Well here's an very old kit that was commission side build to be finish by February 2016, since its been seating for years in their small warehouse, the decals are already pulverize, the box have termite damage... instruction manual was nowhere to be found... its a challenging build even in small part count, but the main problem here is the mold slide for the whole kit part. might as well build the rigging only but not to the extend of whole railing stuffs... I'll better give him a trumpeter kit lol

here's the Mast that I've been repairing






for reference




P.S. this will be a long build

Nice to see you posting the Mo here ER!! She's certainly is an older kit...but sometimes nothing better than working the old plastic to make something look good!! Off to a great start too!! Best of luck on the build!!

Thanks, Todd its a ton of work removing the flashes, sanding what I could to make an even surface, filling up the sink marks which is visible on every kit part... and I just clean the 20 pcs of 40mm guns individually

Wow Chester, it is great to see someone building that grand old kit from 1953!
I built Revell's Missouri as a kid... thought it was the best kit ever! Good luck with her.

Hello ER:

I echo Tim's sentiment. I have built several of those in my life, have fun with it. You are taking on a big project and making good progress on it returning it to it's former glory.

Hi Tim, did you mean its a 1953 kit? will do what I can on this

Mark, you have a lot of patience building these kits... kindly share some for me lol

Clean and scrape the mold slides on the 40mm twin guns


The structures are still on working... putty works, window works...


Primered and painted the upper deck with dark grey


Cheers!!!

You seem to be taming this beast very well ER!!! Looking good buddy!!

I think I can tame her in time, buddy

Lower hull painted with Gunze Red Hull will let this one dry a few hours and will start hand painting the wooden deck with Vallejo Deck tan... will have to dry it for a day before I could mask again for the black line on the hull.



cheers!!!

Paint looks great ER!! Nice seeing it coming together!! Looking forward to seeing more soon! Keep up the great work buddy!!

Thanks, Todd! I'm getting there just need to finish painting the wooden deck on the ship then all go smoothly I hope

on progress of the wooden deck


Ship hull done

She is coming along very nicely there ER!! Especially besides the little bump in the road you were telling me about! Definitely doing this old kit justice my friend!! Almost there!! Keep it coming!!

Thanks Todd, I guess I'm half way thru... done with the wood-stained on ships deck... just need to clean up some parts.



Cheers!!

Nice work, Chester. I like the wood deck especially.

As for being halfway through, my memory of building this kit is that after the clean up of the smaller parts was finished things moved along pretty rapidly. Anyway, your build is looking great so far!

You've done a fine job on the deck ER!! Some great coloring! Really steps up the kit a lot! Looks like you are in the home stretch now!!

Thanks Guys!!! I'm almost there just need to paint and to paint the structures... Just done with the King Fisher.

Nice job there ER! Great to see the planes making it to the decks there!! That finish line is getting closer now!!

Very nice work on this beautiful old kit! Looking forward to commissioning!

Cheers,
Jan

Good job on this rather old kit ! Very nice