USS Idaho by SigEp Ziggy - HobbyBoss - 1/350 - PLASTIC - kit bashed from USS Arizona

[SigEp Ziggy]

In 2012, my family and I traveled from Post Falls to southern Idaho, about 450 mi (725 km). My oldest son, 14yrs at the time, was participating in a state wide football tournament. We did sight seeing, Craters of the Moon, the State Capitol, the Boise Zoo, but what I wanted to see was a military museum. The one we found was somewhat small, tanks and armor vehicles outside and military 'stuff' inside. 

What caught my eye was two model ships, USS Idaho BB-42 and the USS Boise CL-47!
I vowed to build both, however the only kits available were resin and way out of my price range, $350 and $225 respectively.
So, I said 'someday' and left it at that.

 

Fast forward to 2019, one of my fellow modelers suggested kit bashing the Arizona into the Idaho and he sent be some plans I believe are Russian printed in Polish/English!
And now Covid-19, you would think I could get a lot of modeling done with working from home for over a month now. Not the case, however, my wife did let me purchase the Hobby Boss 1/350 USS Arizona! Let the kit bash begin!

 

[SigEp Ziggy]

I need some working drawings, so I cut and taped together the plan drawings using a light box.

 

Next, I needed the correct size drawings, 117.5% did the trick.

 

Now I need to correct the main deck and adjust the hull.  I will use the line drawings shown here.

 

 

 

[ddp]

so what is the status of the model since i sent you the drawings?

[SigEp Ziggy]

I'll post an update shortly

[SigEp Ziggy]