Old time member with a new name due to account issues and being gone for 4 years.
None the less i am back, and i have decided to take a step away from armor and such and try my hand at a ship.
I just got it tonight and already i am daunted…lol I also no next to nothing about ships so this is a learning exercise for me as well.
My current issue is that the prop shafts so not fit where they are supposed to because there is a ton of flash and im not entirely sure how to remove it without damaging the rear of the hull.
I just built that kit.I had to s;lightly enlarge the holes where the prop shafts go and file down the tabs that fit in the slots on the hull…Filing the parts down carefully ensures a sturdy fit.
that actually might be a real Chinese knockoff of the model as I don’t think revel in 1959 was outsourcing model manufacturing like they do now. i bought about 15 kits of that model to do kitbashes of the OBB’s & I think none of mine had that name & date on the side of them. on the 9 hulls(Texas, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, Mississippi, Colorado & Tennessee) that I’m working on, I’ve plated over that concave area of the stern to make it look more like the real ships. all new torpedo bulges are added or are being added that are hollow just like the real bulges were.
SciPunk, me too namewise. If you are inclined, theres a good photo etch set for that kit. Looking at your picture, those railings would best be ground off at this point, flush with where the deck will go.
I wonder if ANY plastic kits are actually made in the US today. I have the impression that virtually all of them are molded in either Japan, China, or South Korea.
I dunno about “dumb,” but it’s certainly not up to modern standards. In the late fifties, though, it represented the state of the art.
This ship hasn’t fared well in the hands of the plastic kit industry. As I understand it the only really good plastic Arizona is the 1/700 one from Dragon - and even it doesn’t match the quality of more recent Dragon releases. The various 1/350 ones all apparently have significant problems, and as I understand it even the 1/200 kit suffers from a significantly distorted hull.
I remember when the Revell one was first released. My older brother built one, and both of us were blown away by those little biplanes, the windows in the fighting tops, and all the kit’s other amazing details. (That initial release included a plea for money to help build the Arizona Memorial. Lots of people have gotten lots of pleasure from that kit, and I suspect thousands of them read books on Pearl Harbor as a result.
But turning it into a serious, detailed scale model would be a huge project. The Gold Medal photo-etched parts would be a big help.
i feel bad cause i am usually really stubborn but after clearing 40 years old, i am much more picky. I will finish it to finish it but im not gonna go crazy.
Sad part is i bought this to get back into the hobby, i am already looking at the Dragon kit with the carrier bomber , since its a premium it has pe with it.
