Heavens Eagle
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I am building this for the "Large Scale Arizona" ribbon in the Remember Pearl Harbor group build.
Here is the ribbon I want to earn:
My earliest experience with an Arizona type ship was when I was in second grade. I was in the hospital for some surgery on my right ear which had (and still has) very poor hearing. I was in a shared room with another kid who also had ear surgery. He received a Revell kit of the USS Pennsylvania. I remember he then pestered everyone for some glue (we were there for several days). Later on I received that kit for Christmas or as a birthday present. That was one of my earlier kits and it left a memorable mark.
Later on I built the Revell Arizona version of the kit. For it's age it still is an OK kit.
I had the Banner 1:350 kit for a long time but never did anything with it. Then I saw the Trumpeter kit built. Put a fork in me, I was done!
So here is the start. I was able to get the kit and aftermarket parts for some decent prices which helped. Meant I was supposed to do it I guess. :idonno
As usual, I can already tell you that it will need some extra fixing. There are several portholes on the upper hull part that are distorted due to molding geometry. I will be making a fix for that right off before attaching the upper to lower hull. Doing that attachment will be another bit of work in order to get the upper and lower parts fully aligned and keep filler minimal.
Here is the ribbon I want to earn:
My earliest experience with an Arizona type ship was when I was in second grade. I was in the hospital for some surgery on my right ear which had (and still has) very poor hearing. I was in a shared room with another kid who also had ear surgery. He received a Revell kit of the USS Pennsylvania. I remember he then pestered everyone for some glue (we were there for several days). Later on I received that kit for Christmas or as a birthday present. That was one of my earlier kits and it left a memorable mark.
Later on I built the Revell Arizona version of the kit. For it's age it still is an OK kit.
I had the Banner 1:350 kit for a long time but never did anything with it. Then I saw the Trumpeter kit built. Put a fork in me, I was done!
So here is the start. I was able to get the kit and aftermarket parts for some decent prices which helped. Meant I was supposed to do it I guess. :idonno
As usual, I can already tell you that it will need some extra fixing. There are several portholes on the upper hull part that are distorted due to molding geometry. I will be making a fix for that right off before attaching the upper to lower hull. Doing that attachment will be another bit of work in order to get the upper and lower parts fully aligned and keep filler minimal.
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