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

Looks good.  The chipped paint can be fixed, stuff like that is going to happen occasionally.

Over the years I've gotten in the habit of priming almost anything.  Not only to promote better paint adhesion for the color coats, but also to help should any bad seams or other faults that need to be corrected.

The Revell Arizona was one of the first ship models I ever built, way back in the early 60's.  I've got another one in the stash along with some photoetch parts that I want to built again someday.

Mark

It's a little hard to gauge as the model hull doesn't have the prominent torpedo blister, as far as I can see. The waterline would be just below the top of that. Where you have the top looks pretty good to me. I also looked around a little for a stripe height, but since I'm no expert I don't have the books to read. My eyes though tell me the stripe looks about 6' high, maybe twice the height of the deck railings. That'd be about 1/8".

Your little Seagulls should have a silver lower wing, red tails and rudder, and a red cowling.

Your deck is looking very good! Keep the pics coming.

Do you mean the boot stripe is too high up or its too wide? or both?

Why I don't much care for Tamiya acrylics. Happens more than any other paint.

When I use it I start with their rattle can primer, which I use on all models anyways because it's really thin.

The challenge here is going to be how you mask around the damage to repair it.

I'd get the 3m tape that has the orange core and desticky it a bunch. Or use post-its, and mask nice and square because it will probably show, but may come off as plating. Also, your boot stripe is a little tall, no?

That's a bummer about the peeled paint. 

This is an oldie for sure. My friend built this guy a millenium ago. Pales a bit by today's standards. Look forward to seeing you bring her to life.

Ryan,

It is looking good so far. As far as the paint goes it could be several things. If the kit has any oils left from manufacture that could have contributed, or they may have not had enough time to cure, you could have used a tape that was a bit too sticky. I assume tht you are using acrylics, but could be wrong. I find it a lot more common with acrylics than with enamels. I usually prime if I know I am going to be doing a lot of masking when using acrylics or I let them cure for a while and use a tape that is not very sticky.