do you have access to a heat gun or even a hand held hair dryer?
Ziggy, see if you can get ahold of Stillwell’s book about BB-39.
Mine unfortunately is in some box (I hope) out in the barn.
There’s a chapter about the salvage operation which went on for several years.
It includes your drawings and quite a few others plus a lot of photographs.
Zig;
Hey ? Why don’t you use a heat gun on those damaged areas .I believe it would look better .
I’ll be following.
This is something I’ve been wanting to do for years but just didn’t have the skillset at the time, now I just don’t have the time.
My dream is now to replcate her shortly after the attack prior to the masts and weckage removal.
Thanks for all the great advice and interest in my build. I have a plan, hope it works!
David, I printed the Polish/English copy on the Idaho. I can’t thank you enough. Totally awesome!
Mr Morrison, I would love to get a copy of the book you mentioned, the copies I found on-line are not very clear and the photos of the model in Pearl are mostly vacationer photos. I can use my imagination and see how she turns out.
I have put together a temporary mock up and will fine tune it later.
Thank you Model Monkey! I got the moorings yesterday and saw your note, thanks again. I ordered the memorial from Shapeways, however, have not received it yet.
Now much of an update, had to work this weekend (my turn), so just a photo.
Working on the Arizona Memorial. I have a photo I will be using as the size of the diorama, working on no 2 turret, mud lines on the hull and now have both the moorings and memorial.
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I ordered some 1/400 scale people from an architectual company, so I will have people on the memorial.
I have started on the destruction on the Arizona, I cut the hull sides and added styrene to hold the new forward deck and started modifying the rear deck.
This is going to be one interesting Build to watch. Like what you have done so far…Cheers mark
An excellent project! I like that you’re using the venerable Revell kit.
I remember seeing a similar project a few years ago, using the 1/720 Pennsylvania/Arizona kit to kitbash into the “Big Five”. I don’t remember if it was at Shipmodels or at some other forum. That’s a cool project you have going!
i have 13 out of 17 hulls being worked on plus 3 more still in their unopened boxes.
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Ziggy, I built one of these back in the 1980’s, exactly what you are doing. Remember that the forward turrets and their barbettes dropped vertically about 22 feet, so the back of turret two is sitting on the boat deck, but at the level of the main deck. The fore deck is not angled down, but also dropped vertically. This vertical drop is what dragged the superstructure and foremast forward, causing the collapse of that structure. The basic dividing line between major damage and minor damage is just aft of the stack. Also, you want to mark all of your salvage cuts and think about how deep they go so you can add layers underneath. Have Fun!!!
I just noticed; on your first post, last picture you have a red line going from the stern toward the bow, stating that they do not line up as an indicator of the bow separation. They are not supposed to line up, the bow (foredeck) is normally a level higher than the stern anyway. There is a big crack on the port side, from the armor belt down to below the mudline, but other than a multi-angle horizontal mis-allignment, the bow was not actually separated.
The hardest part of this build is determining which deck level you are dealing with at any particular point.
Not sure is another Arizona photo is helpful but the Washington DC Navy Yard has a beautiful 3D-printed model of the ship. It was based on Laser, Sonar and Photgraphic measurements. Model was Courtesy of Pete Kelsey.
Sorry I do not have a better profile view but you can see where the forwad half of the deck takes a decided drop. I do have some detailed shots of the deck from directly overhead if interested.
Brian, were the measurements for this model done during your tenure?
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That project was way after my work; I was involved in the original mapping and detail project. Now, if you look close at the areas that would be adjacent to the Memorial support pilings you see that the sonar picture gets confused so it looks like there is a big hole there. This is not the case. Also, the top of the turret two gunhouse looks like it is all chewed up. That also is not the case, as that effect is from the surface wave action. The top of the turret sides is undamaged (comparitively) and simply a long bolt flange.
I’m curious as to the approximate scale of the 3-D model. I am getting inspired to build another ‘as sunk, circa 1980’s’, but in 1/350. The big problem, in addition to the increased detail required, is expanding that two part hull. Should be interesting.
That 3D model was done in 2 sections of 18" each. 36" total. Guess that’ll be around 1/200 scale.
Thanks for the update. I have an email on the way to you.
Jim.
Edit: Link for Pete Kelsey about his 3D mapping for the Arizona: