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11-25-2005, 10:30 PM
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RE: has anyone built
No-one in our club has, as yet, but it should be not particularly harder than any other battleship (though the lines are not as clean and simple a some). If you want a running start, Swampworks has a fiberglass hull, deck, etc. in 1/144 scale.
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11-25-2005, 10:54 PM
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RE: has anyone built
thanx man, but do you think it would be even possible with those funny shapes up front? don't get me wrong, i REALLY wanna build this sucker, but how long would you recon it takes me?
11-25-2005, 11:20 PM
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RE: has anyone built
Depends - Swampy kit or not? Built for combat or not? Built to cruise or not? Fine detail or standoff scale? Lots of build time available, or catch as catch can? Lots of tools and space, or not? Experienced model builder or not? Each of these questions indicaqtes less or more time depending on the answer.
The first question is, are you wanting to build one to battle? Or just to sail? If just to sail, it would probably be easier/cheaper to get a relative large plastic kit and motorize it. If you are looking for a finescale model, but larger than available in plastic, there may be other choices. Regardless, ist is probably not a single weekend project.
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The first question is, are you wanting to build one to battle? Or just to sail? If just to sail, it would probably be easier/cheaper to get a relative large plastic kit and motorize it. If you are looking for a finescale model, but larger than available in plastic, there may be other choices. Regardless, ist is probably not a single weekend project.
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11-26-2005, 09:42 AM
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RE: has anyone built
thanx man, thats a big help! i hope i didn't sound too combatitive last night, it was late. so i guess i have to decide on a couple of things before i run off screamng build-time! hey, swampy is a good idea, i hadn't thought of that... geez, thanx again!
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RE: has anyone built
There is someone building an Arizona from scratch,... I just wouldn't build one quite so big.
Scroll to the bottom of this page.
http://wmunderway.8m.com/gallery13/gallery13.htm
[link=http://www.loyalhannadockyard.com/]Loyalhannah Dockyard[/link] offers an Arizona hull if you don't want to combat and just build for scale. Of course you have to have some serious cash.(thats why I scratch build.
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http://www.loyalhannadockyard.com/ARIZONA.htm
Scroll to the bottom of this page.
http://wmunderway.8m.com/gallery13/gallery13.htm
[link=http://www.loyalhannadockyard.com/]Loyalhannah Dockyard[/link] offers an Arizona hull if you don't want to combat and just build for scale. Of course you have to have some serious cash.(thats why I scratch build.
)http://www.loyalhannadockyard.com/ARIZONA.htm
