HobbyBoss 1/350 scale USS Arizona (1941)

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Yup... that's what I've been reading up online. A lot of experimenting with color on their ships.
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Here’s a good explanation of 1941 for the USN

https://www.sovereignhobbies.co.uk/page ... our-scheme
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Saw that too. :lashed:
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Kingfisher seaplanes done!

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They're about the size of a Kennedy half dollar...

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Nice! Did the Kingfishers come with the kit, or did you get those separate?
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Nice work on the planes. :shoutout:
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Stikpusher wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:48 pm Nice! Did the Kingfishers come with the kit, or did you get those separate?
It came with the kit.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”

Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney

“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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Is that a 'silver' half dollar in that one photo?
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Ha! I wish! But no. That half dollar is too shiny to.be a silver half dollar coin.
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Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney

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Turrents are done!

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“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”

Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney

“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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