USS Arizona (BB-39)
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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.
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BB-39 ballasted with 5-minute epoxy as foundation for mounting pedestal.
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First few bits. Premium Edition kit includes turned brass barrels.
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Temporary base is a simple poplar strip with beveled edges and sprayed in gloss black. Pedestal is lamp shade riser.
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Upper-to-lower hull join is ok, but not great. Some filling needed.
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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.
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Once the assembly was aligned and immobilized in the jig, it was flooded with thin CA. Jig is .020" polystyrene stock.
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Seeing mis-aligned elements on a build is a pet peeve of mine...
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Securing fore and aft main decks. Quickie seam filling with stretched sprue.
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I'm not going to bother making the seam disappear, I'll just pretend they're expansion joints...
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130426 BB-39 First elements painted after priming.
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130908 BB-39 01 level hand brushed (sand with flecks of grey)
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130919 BB-39 boot topping from WM Black rattlecan.
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130927 BB-39 gets her bottom painted
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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.
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130927 BB-39 gets her bottom painted.
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130927 BB-39 with her bottom painted - partial assembly.
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Out for a night on the town with her big sister. (IPMS meeting)
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131008 130927 BB-39 gets a main mast and Battleship Division One markings.
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Replacement for the secondary battery pillboxes.
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Replacement for the secondary battery pillboxes. I had to extent the barrels to their full length, including the breech.
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Installing the replacement 5"/51s. Not much will be visible.
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Basic assembly. Time to upgrade some components.
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Bow shot
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Basic assembly. Time to upgrade some components.
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Basic assembly. Time to upgrade some components.
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BB-39 upgrades: Fwd Aircraft Catapult, A/C crane by GMM
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BB-39 upgrades: Fwd Aircraft Catapult, A/C crane by GMM
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BB-39 upgrades: Fwd Aircraft Catapult, A/C crane by GMM
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BB-39 upgrades: Fwd Aircraft Catapult by GMM
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BB-39 upgrades: Aft Aircraft Catapult, A/C crane by GMM
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BB-39 upgrades: Fwd Aircraft Catapult by GMM
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BB-39 upgrades: 5"/25 (in casemates)
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BB-39 upgrades: Aft Aircraft Handling Crane by GMM
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BB-39 upgrades: Aft Aircraft Handling Crane by GMM
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150311 BB-39 upgrades: Aft Fighting Top from 3D Model Parts.
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150316 BB-39 upgrades: Aft aircraft crane and catapult from GMM.
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150316 BB-39 upgrades: Fwd aircraft catapult from GMM.
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150311 BB-39 upgrades: Aft Fighting Top from 3D Model Parts.
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150311 BB-39 upgrades: Aft Fighting Top from 3D Model Parts.
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150311 BB-39 upgrades: Aft Fighting Top from 3D Model Parts.
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151205 BB-39 upgrades: replacement AA direction station from 3D Model Parts.
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151205 BB-39 upgrades: replacement AA direction station from 3D Model Parts.
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151205 BB-39 upgrades: replacement AA direction station from 3D Model Parts.
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151208 BB-39 upgrades: Fighting tops from 3D Model Parts with PE yardarms by GMM.
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Lucy, Supervisor of Shipbuilding (SupShip).
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BB-39 OS2Us
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BB-39 OS2Us
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BB-39 Fore Fighting Top
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151212 Sneak Attack! 'Zona fell off the railing...
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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.