Revell 1/535 USS Missouri "Mighty Mo"

[BlackSheep214]

This is one of the birthday kits given to me by my son. I spent 3 nights doing the riggings alone using stretched sprue since I don't have EZ Line. This is the first battleship kit I've done in over 40 years. The Revell kit OOB wasn't too bad fit wise. The only gripe I had was the existing holes for threading were a bit too large. I think Revell could have done is have them pre-drilled for the builder to do it themselves if they want to rig this battleship..

Colors used:

Haze Grey for the hull
British Crimson for lower section of hull, 5-N Dark sea Blue for the water line
Pollyscale Mud was used for wood deck
Floatplanes is a special mix of 2 parts 5-N Navy Blue, 2 drops of Weathered Black and 2 parts Dark Sea Blue (FS15042) I wanted to give it a nice weathered look. I am very happy with how it turned out. I was going to use Dark Sea blue but in my eyes it was just waaaaay to dark for my taste.

Now for the pics...

















I am planning on doing another US Navy ship soon. I'm looking to pick up the Fletcher Class USS Sullivans destroyer and build it as USS Wadleigh; the destroyer my dad was on when he was in the Navy in the late 50s. The Sullivans destroyer appears to be almost exactly as the Wadleigh.

I did want to do another ship my dad was on (USS Courtney) but that ship is classified as a Destroyer Escort. Unfortunately, there are no destroyer escort kits out there.

[LyleW]

Nice! Me-109?

[Stikpusher]

Nice job on the classic Revell kit Tom.

[keavdog]

Nice job my friend. Bristling with guns and angry looking.

[Floki]

That's a great looking build!

[BlackSheep214]

Thank you, guys. I am confused by Lyle’s Me-109 post.

[BlackSheep214]

Since I am planning ahead on a destroyer kit in the future, I’ve always been confused with ship kits scales. I know 1/535 scale is a decent size but what about scales 1/350 and 1/700? I know one is waterline kits and I’m taking a wild guess 1/350 are just that. 1/700 would be slightly bigger than 1/535 scale.

Am I close assuming that?

[Stikpusher]

Just the opposite Tom, 1/700 ships are smaller than 1/350. And 1/700 has a huge selection of waterline kits, while only some 1/350 kits have a waterline option. The same ship in 1/700 will be twice as big in 1/350.

[BlackSheep214]

Thank you clarifying this for me, Carlos. I have seen preview pics of some ship kits in 1/350 scale and have noticed some can be built with full hull or waterline hull. I’ve narrowed down on getting the Trumpeter USS Sullivans destroyer kit.
I know I came across sort of a Naval yearbook of my dad’s ship but I’m not sure if it was the Courtney or Wadleigh. Either way, that would give me nice reference pics.

[Modelcrazy]

Nice job on that old gal.
The Courtney was a Dealey class 56 -73
The Wadleigh was a Fletcher class, I believe a square bridge design so the "The Sullivans" would work. If it was a round bridge design, the Tamiya kit would fit.