Hey Steve, I will be watching. Looks like an interesting build.
Good luck Mate.
I don’t usually use AK Interactive paints, but this set seems to fulfill my naval paint requirements.
https://ak-interactive.com/product/us-navy-camouflages/
I’ve considered purchasing this set as well.
https://ak-interactive.com/product/us-navy-camouflage-vol-2/
I like the fact that they are labeled with the historic Naval specs (such as 5-N Navy Blue and the like). They are fairly easy to use. They can be airbrushed straight from the bottle, or painted by brush. Tamiya is my go-to brand, but I find it easier to use these paints instead of trying to match shades.
I should mention the downsides. They’re expensive. Their coverage ability requires multiple coats.
thank’s for the well wish’s guy’s .
GM , I found a PE fret for this model and ordered it , from eduard , also am going to get some tamiya XF9 hull red .
michael , sorry about the victory I will going back to it , but needed a rest , as I was nearly 2 years on what I had done .
baxter , cheer’s mate , what have you been up to lately ?
stik , thank’s for the photo mate , think I am going to need a bit more info from you in the future mate .
TB , will have a look at adding a couple of drop’s of white , thank’s
nino , forgot to thank you for the colour choice’s , cheer’s mate
ridleusmc , will look into those colour’s as well my friend .
Steve, I’ll be happy to help, however I can.
One suggestion, if you’re going to use Tamiya Hull Red, that is actually the IJN shade and is darker and more brown than the USN shade Get yourself some Tamiya Flat Red to add and lighten it up to the USN color.
I remember reading that Banner derived its kit from Revell’s. The engineering certainly suggests it, especially in the way the decks are assembled with the horizontal seams. I’ll find the article again and link it back here.
As for building a Pennsy, I want her in her pre-war configuration, mid-Thirties. That’s why I picked up the HobbyBoss 1/700 kit. That, and that it was cheap, ten bucks.
I remember reading that. There were other tells, I think the A/B turret spacing was comparably wrong on both.
I have the 1/350 Arizona in the stash. Looked it over and it reminded me strongly of the old Revell kit, and relatively uncomplicated.
nino , I take it you mean these turret’s and no1 is forward most , do you know why no 3 was left grey ? is tamiya XF 7 ok for the red . ?
The turret tops were division colors and what position she was in the division. Made it easier to identify from the spotter aircraft.
I believe #3 was not painted because of the cat on top of it.
love it goldhammer
Absolutely right! Division colors to be seen from the Air. Those turret top colors disappeared pretty quick though. No sense telling your foe what ship they are bombing.
Germans used similar turret top coloring throughout the war too. Different colors at different times on the turret tops. I understand the Germans painted over them once at sea and away from “friendly” aircraft. Swastika on bow also covered over when at sea: ID’ing a ship too easy and what a nice aiming point. Check on Bismarck, Scharnhorst, and Gneisenau History and various Ship Forums for some interesting write-ups.
Turret Three did matter. No “Color” on any BB.
Those colors:
Some really GOOD STUFF…
Arizona Plans courtesy of TracyWhite:
http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/BB39/BOGP/
Great rigging examples.
Thank You Tracy!
Jim.
thank’s nino , that will come in handy mate . well so much for out of the box .!
found the wood deck at a great price so I thought why not . then I thought a bit of PE can’t hurt . I thought I was only getting I sheet , so surprised to see this lot and I’m getting worried , so then I had get the metal barrels and pedestals , this couple of weeks build has suddenly turned into about a 6 month build sssheesh .
as a side note my LHS , said MM musn’t be making sea blue anymore . no corresponding number here in aust . so I got some dark sea blue instead and will lighten it with some flat white , see what happens .
Steve those accessories are going to add so much to the finished look, time to roll up the sleeves there mate!, cheers.
Michael D.
Steve, I have this kit as well. I will be watching your build with a personal interest. I, like, you, have already purchased the wood deck and numerous PE as well as barrels. Your efforts will be a great opportunity for me to learn through proxy what it is all about.
[::DD0] Popping the popcorn and sitting on this one…
Ben
No not 6 months, a bit more. 235 days till & December 7. There’s a date you can shoot for.
I think that’s more PE than I have bought in the entire last year. Fortunately it’s 1/350 so you have a better chance of finding it in the carpet.
That 5-N and 5-S were pretty dark. I think most folks who used 5-N out of the bottle found it to be too dark for the scale. I know TankerBuilder and I both knocked models to the floor when that Camo color (& 20-B on the deck), hid our respective models during a simple reach across the desk. Yep, Camouflaged. Go with Lighter as you mentioned.
How is the Stern hull at the area near the Props? Is it a bit concave? I do not have the kit but I understand it is somewhat of a copy of Revells Original Arizona and it did have that 1 major hull error.
Jim
Steve- you seem to suffer the same afflliction as the rest of us…can’t leave well enough alone.[:$]
All the goodies will add to her, good on ya!
As an aside take a look back out on the gallery page…a beautiful rendition of the Trumpy 1/200 in a store in Arizona.
Nino- Remembered seeing that division chart before. Thanks for pulling it out of the files.
That sure does hit home. [:S] Speaking of me, I mean.
Steve, I’ll be keeping an eye on this too, been decades since building a ship, let alone a warship.
Steve,
I’m pulling up a chair on this one. Just my two cents, but I’ve been using ColourCoat paints more and more lately. Granted, it’s more cleanup but there’s something really satisfying about using enamels again, at least for me.
The other thing I really like is that I’m not trying to match colors with the different brands. After 35 years of creating and matching colors, I must be getting lazy in my old age.
As I said, just my two cents bud.
Steve
Steve I am anxious to watch your Arizona. You are a great builder, one of the best. Watch using any MM where you have to mask. Nearly every time I have used it , it has peeled off with the masking tape. They have great colors, but I have about stopped using it as it not only peels, but dries in the bottle fast & clogs my airbrush. I love Tamiya & have no problem with it.
I thin my Tamiya with denatured alcohol & it works way better than Tamiyas thinner. I have been doing that for years. With the black boot stripe , you have to mask. I often don;t prime Tamiya.
I am too old to change paints because there is a learning process.
Off the subject, I am reading Shinano, bythe Archerfish’s Captain, Joe Enright. It is about the US sub that sank the Jap 70,000 ton carrier Shinano. Anyone with any interest in WW2 & subs would really enjoy it. I got it for $10 shipped on ebay. The Japs had turned the Yamato’s sister ship into a carrier.