USS Missouri by reklein - Sterling - 1/192 Scale

[reklein]

There are some resin kits in there,for example some Westerfield kits. Most are ancient Ambroid,and LaBelle kits. A lot of Cambell structure kits. I'm trying to sell off a lot of these as I'm getting old and running out of time and also am too fickle to stick with them long enough to build them all. Thankyou all for the likes on my build.    Bill

[reklein]

Work continues laminating .020 styrene to balsa substructure. There were some lost parts so I just fabricated form styrene alone.

 

Edited December 11, 2021 by reklein
wrong photo

[CDW]

You know, I have seen these Sterling kits around for decades but never seen one built until now. Oh man, it's a lot of work from what I see you doing. You have my respect for tackling a project like this. I'll bet there were a'many of these kits bought and never started or finished. 

One of the things that kindled my interest in building scale models was when I was a very young lad, a friend of my dad gave me some large scale model warships he had built from wood. I could play with them without much danger of breaking anything. 

[reklein]

This kit was meant to be radio controlled so the fidelity to scale is a little crude. Kinda of what the Airplane guys called "standoff scale". Still it's fun to try and improve the kit. I have a PE kit by gold metal models. I'm not going to R/C it, I've got other projects to get to ,like a 1/200 Hood.

 

[reklein]

further progress on the Missouri. The second photo shows how I made the 5" mounts positionable.

[Tom_Bush]

any updates on this project!? i'm currently building the exact same kit and i would love to see how yours is doing

[mtaylor]

4 hours ago, Tom_Bush said:

any updates on this project!? i'm currently building the exact same kit and i would love to see how yours is doing

By all means, open your own log also.  We'd love to see it.   And do in an intro in the New Members Introduction area.

[reklein]

So I haven't been keeping up sorry. Heres a few new shots. Sorry about the inverted files I couldn't get em sized right. I can't post them from my phone Samsung A 50 and get em right and after an hour of foooling around with my computer,its upside down or nothing.

[lmagna]

54 minutes ago, reklein said:

its upside down or nothing.

That's pretty much the story of my life these days Bill, so what is a few more upside downs between friends?

 

The build is looking quite nice and starting to fil in a little on the foredeck. Gives an idea of what is to come.

Edited March 28, 2022 by lmagna

[mikegr]

Hope u don't mind I re uploaded them

[reklein]

Thankyou very much. I thought I had it figured out there for a while. I have done work since so I'll try some more.

 

[CDW]

It's been a while since last visiting. Wow, she is looking VERY nice indeed.

[reklein]

Here's another attempt, taken today. I see a couple things to fix. You all will have to guess. 

 

 

Edited by moderator.

 

 

Edited April 6, 2022 by Nirvana
Rotating pictures

[Old Collingwood]

 

[Old Collingwood]

Try using this photo uploader  Bill,    it  respects the  flip  you make to your pics  and  posts them the correct way round after you have flipped them.

 

OC.

 

https://postimages.org/

Edited March 29, 2022 by Old Collingwood

[Larry2022]

Was looking for Sterling USS Missouri builds and found this.  Have the large 1/192 sheet and have a 30 (?) page detail book that came with kit.   Just looked at more of your photos.  Looking good.  Spent a year building putting this nightmare together in early 70's.  Just finished a refit with a lot of high end parts.  (USS New Jersey,  late 1944 theme)   Left the single shaft for RC.  Found that 12V 550 with 1 3/4 race prop at 3/4 throttle makes a nice look.  Refit was expensive but now, setting above the fireplace, it was worth the work.    These kits are nearing a "collector status" now.       

[Larry2022]

A website call "Fine Art Models" has several professional photos of 1/192 scale Iowa Class.  Just in case, I never used the 2 Tom's Model Works brass railing for the raised bow.  (old style thick etch)  You can have if need an extra set.  I left the original pins and thread.       

[lmagna]

I think this is the first time I have seen the Sterling kit finished to this degree Bill. Most people give up on it long before this stage. The quality you have achieved is also quite impressive. 

[reklein]

Larry and Lou, thanks for the likes. Larry, Thanks for the offer on the photoetch ,but, I think I'll just stay with what I have. There seems to be plenty and I have bought a couple extra ladder  and railing sets. Plus I bought a 1/200 seaplane launcher and crane set with two OS2-Us that look pretty neat. At this stage of the build it just seems like there are 50 of everything to build and install. 50 floater baskets,50 20mm machine guns, 50 ammo lockers for the machine guns 50 various gun directors,etc.

[Larry2022]

Hoping you have recovered from gluing the 68 40mm gun barrels.  And the 50 of these and 50 of those.  I am assuming you stayed on schedule with the Missouri project.  The detail work you were putting into it was great.  All adds up to a fine looking ship and a great conversation piece.  I'm working on a couple of display cases now.  Sixty inch long pieces of plexiglass is almost a frustrating as 50 of these and those.  Will try to attach pic of BB-62 to this post.  I have little experience in using a blog or community website so I am guessing at getting it done right. 

[Ron Brook]

How well I know the complexity of this kit.  I started it as a junior in high school in 1967.  Then it went into moth balls and I finally got around to finishing it in the 1990's.  I built it to be a remote controlled model and I was not disappointed!  It really looks great on a nice calm lake.  Imagine, it's too big for my 40 x 15 swimming pool!  It wouldn't be enough room to turn it!  You look like you are doing a very good job.  My kit did not have the AA guns molded out of plastic.  I had to wrap black thread around 80 pins!  4 for each of the 20 gun mounts.  Enjoy your handy work!