My First Ship WIP:Revel's Arizona Update* 3/31/11

I started Borodino with Tamiya Deck Tan.. Then I poured out the four or five brown colors I had in a dime sized spot and dipped a toothpick in one at a time. I used a steel ruler and "drew" the color on the deck along the with the pick like a pen, about two inches long.

Hey It's been a while since I posted an update but she's all done now!

It looks wonderful, Ryan. What stands out to me on an already excellent model is the great amount of care you put into being neat and clean in the build. The deck paint job is really first rate, a standout.

Those Seagulls need their bottom wings painted silver

Super!

She looks great!  That kit have always been a fun build.

One quick thing, did the kit come with a decal that was just the blue field with white stars?  If so that would be placed at in the bow vice the American Flag.  Build looks great!

Gregg,

I have built this kit a couple of times right out of the box and IMHO, it looked better with the plastic railings cut away.  I liked it better without them than with (needless to say, it looks better still with PE railings which are reasonable if purchased as generic railings which now as I type this, I realize are probably not available as generics in 1/426 scale, maybe 1/400 will look the part) but I found the split windows on the superstructure and the fighting tops to be the biggest challenge which in this example here were very nicely executed.  Double dittos on the deck, BTW and the new boot top looks much better.  Congrats on your first ship and I hope this is not your last.  Now I have to get started on my 1/200 Arizona which I am calling BIG A because you know your ship is big when your main lifeboats are over three inches long and your Kingfishers have a wingspan over two inches.  I may end up spending more time on the planes than I did on the whole ship my first time out way back in the days of yore.

Good luck and send pics.  I'll do the same when I figure out how.