Trumpeter 1/200 U.S.S. Missouri Build

This will be fun to watch.....Cheers mark

Holy cow!!! That's alot of $$$$$$ going in there. 

Should be a very cool build.

BK

Will be a great project 

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I will be following this build. Looks very interesting.

That was quick !!

This should be fun to watch. How big is a 1/200 scale battleship?

HeavyArty

How big is a 1/200 scale battleship?

Large for many of them.  The 1/200 Missouri is about four and a half foot long, from memory.

Case dimensions are around 6' x 1.5' x 3'

A bit longer than a 1/48 U-boot, come to cases.

This ship is 54 inches from stem to stern.

Sorry for the lack of updates.  I've been working, but not very diligent on documenting what I have done.

I have some photos of the hull assembly which came with a whole set of issues I will describe in order to save someone else a lot of trouble.

The two halves of the bow were very easy to assemble and the seams were nearly invisible with just a bit of sanding.

The joining of the bow assembly to the main hull presented some issues.

Number one, I tried using thin cement in larger quantities.  Big mistake.  It would be better to use a thicker glue like the traditional Testors model glue.  This was simply too big of a join for thin cement.  What happened was that the hull would flex and trying to fill the gap and sand it smooth was nearly impossible.  Every time if would flex, the bondo would crack or it would create a new seam which needed more sanding.  This took needless hours.

Number two.  The thin cement created voids beneath the plastic, which eventually resulted in divots on the surface with all the excess sanding I had to do.  I needed to bondo these and fill it with CA glue to get it to hold up.

Number three.  The top line of the bow assembly and the remainder of the hull didn't match up perfectly when I clamped the two pieces together to achieve the tightest fit.  This was fixed with a bit of filing and sanding fairly easily though.

The brass rudders look really sharp, fit together very nicely and are extremely durable.

Here are some shots of the hull, fully assembled, pre and post priming.

As an aside, I am not a huge fan of the Vallejo primers. They gunged up my airbrush, spray on a little lumpy and tend to chip.

Here is the first coat of True Color Norfolk Anti-Fouling Red and some shots of the seams which were filled on the aft gun tubs.

Have popcorn, enjoying your build!

Keep up the good work its looking good.

We are off and running. Will enjoy watching your Build of her.....Cheers mark

If it helps any, here's Missouri's struts & shaft

Many folk have griped about the moulding of the bow "bulb"

And there may be plenty of reasons why that is the case

I've done this kit , and you look like your doing a better job already .