USS Arizona - Hobby Boss 1:350 with extras by Ronald61

[Ronald61]

Hi all,

After my Vikingship build here the next build; Arizona. The kit has some history and sat in my stash untill early 2018. I bought the Eduard models Big Ed set and a Artwox wooden deck. Started building and found it needed metal barrels from Master Model which I ordered through Super-Hobby in Poland. End of januari 2018 I was this far:

20210510_155333 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Then it became january 2021 and it sat boxed on my shelf:

50794050378_e600450122_c by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Hmmmmm.... time to go on! End of 2021 we would have the 80 year anniversary of Pearl Harbour, what a deadline to have?:

50794050573_b11a9d1479_c by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

The work done untill that point; Did all the sidewall-PE:

20210511_134244 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Did some superstructure:

20210511_182735 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Scratched a rudder that was missing:

20210514_114708 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Tried some colour on the hull:

20210520_133609 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

And..... stashed her. She went into a small cabinet with some other stuff:

20260623_110040 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Untill this week, it started to itch. The vikingship build was ending and 2026 would give us 85 years PH! So Ronald thought; let us start again!!
This is out of her box

Untill this week, it started to itch. The vikingship build was ending and 2026 would give us 85 years PH! So Ronald thought; let us start again!!
This is out of her box after checking all was there (and all was!):

After checking all was there (and all was!) put her up on the bench:

20260623_110835 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Mmmmhhhh... interesting. Should be possible to finish her december 2026!

So; from here I will go on. Slowly but steady. So follow along!

 

[Bryian]

That’s a great ship model. I built this in 1/200 scale myself using aftermarket 3d printed components.

 

[Bill-R]

Hello Ronald,
Very nice work on your Arizona. I see you got a good supply of photo etched parts. I have an Arizona and a USS Indianapolis waiting in the wings. I am sure I will enjoy and learn a great deal from following your thread.

Bill

 

[Jimsky]

Hi all,

After my Vikingship build here the next build; Arizona. The kit has some history and sat in my stash untill early 2018. I bought the Eduard models Big Ed set and a Artwox wooden deck. Started building and found it needed metal barrels from Master Model which I ordered through Super-Hobby in Poland. End of januari 2018 I was this far:

20210510_155333 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Then it became january 2021 and it sat boxed on my shelf:

50794050378_e600450122_c by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Hmmmmm.... time to go on! End of 2021 we would have the 80 year anniversary of Pearl Harbour, what a deadline to have?:

50794050573_b11a9d1479_c by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

The work done untill that point; Did all the sidewall-PE:

20210511_134244 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Did some superstructure:

20210511_182735 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Scratched a rudder that was missing:

20210514_114708 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Tried some colour on the hull:

20210520_133609 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

And..... stashed her. She went into a small cabinet with some other stuff:

20260623_110040 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Untill this week, it started to itch. The vikingship build was ending and 2026 would give us 85 years PH! So Ronald thought; let us start again!!
This is out of her box

Untill this week, it started to itch. The vikingship build was ending and 2026 would give us 85 years PH! So Ronald thought; let us start again!!
This is out of her box after checking all was there (and all was!):

After checking all was there (and all was!) put her up on the bench:

20260623_110835 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Mmmmhhhh... interesting. Should be possible to finish her december 2026!

So; from here I will go on. Slowly but steady. So follow along!

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[Davidp]

Ronald, take a look at this link. BB-39 USS Arizona Booklet of General Plans (1941) https://archive.org/details/bb39bogp1941
your rudder appears to be to long, take a look at Sheet 3 - Outboard Profile in the link i posted. i presume you are not going to add the 8 docking keels to the bottom of the model being you have painted the hull? how are you going to do the 2 bolted plates on the main deck that is between the #3 14" gun turret & the break to the upper deck as shown in Sheet 8 - Main Deck as it is wood covered not bare metal?

 

[Ronald61]

Thanks guys!

@ Jim; I do post on multiple forums with my pictures. So with a payed Flick account I can do that without the restrictions of those forums. For example deeplinkig from one forum to another that would boost the data on the first one. And that is not what they want.
I know you keep good care of my uploaded content And aware of problems in previous years with for example Photobucket.

@Davidp : I will look into that!

EDIT some spelling errors fixed

 

[Ronald61]

i presume you are not going to add the 8 docking keels to the bottom of the model being you have painted the hull?

Still one layer... so I could do that. Specific (model)link how to make them?

how are you going to do the 2 bolted plates on the main deck that is between the #3 14" gun turret & the break to the upper deck as shown in Sheet 8 - Main Deck as it is wood covered not bare metal?

Please explain, I do not understand exactly what you mean

Saved the data on my harddrive, thanks for giving this link!

 

[Ronald61]

This?:

20260623_110845 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

 

[Davidp]

yes on the red circled object.
even tho the pictures are of the Pennsylvania, still same class of ship.
take a look at this link https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/uss-arizona-trumpeter-1-200-build-log.16450/post-438665 but still go thru the entire thread.

 

[Ronald61]

Ok, workbench is empty (sort of ):

20260626_190706 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

And the box with goodies is present:

20260626_190544 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Sorted out so all is right under my hands. Allthough I have airco on the attic it is warm here momentary (temperature outside almost 40 degrees celsius). The airco needs some service so no building today and tomorrow.

Stay tuned!

 

[Davidp]

even tho the picture is 1927 before modernization, it does show the outline of the bolted plates covered in wood.

 

[ERSRich]

Looking forward to this, thanks for posting….

-Rich

 

[Ronald61]

Thanks!

Went up the attic to see the rudder and made some pictures. My rudder is in heigth correct I think:

20260627_181306 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Then I compared the pictures:

20260627_184904 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Left my Arizona, right the drawing. My opinion: the piece before the rudder is not correct (where it sits to the rudder). I dont know if anyone has done it before but to make it look correct I would shorten the piece approx. half in heighth and shorten the rudder a tiny piece.

The 2 bolted plates; the Eduard set is made to fit the Mini Boss/Banner deck. So there is no deck piece for these plates. I could paint them deck colour or simply leave it as is.

The docking keels; what size would they be in 1:350 and what would the width of every piece be?

Let me know what you all think

 

[Davidp]

what i did when correcting Revell's 1/429 scale USS Arizona,part of my 17 ship OBB build, i totally removed the rudder skeg that the rudder is attached to, did the corrections to hull's stern area as it was concave instead of convex then built a new rudder skeg using 4 vertical layers of 1mm styrene plastic. once the glue was cured i made certain the bottom of the skeg was flat before gluing it to the hull, measured, marked then cut/carved to shape. once that was done then made a new corrected size & shaped rudder.
do you still have the excess decking material that was part of the new wooden decks?
read this link then do the math for 1/350 scale for the docking keels. https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/uss-arizona-trumpeter-1-200-build-log.16450/post-430991

 

[ERSRich]

My 2 cents….

In my book it’s about time, what can be seen, and the model viewer.

The rudder looks good, in the end on the stand will a viewer see it? Family and friends will be amazed at the overall appearance. Why take the time?

Will the docking keels be seen by a viewer?

Your plan for the deck plates sounds good. Can’t imagine that someone will admire your beautiful work, and say those covers should have a wood top!

This project has a hell of a lot of components, that will yield a beautiful result. A huge time investment. Why spend the time on unnoticeable perceived issues?

All the best with it.

Thanks,

-Rich