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Thanks Dan! Progress indeed. Just finished with West Virginia's masts and I'm beyond happy with them. Steve nailed it with these! He really did his research on these masts.

Those look great. Now, if he'd only do masts for a 1921 Arizona....

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Martin

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday." John Wayne

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Oh boy! I don’t know if I have it in me to go back and revisit ‘21 Arizona again! That kit was full of frustrations for me but if Steve did the masts I would have to seriously consider it.

I've asked. He said "nope". LOL

There's simply not a market, I imagine. How many of us really want to bother with that nightmare kit?

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- Chris

1/700 Saratoga w/Pontos (Needs paint)
1/700 Potato w/Kurama (On hold)
1/700 Murdertorpedoboat Ooi

Hi Chris,
That’s good! I’m glad he said “nope”. My stress level just just dropped substantially knowing that I don’t have to pull that kit out of the display case again. LOL.
I am still holding out hope that he does a backdate Texas superstructure for the Trumpy kit. My heavily modified hull is patiently waiting.

A few more test shots.

Another test shot...

This is my initial attempt to re-create Hoga's fire hose spraying water onto West Virginia's burning boat deck. When this dio is done there will be 5 or 6 different fire hoses from the different boats spraying on WeeVee.

I have FINALLY got to the point of permanently attaching West Virginia to the sea base and adding some dramatic detail like the water spilling over onto her main deck and heavily damaged Kingfisher 4-O-3 upside down on the edge of the main deck. Somehow the railing is what kept 4-O-3 from drifting into the harbor and sinking. It is amazing how very little the ship had to sink before hitting the harbor bottom. I am completely convinced that the shallow water below her is the only reason she didn't suffer the same fate of USS Oklahoma. She hit bottom before her list went too far.
I have to wait for the glue to dry now before I can paint the rest of the water around her then I can move on to replacing Tennessee's mast and permanently adding her to the base as well.

Awesomesauce, man!

Been waiting patiently for it all to come together, and now it's paying off...

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Sean Nash, ACG (aircraft camo gestapo)

On the ways:
1/200 Trumpeter HMS Nelson
1/700 Tamiya USS Yorktown CV-5

In the stash:
1/35 Italiari PT-109
1/35 Tamiya "Pibber" Patrol Boat
1/350 Trumpeter USS Yorktown CV-10

Thanks Sean! Yeah, it’s been a long time coming but I’m starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Believe it or not but I originally built this West Virginia kit about 20 years ago.
Here is an overall view test fit of what I’m trying to accomplish.

Awesome is exactly right.

You've definitely got a show-stopper on your hands...

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Sean Nash, ACG (aircraft camo gestapo)

On the ways:
1/200 Trumpeter HMS Nelson
1/700 Tamiya USS Yorktown CV-5

In the stash:
1/35 Italiari PT-109
1/35 Tamiya "Pibber" Patrol Boat
1/350 Trumpeter USS Yorktown CV-10

This is such a challenging subject because of the smoke and the water stream, say nothing about the cage masts and other details on the boats. The special challenge is that everyone knows what this is supposed to look like. And you have put even more pressure on yourself by posting the archive photos for comparison! Even the grungy Pearl Harbor water looks correct. So to say you have hit this out of the park would be an understatement. You put a nice base under it and it becomes a museum piece. Congratulations, Jeff.

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Thanks for the kind words guys! I really appreciate it. She is permanently in the water now. Things should move along fairly quickly now. I can't say enough about how happy I am with Steve's cage masts. They really make all the difference in the world for this project.

Seeing this makes me want to start my WeeVee. Must. Resist. Urge.....

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Martin

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday." John Wayne

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Maybe this will help whet your appetite.
This is her good side. She was an awesome looking ship!

What a tease!

Ok, back at it again. USS Tennessee has her new and improved masts installed and she is all rigged up and permanently attached to the sea base. When USS West Virginia settled on the bottom of the harbor she started to right herself a bit. This righting caused her to sandwich USS Tennessee between her and the mooring quays to the point that the quays had to be blasted apart in order to free Tennessee from her berth.

Amazing work

Matt

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In the yards right now:
USS Utah AG-16
On Hold
1/350 USS Portland CA-33 1942
1/350 Trumpeter Texas with a twist