by Geoffry Woods |
1/426 USS Virginia BB-21 (Revell/kitbash)
A kitbash of Revell's 1/426 USS Arizona, I started this project back in 1997, but it languished in the shipyard until 2012 when I finally finished her. The open 5"/38 guns are metal, from Tom's Modelworks, if remember correctly. The small boat cranes are from a Revell 1/720 Massachusetts. The secondary battery directors are leftover from an old Lindberg Manchester. The 40mm guns are from an old Revell Missouri. Clear stick on jewelry beads give the searchlights a little reflectivity. Silver thread represents HF radio wire antenna between the fire control tops. She's designed to float, which she does, almost perfectly at the waterline.