Building the Trumpeter USS Arizona Model, Part 1 

Same here!

You and me both!

I hope so. I look forward to hearing your thoughts as we go along

I will appreciate feed back on this. My first ship model of any substance....

It sure is!

Thanks Lee!

A lot of people do and I think it is built for that!

I have already said, I never grew up. I have friends who were already adults back in high school - not me baby!

Welcome aboard!

I kind of end up making my own choices... I hope it pays off. I look forward to your comments as we go along!

Man, you are spot on here. You could spend a year just adding more and more details!

I will look forward to your observations on the build... Thanks.

LOL.... It took me forever to figure that out! LOL.

Boy did I learn that in a real hurry! LOL

I would cry if I broke it!

"If it moves, salute it. If it doesn't move, paint it."

I love that thing as much today as I ever did.... Maybe more...

I would love pics and feedback as to my video - did it help or not. You'll love this build!

@@pauly7218 Thank you for your reply, Yes! Your videos are very informative and detailed. Last year I built the Jupiter 2 and implemented the Mobius lighting kit and used your videos as a guide on that build also. I look forward to your builds. Thank you for sharing! ~Ed

They gotta a Mighty Mo at my HL right now. Little smaller.

I lucked out and got this one for around $200 with some added PE

That would be fun, but next on the ship list is to finish the GATO Sub...

So much to learn. Trust me when I say I will call stuff the wrong names about a million times before all is said and done!

Got it Cat. I had to order mailers so it will go out as soon as they get here....

On the money! that small stuff takes so much skill and patience - I don't have it! So, I opted to go for a build that makes me happy. That small stuff would kill me. Respect to those who can do it!

@@pauly7218 yeah i can't hanle it as good as when i had younger eyes and hands for sure

Somewhere I heard that. I am using a think a color scheme that was closer to the one form December 7th, but I'm really not sure. You seem pretty knowledgeable on ships. Do you/have you built one? Were you a Swabo?

@@pauly7218 my father was on a british dreadnaught battleship in ww2 ( HMS Queen Elizabeth ) our modern carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth follows in that naming tradition and is named after queen Elizabeth the 1st as protocol would demand it to be called HMS Elizabeth II .to be named after our present queen ..... built a few and have a few in my stash paul .... a good thing would to be check dates she was re fitted .. shouldn't be too hard as you'd need her final re fit . check what colours she was in too as i think you mentioned a dark blue and some ww2 US ships used a dark blue for deck colour ,,, it is tricky but research should be your number one priority to give you how she was in her final days which is where i'm guessing you want to be .... but believe me take your time and don't forget not to rush just to get a video out ,, i for one would rather watch 30 videos of you doing the kit justice rather than 5 videos and feeling you could have done better as that kit is what you americans refer to as a doosey of a kit and second to none

@@pimpmydiecastsdiecastandto3176 My father served on HMS Illustrious during WWII. I have an original 8 X 10 black and white photo he had from the war and saved all those years. He never talked about the war, and I still remember my mother with tears rolling down her face in the 1970s finding a box with medals, which I still have and an officer's log book and some photos of his ship mates, and other photos after the war when he was in the British army which he transferred to thinking there was no chance of another war starting after the hell of that one. Then he was shipped to the Suez during that nonsense and was involved in battle according to my uncle Phil, one of six brothers who all served, some also in the Royal Navy and some in the army who served under Monty in Africa and Europe. They all survived, some left the service alcoholics, thankfully not dad. The greatest generation. Take care. Jack ~'()'~

@@bronzesnake7004 my father talked about the war about the happy aspects of it he never talked about action he'd seen although he must have seen plenty '' only bit he did talk about is recovering the bodies from the sea and why he never ate prawns again

​@@pimpmydiecastsdiecastandto3176 Mum found out Dad was also a boxing champion in the Royal Navy. Dad loved hard physical labour. I remember when I was maybe 6 years old we were at the cottage and my father walked to the far end of the field on the property which was an awesome 1870's schoolhouse in the country on a secluded dirt road and the schoolhouse stood partially in a beautiful forest and partially on an old farmer's field. We had 30 acres and I walked over to see what he was up to and he was digging a large rectangular hole with a spade. I left and went back hours later and he was over his head in this hole and I asked what he was doing, and he told me he was digging a swimming pool! LOL! Dad was always joking around. In a few days the hole was filled in and I never asked him about it again, but I know now he dug that huge hole which was probably ten by fifteen and maybe seven feet deep, for exercise! He walked to work in Toronto where I was born every day. It was about five miles each way. We had a car,he just didn't want to drive, all year round he walked. He could whip my brother and I in a race no problem at all! I'll tell ya that really sucked when we were running from an ass whipping, because we knew he was gonna catch us, and fast! The neighbors laughed their asses off many a time watching me come flying out the side door, racing across the front lawn and leaping over the hedges, tehm boom, the side door would burst open as Dad booted it and came flying after me and he was on me in seconds!! LOL! I really hated my buddie's Dads sitting on their lawn chairs tipping back some beers laughing their asses off at me getting dragged home for an ass whipping! LOL! Dad had a bodybuilder's physique, but never lifted weights! It was all from hard physical labour! When mom found the box with his medals, officer's log book, photos etc and these boxing medallions and silver plated trophies which were maybe 4 or 5 inches high with his name and championship details, Dad was not amused! He threw all that stuff in the garbage and Mum managed to save some of it, but the trophies and medallions disappeared. He obviously managed to find out where she hid them and they no doubt went in the garbage. I'm so glad I got some of his medals and all the photos. I let the town war museum display a lot of the photos, they've had them going on two years now. He was walking ten miles every day in his early 70's but had to cut it in half when mum's health started going downhill. Our father's were from the Greatest Generation brother. They don't make them like that anymore! Take care! Jack ~'()'~ Canada

I only lost it once. still need to fix the issue....