USS Arizona by Kenneth Powell - Revell - 1:426 - PLASTIC

[Kenneth Powell]

Hello Everyone -

This is the first plastic ship I've attempted in many years. As a kid we used to build all the old kits including Revell, Monogram, Lindburg Line, and of course Pyro.

My son gave this to me for Christmas and I'm going to jump right on it.

Cool box

Everything in a sealed bag

The hull halves were a little tricky to align. It took a lot of trimming

 

So I used contour puddy

The copyright stamp is not exactly subtle

Small parts getting spray painted - guns

I had hoped to leave the gray color of the kit, but removing the parts from the 'trees' and trimming left marks, so I used Testers gray spray paint.

Parts assembled after spray painting

Decent detail: deck planking, guns, and even right hand and left hand propellers

I taped the hull for the bottom paint and the deck for the gray. I will spray paint the 2 deck pieces then paint the wooden decking by brush.

I would just spray the entire thing but I don't want paint accumulation to cover the detail.

 

Thanks for looking in and comments welcome - Kenneth

[ddp]

i'm doing 1 too but correcting the hull 1st.

the kit is actually 1/429 scale not 1/426 scale as the box says.

Edited January 7 by ddp

[yvesvidal]

These old Revell kits are probably among the most difficult to assemble correctly. I have done a few and must say that.

 

You are doing a terrific job with your Arizona and it will pay off later on. After doing such an old Revell kit, any modern Trumpeter kit will be a breeze in comparison.

 

Yes, the art on the boxes is just wonderful and I know a few people who just collect the boxes for their artworks, knowing that they will never touch the plastic parts inside.

 

Yves

[ccoyle]

This old box-scale kit is one of the earliest kits I can remember building as a kid of probably 7 or 8 years old. I definitely wasn't concerned with kit accuracy or super-detailing at that age!

[DocRob]

Nice work with this classic. A while ago, I built the 1/350 USS Arizona from Hobby Boss. Wouldn´t it have been the Eduard boxing with tons of PE and 3D printed parts, I would have binned the kit, because the quality was absolutely terrible. I have no idea, how it compares to your Revell kit, but I can imagine the load of work necessary. 

Cheers Rob