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Here are some pics of my Revell 1/720 scale USS Massachusetts model.













I first built Revell's Massachusetts as a child in 1969. I spent a little more time on it this time around, but it was still just as fun!

A very nice job you've done of it, Tim. Looks great!

Very smart build indeed

Very nice. I know it's a Battleship but are they sure they've got enough guns!!?

Wow some impressive detailing.

That is really nice ! I wish I had the attention span (and skill) to do one of those, I've tried.

That's an excellent build of an old kit, Very well done
Are the details you've used 1/700 or 1/720 scale?
Is this how she looks preserved?
Mine was built OOB back in the 1970's squiggle camo and all

FAAMAN wrote:That's an excellent build of an old kit, Very well done
Are the details you've used 1/700 or 1/720 scale?
Is this how she looks preserved?
Mine was built OOB back in the 1970's squiggle camo and all

Thanks Faaman. Yes, the details are 1/700 scale. The project actually began as a Hasegawa 1/700 South Dakota build (the dark grey parts) which I messed up and abandoned. Years later I took up the Revell Massachusetts and recycled some of the better quality leftover Hasegawa parts to improve details. The Hasegawa components are about 3% overscale for this 1/720 ship - but it's hard to tell in this small size!


The model shows the ship as she appears today as a museum, which allowed me to put civilian figures aboard. It is a little hard to see, but in the picture below the figure on the left depicts a woman in a yellow dress.



I even cut a couple of the photoetch brass figures down to include children - the figures next to the 16 inch turret represent my wife and young daughter who were with me when I visited the ship:



I'm the guy in the red shirt looking out over the railing.

great work

Beautiful job! I love the tiny figures and extra details you added. A museum quality build for sure.

pmmaker

The added photos really show the effort and detail you put in.
It looks to me that the quad-40's are kit parts but enhanced with some photo-etch but more importantly detail painting - very nice !

Wow, that is a wonderful build!

Thanks for the comments, guys - much appreciated!

jRatz wrote:The added photos really show the effort and detail you put in.
It looks to me that the quad-40's are kit parts but enhanced with some photo-etch but more importantly detail painting - very nice !

Thanks, John! I thought those kit 40mm quads were pretty cool when I built the model as a kid, but they were actually rather primitive. This time around I ended up replacing them entirely!

It's a very impressive build all the same And all your additions work very well indeed with the original kit
I find it funny that during builds (and rebuilds ) of 1/720 scale models (of which I have a few ) that some aftermarket 1/700 IM/PE/resin details look over scale, some under scale and some just right.

That looks great Tim, the extra detail really makes the model pop!

I also built this kit as a young'en and most probably built it in the time frame you built your first one.