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That is absolutely beautiful work, and the PE looks perfect, what did you use for glue on the PE railings?

Also, where did you get your anchor chain, it looks fully 3D?

Thank you for the compliments. In this case, I used super thin CA for the railings. There is a raised lip along most of the deck edges which was ideally suited to running a microbrush with CA along the ridge of this lip while the railing laid just inside. No section is more than 2.5-3", as even the railings along the deck edge are broken up by the deck edge tie offs and stanchions. For more traditional kits and PE, I would plan to use a PVA type glue. I've ordered some Gator Glue to try for this.

The chains are copper chains that came with the kit. If they hadn't come with the kit, in this scale I would have looked for an external source anyway.

very Nice work , TOP cast Well Done

Greets Johan

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Wow, brilliant work. Congrats.

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Keep The Faith Gentlemen and Watch the Offside

beautiful!!! the paint job and finish is up there with the best!!

You have built an outstanding model that is an inspiration! Thanks for sharing.

I've bought from them before. Good outfit.

Lovely work. Very crisp and clean. I like the color - it is not as dark as 5D, but fits the model well.

I am glad I finally picked this kit up (killer Squadron sale). I will have to consider the Mk 1 set whenever I get around go building her.

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Martin

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I know it's been a bit since this was posted but what brand of paint did you use for the 5-D dark grey?

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-Jason Channell

Current Project: 1/200 Bismarck

On the first page he said:

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-Abram

Yup, what he said ^^

Gotcha, didn't see it though I promise I did look... just not well enough.

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-Jason Channell

Current Project: 1/200 Bismarck

very well done. i cant do it better
gr harry

Hands down, best 1/200 Arizona I've seen. Great job.

That looks very good indeed--sharp execution of a complex looking ship!

well done!

Jim Baumann

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I concure.great build.

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Cornwall UK

A master showpiece!

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"We're going to need a bigger boat"

That's most impressive!. The fat hulled dreadnoughts just make me happy. Dunno why. My 1/426 Arizona isn't going to look anywhere near that good. Party because the kit is junk and has quite a bad cast (at least the one i got) and partly because i haven't touched a model since my pre-teen years. lol.

Man your rigging looks great too. I'm not a fan of the 5-D scheme, personally, but you certainly did it justice. Outstanding work.

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-Shane

Dallas, Tx

Working on: Revell 1/426 USS Arizona BB-39

In the Stash: USS Arizona 1/700 Dragon Premium, DKM Bismarck 1/700 Dragon Premium, Admiral Graf Spee 1/700 Trumpeter, & Prinz Eugen 1/700 Trumpeter

Hello:

I am just breaking sprue on my 1/200 AZ. Your build is truly outstanding and one that I will refer to when working on mine. Thanks for posting your work and links you provided.

Mark

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Mark
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On the bench:

1/200 USS Enterprise, CV-6

Outstanding work and info on the build, love to see your planes as well.

I would say well done, nice and clean, but I think you should have bought Edward's PE set as well. This would have added another level of detail over the whole
ship, and Jeff Sharp's W.I.P. is probably the best one here. I have both PE sets for mine when I get around to building her.
But I really want the proper anchor studded link chains and 9 chain locks, 3 for each anchor chain, I think I may know where to get the studded link chains
in brass but the smallest for this scale will be 6 links per inch that is made, the only way I'll know if it will work will be to buy a pack from the UK and it's expensive, then use
the 20 L.P.I for the chain locks, that just happens to be the perfect size and scale for the 1/200 Mikasa.
I think the color is still a little to dark for my taste but is very close to what I will paint mine, just a little lighter with very minor post shading and the aircraft in yellow.
Otherwise, nice build, some issues but I'm not going to "rivet count".
Good work.

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