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So I'm putting the finishing touches on the old Revell 1/426 USS Arizona. I'm building her as she appeared in late 1941, but the kit comes with biplanes on the catapults, which had been replaced by OS2U Kingfishers by then. The catapults look pretty bare without aircraft, but since there's no 1/426 Kinfisher kit that I'm aware of, my only option was scratchbuilding. I downloaded some three-view plans, and scaled them down to roughly the right size, then got busy with some styrene tube, rod, srip, sheet, and wire. I normally build 1/72 aircraft, but this is a bit smaller (wingspan aprox. 25 mm!)







And here she is painted and decaled (those canopy frames were a b!tch!) I used the decals intended for the kit biplanes..there should be smaller insignias on the fuselage, but I'm not going to worry about it. Now I just need to add propeller blades. Of course, the AZ carried two aircraft, but to preserve my sanity (and eyesight) I'm only building one. I'll just say the other is off scouting somewhere.

Cheers!

Steve

Very impressive!

Steve, you could use the completed Kingfisher as a master and make mold from it and cast more from resin. If you did that, I would be interested in a couple.

Well- I have never seen smaller kit

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wow! and i thought the 1/144 wildcat i built was small!

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Since you did such a great job on the Kingfisher, how about a photo of the ship too.

wow, thats very cool

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I'd like to see the ship too, that plane looks great!

Tim

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Thanks, everybody!

I wasn't sure if posting pics of the ship itself would be appropriate for this forum, but I suppose as long as she has an airplane on her....

I'll post some pics as soon as I get her finished up..just need to get the Kingfisher on the catapult and add some rigging.

SN

looks as good as the original ww 2 1/432nd scale mini i.d. models that i have. excellent meticulous work. you would make a great dentist too!!

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Wow! I'm impressed!!

WOW! That looks quite impressive.

I have that kit unfinished up in the closet. My first ship and I botched the paint so I need to do some fixin!

Great googily-moogily!!! Not to sound repetative, but that is some seriously impressive work there! Holy smokes.....good stuff!

Gary