Water Line Series No. 611 U.S. Navy Battleship USS North Carolina BB-55 (1944)

cphinney
After getting back into the hobby after 30+ years I chose a handful of "Basic" kits to build to get back in the feel of things. The first three I built were all 1/700, the Tamiya USS Hornet CV-8, Aoshima USS North Carolina BB-55, and Hasegawa USS Alabama BB-60. I will leave comments on all of them.

Of those three kits the Aoshima was by far the more user friendly and I really look forward to also building the sister ship I purchased at the same time also by Aoshima, the USS Washington BB-56, which I assume is basically the same kit. Parts in this kit fit well and I didn't have to battle with it. Little things like the AA guns had holes placed for them (unlike the Hasegawa USS Alabama) so they were about as easy as you can hope for. I strongly recommend this kit for modelers wanting to get into the 1/700 scale world.