DRHarris61
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The subject title might lead one to believe this is about ship(s), but it's really the two opposing aircraft from the battle that turned the course of the Pacific theater of WWII.
This is a 1/72 scale Revell kit from 1976, though it was originally molded in 1962. They may have been originally molded as two separate kits but then Revell put them together in a diorama kit later. I bought this kit sometime after '76, and started piecing the diorama together and hand brushed some of the parts with enamel paints. These parts have all been stripped and primed, using adhesion promotor where I anticipate any masking, though it won't be a lot.
I won't be using the provided diorama, being as it's kind of like an old pop-up diorama put together with scotch tape. I am mulling over a few ideas to use in keeping with the theme of the diorama, but improving on the solidity of it. I may however use the backing illustration.
Box Cover
Partially assembled diorama
All The Parts
This is a 1/72 scale Revell kit from 1976, though it was originally molded in 1962. They may have been originally molded as two separate kits but then Revell put them together in a diorama kit later. I bought this kit sometime after '76, and started piecing the diorama together and hand brushed some of the parts with enamel paints. These parts have all been stripped and primed, using adhesion promotor where I anticipate any masking, though it won't be a lot.
I won't be using the provided diorama, being as it's kind of like an old pop-up diorama put together with scotch tape. I am mulling over a few ideas to use in keeping with the theme of the diorama, but improving on the solidity of it. I may however use the backing illustration.
Box Cover
Partially assembled diorama
All The Parts