MODEL SHIPS
USS ARIZONA - The 1:426 scale model was built from a Revell kit issued in 2021 but the tooling is from 1959! The model was built with only parts included in the kit. The model is painted in the pre-WWII scheme and is moderately weathered. Many times the Arizona is modeled in the scheme she wore while at Pearl Harbor which was a much darker grey with light grey observation towers.
PT POAT - This 1:72 scale model was built from a Revell kit issued in 1999 although the date on the instruction sheet is 1987. Brass wire was used to make the whip antennae and brass handrail stanchions from an S scale diesel locomotive and brass wire were used for the handrail on the bow. All the other detail is from the kit. There were about 540 PT boats built.
USS MISSOURI - The 1:535 scale model was built from a Revell kit issued in 2004 but the date embossed in the hull is 1953. That means the tooling from which the model was made is just over 70 years old. The model was built with only parts included in the kit except for the few whip antennae. EZ line was used for the simplified rigging. The three images here have been enhanced using a filter in Photoshop.
The image above was created by combining a B/W version of the top image with a photo of the ocean with wake created in Photoshop.
Two Curtis Seagulls with yellow top wings sit on the catapults.
Composite image created in Photoshop.
The Missouri was one of four Iowa class battleships, the largest in the US Navy. The large guns were 16" diameter and could ht targets 25 miles away.
CURTISS SOC-3 SEAGULL - The Revell Arizona kit came with Curtiss Seagulls on the catapults so I found a 1:72 scale kit of a Seagull made by Hasegawa to display next to the Arizona on the shelf. For more photos of the Seagull model and how it was built, click here.
CURTISS SC-1 SEAHAWK - The Revell model of the USS Missouri came with Curtiss Seahawks on the catapults. I found a Antares 1:72 model of the plane and it is now displayed next to the ship model. For more on the Seahawk, click here.
USS OLYMPIA - Built in 1895, the Olympia was the only "Protected Cruiser" class ship ever built. The 1:232 model was built from a 2002 issue of a Revell kit with tooling dating from 1959. The hull was painted Tamiya Insignia White. Metal link chain was added for the anchors while all the railings and rigging were done with EZ Line elastic thread. The base is from Hobby Lobby painted appropriately.
