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There are two more details that were out of scale that I need to address, the bollards and chocks.

Here is my prototype.



I seriously thought about casting duplicates, but I have no experience casting. So, assembly line it is.

First I cut a strip of .010 styrene.



Then I chopped it into the right size.



Then I cut .040 styrene rod.



And lastly, I used my smallest punch to make the tops out of .010 styrene.



This is how it turned out.



Next is the chocks.

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Your shipmate, Ziggy

Work in Progress: USS Arizona and Arizona Memorial

I have work on the Arizona wreck and memorial and I added a new twist.

I purchased a second Revell kit of the Arizona and plan to build a 'Before the Attack' diorama

Here's an up date on the 'Arizona Today'

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Your shipmate, Ziggy

Work in Progress: USS Arizona and Arizona Memorial

First off, I have not given up on this build and secondly, I have added a new wrinkle. The new wrinkle is, a second Revell 1/426 USS Arizona model built as a 'Before the Attack' diorama complete with a scratch built USS Vestal!

I will be fixing some of the inaccuracies, starting with the decks. I smoothed the bottoms of the kit decks to make patterns out of 40 thousandths styrene.





Then, I mocked them up and will add 1/350 wood deck material.





Hey David, can you help me with the hull mods, how much did you add to the blisters and hull corrections?

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Your shipmate, Ziggy

Work in Progress: USS Arizona and Arizona Memorial

Full hull, I wasn't sure how much in thousandths you added, if you remember

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Your shipmate, Ziggy

Work in Progress: USS Arizona and Arizona Memorial

yes and yes

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Your shipmate, Ziggy

Work in Progress: USS Arizona and Arizona Memorial