USS Arizona (BB-39)
1January 20, 2022BB-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.
2January 20, 2022BB-39 ballasted with 5-minute epoxy as foundation for mounting pedestal.
3January 20, 2022First few bits. Premium Edition kit includes turned brass barrels.
4January 20, 2022Temporary base is a simple poplar strip with beveled edges and sprayed in gloss black. Pedestal is lamp shade riser.
5January 20, 2022Upper-to-lower hull join is ok, but not great. Some filling needed.
6January 20, 2022Jig 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.
7January 20, 2022Once the assembly was aligned and immobilized in the jig, it was flooded with thin CA. Jig is .020" polystyrene stock.
8January 20, 2022Seeing mis-aligned elements on a build is a pet peeve of mine...
9January 20, 2022Securing fore and aft main decks. Quickie seam filling with stretched sprue.
10January 20, 2022I'm not going to bother making the seam disappear, I'll just pretend they're expansion joints...
11January 20, 2022130426 BB-39 First elements painted after priming.
12January 20, 2022130908 BB-39 01 level hand brushed (sand with flecks of grey)
13January 20, 2022130919 BB-39 boot topping from WM Black rattlecan.
14January 20, 2022130927 BB-39 gets her bottom painted
15January 20, 2022130927 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.
16January 20, 2022130927 BB-39 gets her bottom painted.
17January 20, 2022130927 BB-39 with her bottom painted - partial assembly.
18January 20, 2022Out for a night on the town with her big sister. (IPMS meeting)
19January 20, 2022131008 130927 BB-39 gets a main mast and Battleship Division One markings.
20January 20, 2022Replacement for the secondary battery pillboxes.
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22January 20, 2022Replacement for the secondary battery pillboxes. I had to extent the barrels to their full length, including the breech.
23January 20, 2022Installing the replacement 5"/51s. Not much will be visible.
24January 20, 2022Basic assembly. Time to upgrade some components.
25January 20, 2022Bow shot
26January 20, 2022Basic assembly. Time to upgrade some components.
27January 20, 2022Basic assembly. Time to upgrade some components.
28January 20, 2022BB-39 upgrades: Fwd Aircraft Catapult, A/C crane by GMM
29January 20, 2022BB-39 upgrades: Fwd Aircraft Catapult, A/C crane by GMM
30January 20, 2022BB-39 upgrades: Fwd Aircraft Catapult, A/C crane by GMM
31January 20, 2022BB-39 upgrades: Fwd Aircraft Catapult by GMM
32January 20, 2022BB-39 upgrades: Aft Aircraft Catapult, A/C crane by GMM
33January 20, 2022BB-39 upgrades: Fwd Aircraft Catapult by GMM
34January 20, 2022BB-39 upgrades: 5"/25 (in casemates)
35January 20, 2022BB-39 upgrades: Aft Aircraft Handling Crane by GMM
36January 20, 2022BB-39 upgrades: Aft Aircraft Handling Crane by GMM
37January 20, 2022150311 BB-39 upgrades: Aft Fighting Top from 3D Model Parts.
38January 20, 2022150316 BB-39 upgrades: Aft aircraft crane and catapult from GMM.
39January 20, 2022150316 BB-39 upgrades: Fwd aircraft catapult from GMM.
40January 20, 2022150311 BB-39 upgrades: Aft Fighting Top from 3D Model Parts.
41January 20, 2022150311 BB-39 upgrades: Aft Fighting Top from 3D Model Parts.
42January 20, 2022150311 BB-39 upgrades: Aft Fighting Top from 3D Model Parts.
43January 20, 2022151205 BB-39 upgrades: replacement AA direction station from 3D Model Parts.
44January 20, 2022151205 BB-39 upgrades: replacement AA direction station from 3D Model Parts.
45January 20, 2022151205 BB-39 upgrades: replacement AA direction station from 3D Model Parts.
46January 20, 2022151208 BB-39 upgrades: Fighting tops from 3D Model Parts with PE yardarms by GMM.
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66January 20, 2022BB-39 Fore Fighting Top
67January 20, 2022151212 Sneak Attack! 'Zona fell off the railing...
68January 20, 2022151212 Sneak Attack! 'Zona fell off the railing...
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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.
