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Revell USS Massachusetts 1/720
Posted: January 3rd, 2018, 6:10 am
by Tim Reynaga
Re: Revell USS Massachusetts 1/720
Posted: January 3rd, 2018, 6:50 am
by PropWash
A very nice job you've done of it, Tim. Looks great!
Re: Revell USS Massachusetts 1/720
Posted: January 3rd, 2018, 8:20 am
by iggie
Very smart build indeed
Re: Revell USS Massachusetts 1/720
Posted: January 3rd, 2018, 12:32 pm
by MarkyM607
Very nice. I know it's a Battleship but are they sure they've got enough guns!!?
Re: Revell USS Massachusetts 1/720
Posted: January 3rd, 2018, 12:38 pm
by JamesPerrin
Wow some impressive detailing.
Re: Revell USS Massachusetts 1/720
Posted: January 3rd, 2018, 3:19 pm
by JohnRatzenberger
That is really nice ! I wish I had the attention span (and skill) to do one of those, I've tried.
Re: Revell USS Massachusetts 1/720
Posted: January 3rd, 2018, 11:30 pm
by FAAMAN
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
Re: Revell USS Massachusetts 1/720
Posted: January 4th, 2018, 8:24 am
by Tim Reynaga
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.
Re: Revell USS Massachusetts 1/720
Posted: January 4th, 2018, 12:01 pm
by bobblelink
great work
Re: Revell USS Massachusetts 1/720
Posted: January 4th, 2018, 2:37 pm
by pmmaker
Beautiful job! I love the tiny figures and extra details you added. A museum quality build for sure.
pmmaker
Re: Revell USS Massachusetts 1/720
Posted: January 4th, 2018, 4:05 pm
by JohnRatzenberger
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 !
Re: Revell USS Massachusetts 1/720
Posted: January 4th, 2018, 5:59 pm
by ShaunW
Wow, that is a wonderful build!
Re: Revell USS Massachusetts 1/720
Posted: January 4th, 2018, 6:05 pm
by Tim Reynaga
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!
Re: Revell USS Massachusetts 1/720
Posted: January 4th, 2018, 11:51 pm
by FAAMAN
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.
Re: Revell USS Massachusetts 1/720
Posted: January 6th, 2018, 8:24 am
by RayS
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.