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all very interesting Carl...........I bought a couple of butterflies from this company..........they were very hard to make.  I ruined the first one.......the second one is buried on my desk here ..........somewhere.   I showed it to the admiral......when I showed her how long 12 mm was,  she balked at it!  
 
I can just imagine what it would take to build it   

You could always do the arizona in metal

Fortynately we don't have too ...
 
You've been at it for over two months ... still not ready  

thanks for the birthday wishes........I had a great day yesterday,  in spite of the admiral's back problems resurfacing.   I had read that the trumpeter kit wasn't very good.......quite a few inaccuracies.  the budget director would never ok spending that kind of money on a plastic kit.......wood maybe     I do thank you though for wanting me to upgrade.....but I will continue with this kit......I think it needs me {Charlie Brown....good grief!}     I have read though that some of the 1:350 kits are pretty good..........perhaps I'll hunt one up.  I love Revell....I grew up with them .
 
I'm 62 Lou........how old does dirt have to be?  

You cab always get some 3D parts to enhance your build:
superstructure, funnel, main top
so much choice ... you do not need the larger scale anymore to get the detail

Belated happy birthday to you denis,  hope you had a cracking day  and some nicey prezzies.
 
OC.

Oh heavens yes, she would love that large scale so much more. 🤐

Good luck on your choices Denis and seconds on the Happy Birthday.
Are you older than dirt now, like me?
(Your listing says no, that you are still a young whippersnapper).

Happy Birthday, Denis !

I am sure, she would prefer that you start the Trumpeter kit in 1/200 scale, instead of these old Revel kits..... 😉
 
Yves

yea........they are vulnerable little critters,  aren't they?!?!?!      it's just my tendency to work from the bottom up.....it's a wonder I don't put the props on already!   who knows........the admiral didn't flip when I mentioned getting another Arizona kit.....so that might be in the making.  then I can start over and not have such a messed up deck line       we'll see what happens........
 
thanks for the kind comment......it's nice to see your following along.

For the moment, Mikasa is in dry dock. Our oldest daughter and her husband flew in from New Hampshire (from Popeye's hometown of Manchester) and we are having lots of fun spending time together and going places. Spent the day at Tarpon Springs today seeing the sites, then had a big family party tonight with cookout.
Let the good times roll. 

That it does !

It does leave a well remembered smell.

Not for decades, sir, but the mind remembers the smell.  

Playing with guns again, Mark ... Thought you were deep into  ship's boats ...   ... or are those the armed sloops  

Cordite does have a distinctive odor.  

Still a front seat reserved for The Flying Dutchman ... (the only one  ) You've been rather quiet of late ... garden, and house chores ...?

Maybe those destroyer sailors liked the smell of gun smoke, and/or burning powder ...

Thank you kindly pat.
 
OC.

Nice work OC; you are making some very good progress with this very nice model
 
cheers
 
Pat

Good evening all,   more positive progress today,  I have started work on the  main superstructuer signal deck,   this in itself needed some adjustments of the kit part,  the main area that puzzled me was a semi circuler cut out to the deck and rear bulwark (to my knowledge this cut out had no purpose),  so as I was going to plank the deck with the remnants from my wood deck,  I decided to cover it up completely (this tallies with the shipwrights model I follow).
First thing I needed to do was to cut into the decks two ladder hatchways,  this was done with drill pilot holes then shaped with my sharp scalpel, and fine sanding to get the corect shape.
So onto the decking sheet  -  first I had to cut the general shape out of the decking sheet and trim the edges,  then I took the backing off and placed it.
Then I turned my attention to the rear bulwark - this also had a gap in the middle, so I decided to place the flag lockers over this gap, and fill the other side gap with some pe strip.
 
Then I started work on the main searchlight platforms - for these I used two of my kit gun tubs, I turned them upside down and sanded away most of the hight leaving just a couple of mil, I then glued them onto the deck and set about fitting some railings.
 
Here is the current status with just two more smaller searchlight platforms to be made and stuck in the corners.
 
A few pics my friends as I am quite pleased with the scratching I have done.
 
OC.

Thank you kindly for that,  it is a real pleasure and relaxing and when things go to plan I still get that cheeky grin and feeling of  jubilation, and thing "wow I did that".
 
OC.