae! 
Thx-
Looking at photos from google images CdG seems to have 4 antennae in two pairs. They are horizontal except when the ship is against a pier.
They seem to even be sown while UnRep (Underway Relenishment), which is odd, since you are letting a collision hazard get to 200’ of your hull (you really do not want people inside your own turning radius, which, for a carrier is probably 1500 yards).
Fine wire is likely going to be your friend, for being a bit more repeatable than stretched sprue for the length required (from the images, the things are as long as a Mirage). Against that, the prototype antennae are tapered, and visibly so at scale model distances.
Hi ;
I have gotten to the deck on my CdG and I am going to be using piano wire for those selfsame antennas . They are usually up except during flight ops . To my knowledge they should NEVER be down during UnRep !
Unless it’s a vertical type ( Helo ) on a smaller ship ( cruiser , destroyer . During which they would be down so as not to pose a danger to the helos ) T.B.
Would concur, except:
et aussi:
c’est esci, like cat whiskers.
Only photos on google images of them up are pier or quay side.
Ainsi:
Go figure.
Yeah ;
Hmm. Go figure ?
Great reference shots. Got any more of the lower exterior perimeter or the island?
The dots that cover major sections of the deck, are they tie-down holding pts?
I may have to leave them off the build.
They are some sort of antenna. While flight operations are going on they are lowered. I’ve built quite a few 1/700 and 1/720 scale CV(N) and I’ve noticed that the number of antenna have decreased since the 1950s. I’m not sure what they are for. I used to think they were radio antenna for communicating with aircraft, but they might also be related to ECM.
Probably so.
Really too tiny to paint at 1/350; decaling might be the answer.
At 1/700, probably not worth fucssing over.
Bunch of good photos, just go to google>images> and enter “charles de gaulle carrier deck”
Sometimews you need to give some thought to what a repeated pattern will do or not do to a model. It can become "all about the dots’.