trumpeter 1/200 BB-39

If you contact me on the back channel I will walk you through it .I am halfway through a build of this ship for a client and there many things in the instructions that are just plain wrong ! Contact me through this website any time   tankerbuilder

thank you, Jon. will definatley check it out! appreciate it.

appreciate the reply! first one was the tamiya 1/350  enterprise, wich turned into a complete disaster!!! 12 years later, i've repainted the flight deck 3 times, painted the hull 4......now that it's painted to me satisfaction, i get on it about a weekend a year with the PE set that the girl's got for me, big problem is, don;t matter how much tape or tweezers i have, imy hands shake too much..... so, after a day of putting on maybe 12-16 inches of rail on, i get frustrated and put it back up on the shelf, and cover it up for the next time!! not to mention, i have the full compliment of 96 trumpeter a/c to put together yet!!! i got in way over my abilities on that one, so i speculate if i never finish it b4 i retire, it'll be something nice to let my grandkids finiish(not too soon i hope!!!).

but, thru the years, i now have slightly less than moderate skills with white metal/PE/and resin, so my goal on -39 is to just build it OOB!  and see what happens....... as i said, i've many ?'s, but any guidance you could offer along the way would be greatly appreciated!!!

my only friend,Fermis, has helped me much on my aircraft/armor, even won third place this year with a Tiger I , i was sooooo happy!!! if you and anyone else could "hold my hand' thru this one, that would be awesome!!

thanks so much Leftie!!

Look at the websites Steel Navy.com, Model Shipwrights.com and Model Warships.com. Model Warships has a couple of threads that might interest you. One is about the Arizona listed in the Calling all Ship fans (CASF) section , look for 'At'em Arizona' or Unboxxing Arizona. There are also a couple of in progrees builds that  you can find in their 'Work in progress sections. Take a look around their website and I think most of your questions will be answered. Jon Ryckert

Humper,

       I've seen this kit built with no modifications and look quite impressive. I don't believe this kit can be built in a weekend, but if time is not an issue you'll enjoy the build. That said, I've had mine since last Dec. and I'm about half way done. I'm correcting a bunch of Trumpeter mistakes but I don't have the patience to correct them all.

     What was your first ship?

      Leftie