Revell 1/426 USS Arizona build challenges.

Thanks. It’s Tamyia Medium blue. Their Sea Blue was too dark. Although I did use it on the planes and anchors.

The screws were painted with a the Folkart bronze acrylic. I picked it up years ago for the original Star Trek Enterprise’s deflector dish. Hobby Lobby sells it. Although it would have gone on easier if I had primed them first.

The Arizona had Kingfishers in 1941. No one sells aftermarket models of them in that odd scale.So made the Gulls singlenwing to approximate the Kingfishers.

I think it would be safest to glue her to the stand.

Hi;

Yeah , the Medium Sea Blue is dark , isn't it . I applaud you on a job Well Done !

Well the screws are attached. The kit stands painted with grey primer and glued and screwed to the wood stand. Mike Holmes would be proud. The Arizona is tacked to the stands with a few drops of super glue. Thanks to Imagna for pointing out that Revell’s instructions have the turret plane mounted backwards on the catapult. I flipped it around. But need to decal, rig and clear coat. Forgot to get beeswax. So I’ll continue working on this tomorrow.

 

 

Finished. Messed up a few decals. Oh well. Should I go over with a dull coat?

https://flic.kr/p/2bmqQBS

Glenn, are you Canadian or American because you mentioned Mike Holmes? your stern deck catapault is too high as you have it clearing the top of the deck railing when it sits below the top of that same railing. http://navsource.org/archives/01/039/013939q.jpg

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Glenn, are you Canadian or American because you mentioned Mike Holmes? your stern deck catapault is too high as you have it clearing the top of the deck railing when it sits below the top of that same railing. http://navsource.org/archives/01/039/013939q.jpg

 

No, I’m not Canadian. But I enjoy watching his shows. He makes home renovations look so easy. And I like how he wants it done right.

Thanks for the info on the stern catapult. I’ll see what I can do. I did not want to fit. And I didn’t want to force it.

What are often called "railings" on the No.1 deck of a major ship are in fact stanchions and cables that are struck when the ship is going to fire it's guns. 

In the case of the stern catapult, it should be hunkered down on the deck and since the "railings" are up, squared away fore and aft.

I would also say that you should get rid of those horrible girder stand things.

Putting the ship flat on the base would be an improvement. 

Another possibility at this point, and easy to do, is the so called "dry dock" display.

It is in no way even close to accurate, but it looks pretty good. Get a bunch of 1/4" x 1/4" strips of wood and cut them all to length slightly shorter than the width of your base. Glue them down 1/4" apart using extra pieces as spacers.

Glue the ship on those.

Hi,

Your build turned out great.  I have a copy of this old kit in my stash, and can only hope mine turns out a fraction of how nice yours looks