Revell 1/720 International Series Warships

[Tommergun]

I have five from this series, so I thought I'd start a thread for them. I'm still looking for a good deal on the Ark Royal and the USS Enterprise. I built the Tarawa as a kid and would like to do that one again, but it's low on the wants. I have the Arizona and the Massachusetts already under construction, so I'll start with those. I figured these could all be included under one thread. Not sure that I'll build all of them though.

Here's my stash:

Here's what would be in the USS Arizona box (I used the Pennsylvania contents, same kit):

And this is where I left off a few years ago:

I was intimidated by trying to paint the deck, so I left it at that.

I got it out again last weekend and went at it:

That wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

 

[Tommergun]

Hand painting the gray trim, and some assembly. I forgot to paint the white tops so I had to make a quick index card mask to paint them. Index cards are a staple of my build process.

 

[Tommergun]

Got a lot done on the Arizona this weekend. Next up is the small details, then a clear gloss coat and some washes.

 

[BOATMAN]

VERY VERY VERY WELL DONE SIR looks great lovely model to fit on the mantel peice
chrisb

 

[Ron2]

Hand painting the gray trim, and some assembly. I forgot to paint the white tops so I had to make a quick index card mask to paint them. Index cards are a staple of my build process.

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That's a great idea!

 

[Ron2]

I'm working on the same ship, Revell kit but 1/426. I do the ship builds off and on. Nice kit.

 

[Tommergun]

Finished with the USS Arizona. At only 10" this thing is small. I decided that because of the small size, weathering will be at a minimum. I tried using some watercolor pencils on the deck to add some variations, but I don't really like how it came out. I tried to build her in the configuration and paint her in the colors she would have been at Pearl Harbor, although I've seen a lot of variations on that scheme.

Now, on to the USS Massachusetts.

 

[kevin]

Now, on to the USS Massachusetts.

Cool...........

The USS Arizona looks pretty good, especially on that stand.

 

[BarleyBop]

Nice! Small but nicely turned out!

When I get around to building an American battleship, it'll likely be the Arizona. I remember building a ship when I was 8 or 9, but not which one.

 

[Ron2]

Finished with the USS Arizona. At only 10" this thing is small. I decided that because of the small size, weathering will be at a minimum. I tried using some watercolor pencils on the deck to add some variations, but I don't really like how it came out. I tried to build her in the configuration and paint her in the colors she would have been at Pearl Harbor, although I've seen a lot of variations on that scheme.

Now, on to the USS Massachusetts.

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Looks good. Trying to keep weathering to scale is tricky.

 

[Ron2]

Looks good. Trying to keep weathering to scale is tricky.

Well I just realized you built this after replying to my post… I better get moving

 

[Ron2]

Well I just realized you built this after replying to my post… I better get moving

I can be a bit absentminded. I also meant to say great job!

 

[Tommergun]

Moving on to the USS Massachusetts now.

 

[Tommergun]

Most of the build is done. Deciding on a scheme, I'll probably go with Measure 22.

Measure 22: Navy Blue sides, Haze Gray upper vertical surfaces, Deck Blue horizontal surfaces.

 

[kevin]

Nice,.....
Cool picture marked "confidential ". I use to have a similar one of the USS IOWA leaving San Francisco bay.

 

[Edbert]

I had a relative on the Arizona on 12/7/41. He survived, won some medals for saving sailors from the water throughout the day, threw the medals into the harbor and talked very little about it.

Edit: Your model looks great and that will be an awesome collection to display them together!

 

[Tommergun]

Getting base colors done. I'm using approximate colors not exact for the Measure 22 scheme.
Primer, masked the waterline stripe, red bottom, mask for Navy Blue hull side, mask for Haze Gray, mask for Blue decks.

Masking pulled up some paint ugh! On to touchup and detail paint now.

 

[Tommergun]

Hand painting the deck details. It really starts to come to life.

 

[BarleyBop]

starts to come to life

Nice! The anticipation builds!

 

[Tommergun]

Finished with the Massachusetts. I'm pleased and I'm really enjoying this series.

 

[kevin]

Good looking ship.

 

[BarleyBop]

I'm really enjoying this series.

So are we!
My aunt would say: "you can judge a man by his shoes".
In this case, the base!

 

[Tommergun]

One more.

 

[BarleyBop]

One more

...in a shot like that we can see how all that deck detailing really pays off!

 

[kevin]

I hope you don't mind another pic of the ship.........

A great way to spend the day if you are ever in Fall River, Massachusetts.

 

[Tommergun]

Two down, time to move on to the Prinz Eugen.

 

[BarleyBop]

Two down

.. and so, the Armada began to assemble!

 

[Tommergun]

Early mockup. Lots of small parts on this vintage kit but the molding isn't too bad.

 

[BarleyBop]

...building a bunch from this series is such a cool project! Really liking it.

 

[Ron2]

Two down, time to move on to the Prinz Eugen.

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You are clipping along!