USS Arizona (BB-39) Voir: Diaporama Mosaïque Liste 1 January 20, 2022
BB-39 in 1/700 by Dragon (premium edition). Hotel room project while "stuck" in Honolulu for three weeks. Seemed like a fitting subject for a visit to Pearl.
2 January 20, 2022
BB-39 ballasted with 5-minute epoxy as foundation for mounting pedestal.
3 January 20, 2022
First few bits. Premium Edition kit includes turned brass barrels.
4 January 20, 2022
Temporary base is a simple poplar strip with beveled edges and sprayed in gloss black. Pedestal is lamp shade riser.
5 January 20, 2022
Upper-to-lower hull join is ok, but not great. Some filling needed.
6 January 20, 2022
Jig to ensure barrel alignment. Even the plastic barrels come as independent parts which must be assembled just so. Note that BB-38 class main battery guns were mounted on a single slide in each turret, so they were not capable of independent elevation.
7 January 20, 2022
Once the assembly was aligned and immobilized in the jig, it was flooded with thin CA. Jig is .020" polystyrene stock.
8 January 20, 2022
Seeing mis-aligned elements on a build is a pet peeve of mine...
9 January 20, 2022
Securing fore and aft main decks. Quickie seam filling with stretched sprue.
10 January 20, 2022
I'm not going to bother making the seam disappear, I'll just pretend they're expansion joints...
11 January 20, 2022
130426 BB-39 First elements painted after priming.
12 January 20, 2022
130908 BB-39 01 level hand brushed (sand with flecks of grey)
13 January 20, 2022
130919 BB-39 boot topping from WM Black rattlecan.
14 January 20, 2022
130927 BB-39 gets her bottom painted
15 January 20, 2022
130927 BB-39 gets her bottom painted. Note two layers of tape: one strip of clear tape to delineate the width of the boot topping, followed by blue painter's tape.
16 January 20, 2022
130927 BB-39 gets her bottom painted.
17 January 20, 2022
130927 BB-39 with her bottom painted - partial assembly.
18 January 20, 2022
Out for a night on the town with her big sister. (IPMS meeting)
19 January 20, 2022
131008 130927 BB-39 gets a main mast and Battleship Division One markings.
20 January 20, 2022
Replacement for the secondary battery pillboxes.
21 22 January 20, 2022
Replacement for the secondary battery pillboxes. I had to extent the barrels to their full length, including the breech.
23 January 20, 2022
Installing the replacement 5"/51s. Not much will be visible.
24 January 20, 2022
Basic assembly. Time to upgrade some components.
25 26 January 20, 2022
Basic assembly. Time to upgrade some components.
27 January 20, 2022
Basic assembly. Time to upgrade some components.
28 January 20, 2022
BB-39 upgrades: Fwd Aircraft Catapult, A/C crane by GMM
29 January 20, 2022
BB-39 upgrades: Fwd Aircraft Catapult, A/C crane by GMM
30 January 20, 2022
BB-39 upgrades: Fwd Aircraft Catapult, A/C crane by GMM
31 January 20, 2022
BB-39 upgrades: Fwd Aircraft Catapult by GMM
32 January 20, 2022
BB-39 upgrades: Aft Aircraft Catapult, A/C crane by GMM
33 January 20, 2022
BB-39 upgrades: Fwd Aircraft Catapult by GMM
34 January 20, 2022
BB-39 upgrades: 5"/25 (in casemates)
35 January 20, 2022
BB-39 upgrades: Aft Aircraft Handling Crane by GMM
36 January 20, 2022
BB-39 upgrades: Aft Aircraft Handling Crane by GMM
37 January 20, 2022
150311 BB-39 upgrades: Aft Fighting Top from 3D Model Parts.
38 January 20, 2022
150316 BB-39 upgrades: Aft aircraft crane and catapult from GMM.
39 January 20, 2022
150316 BB-39 upgrades: Fwd aircraft catapult from GMM.
40 January 20, 2022
150311 BB-39 upgrades: Aft Fighting Top from 3D Model Parts.
41 January 20, 2022
150311 BB-39 upgrades: Aft Fighting Top from 3D Model Parts.
42 January 20, 2022
150311 BB-39 upgrades: Aft Fighting Top from 3D Model Parts.
43 January 20, 2022
151205 BB-39 upgrades: replacement AA direction station from 3D Model Parts.
44 January 20, 2022
151205 BB-39 upgrades: replacement AA direction station from 3D Model Parts.
45 January 20, 2022
151205 BB-39 upgrades: replacement AA direction station from 3D Model Parts.
46 January 20, 2022
151208 BB-39 upgrades: Fighting tops from 3D Model Parts with PE yardarms by GMM.
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Lucy, Supervisor of Shipbuilding (SupShip).
60 61 62 63 64 January 20, 2022
BB-39 OS2Us
65 January 20, 2022
BB-39 OS2Us
66 January 20, 2022
BB-39 Fore Fighting Top
67 January 20, 2022
151212 Sneak Attack! 'Zona fell off the railing...
68 January 20, 2022
151212 Sneak Attack! 'Zona fell off the railing...
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Album info USS Arizona (BB-39) c. December 1941
Dragon kit in 1/700 scale; PE by Gold Medal Models and 5"/51 barrels by Master Models.
Paint is MM Acryl 5-O Ocean Blue.
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