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The Arizona 1/200. Trumpeter.

Well this has thrown a spanner in the works !

I noticed when unpacking my 3D printed upgrade parts, that there was a sticky residue over everything. When I started to remove the ships funnel from the sprue, I had liquid resin pour out from the base of the part. What a horrible mess.

i have contacted the vendor about this, so we shall see what happens.

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if hollow & sealed then drain holes should have been made in the funnel's base with vents in the grill at the funnel's top. so any other 3d printed object that do not have those holes will most likely have some liquid resin in it/them. parts are most likely salvage able but will wait till you hear back from the vendor.
 
Good news. The vendor that sold me the 3d printed upgrade parts has agreed to replace the ships funnel with another one. Although I could probably have salvaged the original piece, I was not keen on cleaning up the sticky mess.

Been at the workbench today. Assembled 3 cranes, and multiple guns. I am very pleased with the fine detail of the parts, but my photography skills are rather average.


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suggest to the vendor to put drain & vent holes in the funnel so not to have a repeat. do not throw the current 3d funnel away as can be a spare & the stickiness can be removed.
check your 2 different guns dimensions with these pictures.

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Hello friends,
A small update on my build. I have assembled the turrets with metal barrels and the aftermarket 3d printed blast bags. I added some photoetch ladders as well. I have to say, the fitment of the blast bags was terrible. I had considerable difficulties with them. I had to trim and file them to fit the turrets. I do think they are superior looking to the kit supplied blast bags.

In addition, I assembled the aftermarket 3d printed floatplane. This is rather puzzling as I only received one plane and one catapult. Looks like the plane is a Sc 1 seagull floatplane, not like the kit supplied kingfisher planes.

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the ship had 2 catapults, 1 ontop of turret 3 & 1 on the main deck between turret 4 & the stern airplane crane so which catapult is the 3d version? does the model kit come with 2 catapults & 2 kingfisher aircraft & if so can you post pictures of them?
 
David,
yes the kit comes with 2 floatplanes and 2 catapults. My aftermarket 3d printed set only comes with 1 plane and 1 catapult. I have contacted the vendor of the printed parts and asked for another plane and catapult.
Here’s a photo of Trumpeters kit supplied Kingfisher plane still on the spruce. It’s clear plastic.

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the 3d printed catapult, i presume it is the deck version not turret version?
 
Ahoy shipmates,
I have had a productive weekend on my Arizona build. I have assembled some of the superstructure and fitted anchor chains and fittings.
I have decided not to go with red turret tops, as I prefer the look of the battleship colour scheme around 1939 circa. I am using haze grey for surfaces above the waterline.

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if you are going to do around the 1939 time period, then you have some issues.
1: wrong aircraft as would have biplanes as in Seagulls not monoplanes Kingfishers.
2: no quad 1.1" gun tubs installed.
3: no splinter shields around the 5" aa guns.
4: no birdbath ontop of the mainmast
5: turret tops 2 & 4 are painted a different color compared to rest of ship.
6: the 2 Mk.19 directors on the foremast not installed.
http://navsource.org/archives/01/039/013933v.jpg Arizona (BB-39) at Seattle in 1940
http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/0139016.jpg ... Probably December 1940 as there is work going on with her superstructure and the splinter shields have been constructed around her 5" guns but not been painted yet.
http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/013921a.jpg Starboard profile of the Arizona (BB-39) at Puget Sound Navy Yard, 18 January 1941
 
go thru the hazegray link i posted above to find what division the Arizona belonged to for the time period you are going to do the model in & post back.
 
Bryian said:
Good news. The vendor that sold me the 3d printed upgrade parts has agreed to replace the ships funnel with another one. Although I could probably have salvaged the original piece, I was not keen on cleaning up the sticky mess.

Been at the workbench today. Assembled 3 cranes, and multiple guns. I am very pleased with the fine detail of the parts, but my photography skills are rather average.


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Do not touch or clean uncured resin without gloves. You could have rinsed it and let it fully cure inside with UV light.
But if you can get a replacement, then all’s well. ;)
 
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