So, coming off of my Revell 1/426 Arizona build I decided to exorcise the 40% off Hobby Lobby coupon and pick up the Revell 1/535 Mighty Mo kit. It's been sitting in my stash for a few weeks now. Today I decided to to pop it open and take a look in preparation to build. I'm not really sure I can put it into words but i'll try.
First off the kit is copyright Revell 1953. This is 6 years older than even the ancient Arizona kit. And the kit shows it. Details on the superstructure and funnel are soft and or non existant. There is heavy mold flash on everything.. I mean EVERYTHING. The hull, while having the benefit of being a single piece rather than halves like the Arizona, it's a horrible horrible horrible square'd off, flat bottom, generic looking piece of plastic. And the sprue it's connected to is so thick at the point where it attaches i'm hoping that i can clip it off without needing to fill the holes it'll likely leave behind.
Some parts are misshaped, and again they'll all have to be carved out of their own flash. The main deck actually has decent details on it aside from one thing, the deck boards. I'm not sure why but Revell seems to think that the Missouri was decked with about 25 boards that are about 900 feet long. I'm serious. There are lines running the length of the boards but there are no horizontal lines dividing up the boards.
This kit wasn't even worth the $13 I paid for it after the coupon. I'm debating whether or not I want to even waste time and materials on this. It doesn't even come with shafts and screws.
So, long story short. Unless you're a massochist and enjoy causing yourself un-due pain then run away from this kit. I could have bought a large pizza with this money.
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-Shane
Dallas, Tx
Working on:
Revell 1/426 USS Arizona BB-39In 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