Swordsman
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I finally got my kit pre-ordered back in march ... Squadron over sold it ... still only received two kits ... one is sold & the other is for sell ... This one is all Mine ...
The box un opened ............. :captain
Start-up Date photos ... Couldn't get it all in Here ... :woohoo:
U.S.S. Texas BB-35 - the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the U.S. state of Texas, is a New York-class battleship. The ship was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914.
Soon after her commissioning, Texas saw action in Mexican waters following the "Tampico Incident" and made numerous sorties into the North Sea during World War I. When the United States formally entered World War II in 1941, Texas escorted war convoys across the Atlantic, and later shelled Axis-held beaches for the North African campaign and the Normandy Landings before being transferred to the Pacific Theater late in 1944 to provide naval gunfire support during the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Texas was decommissioned in 1948, having earned a total of five battle stars for service in World War II, and is now a museum ship near Houston, Texas.
Among the world's remaining battleships, Texas is notable for being the only remaining WW1 era dreadnought battleship, though she is not the oldest surviving battleship; Mikasa, a pre-dreadnought battleship ordered in 1898 by the Empire of Japan, is older than Texas. She is also noteworthy for being one of only six remaining ships to have served in both World Wars. Among US-built battleships, Texas is notable for her sizable number of firsts: the first US Navy vessel to house a permanently assigned contingent of US Marines, the first US battleship to mount anti-aircraft guns, the first US ship to control gunfire with directors and range-keepers (analog forerunners of today's computers), the first US battleship to launch an aircraft, from a catapult on Turret 3, one of the first to receive the CXAM-1 version of CXAM production radar in the US Navy, the first US battleship to become a permanent museum ship, and the first battleship declared to be a US National Historic Landmark.
I replaced the bad English with a bit more detailed report ....
The info on this Ship ... Quite impressive ... Received 5 Battle stars
The bits inside the Kit ............ Nice stand looks like the proposed Dry-dock to help from having to pump 9,000 gals of water out a day ....
:woohoo:
Side profiles ...... I didn't know She had a Plane ... this is all new Tooling ... Looks like they got it right
Lots of PE ... I'll be ordering a better bender & some other goodies .... Need paint and I will be picking your brain on this one Mark ....
:dude
The box un opened ............. :captain
Start-up Date photos ... Couldn't get it all in Here ... :woohoo:
U.S.S. Texas BB-35 - the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the U.S. state of Texas, is a New York-class battleship. The ship was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914.
Soon after her commissioning, Texas saw action in Mexican waters following the "Tampico Incident" and made numerous sorties into the North Sea during World War I. When the United States formally entered World War II in 1941, Texas escorted war convoys across the Atlantic, and later shelled Axis-held beaches for the North African campaign and the Normandy Landings before being transferred to the Pacific Theater late in 1944 to provide naval gunfire support during the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Texas was decommissioned in 1948, having earned a total of five battle stars for service in World War II, and is now a museum ship near Houston, Texas.
Among the world's remaining battleships, Texas is notable for being the only remaining WW1 era dreadnought battleship, though she is not the oldest surviving battleship; Mikasa, a pre-dreadnought battleship ordered in 1898 by the Empire of Japan, is older than Texas. She is also noteworthy for being one of only six remaining ships to have served in both World Wars. Among US-built battleships, Texas is notable for her sizable number of firsts: the first US Navy vessel to house a permanently assigned contingent of US Marines, the first US battleship to mount anti-aircraft guns, the first US ship to control gunfire with directors and range-keepers (analog forerunners of today's computers), the first US battleship to launch an aircraft, from a catapult on Turret 3, one of the first to receive the CXAM-1 version of CXAM production radar in the US Navy, the first US battleship to become a permanent museum ship, and the first battleship declared to be a US National Historic Landmark.
I replaced the bad English with a bit more detailed report ....
The info on this Ship ... Quite impressive ... Received 5 Battle stars
The bits inside the Kit ............ Nice stand looks like the proposed Dry-dock to help from having to pump 9,000 gals of water out a day ....
:woohoo:
Side profiles ...... I didn't know She had a Plane ... this is all new Tooling ... Looks like they got it right
Lots of PE ... I'll be ordering a better bender & some other goodies .... Need paint and I will be picking your brain on this one Mark ....
:dude
... I Hope to get the proper paints ordered & a few other tools ... I spent the night looking the kit over ... I'll have questions ... because I want to do this model justice ... :captain
:S :gogo 
