Digital Navy USS Arizona 1/100 - Page 3

**redhorse** · #21 09-08-2008, 07:51 PM

Excellent! I've been looking forward to the catapults. Your detail work is great and these I'm sure will be very interesting.

**eibwarrior** · #22 09-10-2008, 02:54 PM

Thanks Jim!

I've finished most of the minor deck elements on the aft deck... Winches, hatches, vents and deckhouse... The first shot is the two winches that occur on each side of the #3 turret. These are fun, detailed little assemblies.

The overall shot of the aft deck shows that most (not all

) of the white spots are history.

Finally, the last shot shows the parts laid out for the #3 turret-mounted catapult. Not too many parts for this and the construction seems very straight-forward. This will be a fun assembly to build and add rails to.

**eibwarrior** · #23 09-14-2008, 06:48 PM

To celebrate the one year anniversary (yep, I've been laboring away for an entire year as of today...) I've completed the float plane catapult on top of turret #3.

This was a fun little model to build. The construction of the catapult had lots of voids to cutout, and I enjoy that work a great deal. I added styrene round for handrails on the attached catwalks.

Some photos for your enjoyment. One year down, several more weeks to go.

**Barry** · #24 09-14-2008, 07:09 PM

great bit of cutting Elb as you say the handrails really finish it

**redhorse** · #25 09-14-2008, 08:03 PM

Ohhhh, it looks great!! Yup, the handrails make it! Puts me in the mood to visit a ship.

It's hard to believe you've been working on this for a year.

**tincan871** · #26 09-14-2008, 09:44 PM

Beautiful workmanship AND photography!

Ed

**dansls1** · #27 09-15-2008, 05:24 AM

I love seeing progress of this ship. Looks great as always!

**eibwarrior** · #28 09-15-2008, 11:06 AM

Thanks for the very kind comments everyone.

I'm starting the aft deck catapult next and will have some shots of that up in a couple days.

**milenio3** · #29 09-15-2008, 11:42 AM

Keep the great work coming, Eib!!

I saw that you used styrene for handrails, at least on your last comments.

But, what did you use for the turrets? I mean the structures around the turrets.

**eibwarrior** · #30 09-17-2008, 09:54 AM

Gerardo, thanks for asking.
The vertical bars are actually floral arrangement wire. I think it's 18 gage steel, coated with a thin layer of plastic coating. I got it at my local Hobby Lobby in the floral department. I used wire snips to cut the sections to the correct length, and then bent them with pliers. I made one as a prototype and then made a jig from card to make the rest uniform.
The horizontal ring on both the top and bottom of the vertical bars is actually styrene round, about 1/16" diameter or a little less. I glued it to the verticals one spot at a time with super glue and then finish painted with Tamiya acrylic (neutral gray).

I had to get crafty with that assembly.