USS New Jersey BB-62 Circa 1985 (1/350 Tamiya)
After more than 5 months, +1000 parts, and 180 hours of work finished the Ship New Jersey, a model rescue, restored and renovated after a fall where the keel and superstructure were broken, in addition to many destroyed pieces.
Many improvements were added…Plastruct styrene sheet, Rod, strip, Generic PE from gold medal models in railings, Stokes Litters and safety nets, Flyhawk vertical and inclined ladders, Watertight Doors, lifebuoy from dream models, Brass pipe 0,3mm, 0,4mm, 0,5mm, 0.8mm improvements…stairs and handrails from flyhawk, ciws phalanx from veteran models, decals from Gold Medal Models, helo sh-60 from Veteran models, radar SPS-49 and Sps-10 from Gold Medal Models, in addition to the set USN Carrier deck equipment from gallery models ..Wooden deck from chuanyu model..metallic anchor chains…weathering from Tamiya set B, invisible thread .004 mm nylon. Tamiya, Model master and Humbrol Enamels Paints…satin lacquer From Rust-Oleum.
reference: Warship pictorial Uss New Jersey from Steve Wiper.
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Great job, those ship models can be hard but yours looks super realistic.
Thanks Amari….regards..
Splendid work, Anthony! It looks amazing.
Thank you very much Jeff.
Hazy grey and underway! Fantastic work Anthony, all the additional AM was a labor of love, I'm sure. My first ship was a 1/700 Wisconsin (purchased from the Wisconsin's gift shop), with GMM PE, and I cherish it's place amongst my ships. You should certainly be proud of your BB, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for your words Andrew,..Greetings.
Looks awesome!
Thanks Robert...
Beautiful work, very realistic result. I've spent a bit of time down on the Iowa here, and can say your New Jersey looks very "right."
thanks for your words Tom ..
Well done. The before shot may be inspiring to all of those of us sitting on wreckage piles we've salvaged.
Allan
That's right, it was difficult to rescue this kit, but the effort was worth it ... thanks for commenting Alan, regards.
Fantastic work, Anthony. All those small details and the tons of work you put really show. It is a joy to watch and looks absolutely real.
I really appreciate your words Spiros, thanks for commenting, take care.
Great build. All that detail work for is outstanding
Thank you very much Hanslam ... greetings.
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A very well accomplished rescue, restored and renovation job Anthony. All the hours spent and extra detail paid off. Very nicely done.
Thanks DE4EVER, it was sometimes daunting and complicated job, but in the end it was worth all the effort.
Nice job, Anthony!
I've had the honor of touring both the New Jersey and Wisconsin. Your build does these great ships justice.
Thank you very much for your words Gary.
This brings back memories of my 20 years in the navy. Everything lo0oks authentic right down to the Tomahawk ABL and the CHAFF launcher. Outstanding !
I really appreciate your words Paul ... thanks.
Well done, I re-enlisted on her sister ship the Missouri and visited her many times at Pearl when I was in the Navy, saw the Iowa and Wisconsin in Portsmouth Va. You got her just right!
Thank you, serving in one of these magnificent battleships must have been a dream, regards.
Oh I didn't serve on her, I re-enlisted on her after she became a museum at Pearl Harbor on the way home from Iraqi Freedom on the USS Constellation. She is very cool to see!
Ok!...take care.
Great effort - the details show! Well done.
Thank you very much Greg, ... if there was any effort
Wow, that’s a lot of work, but definitely worth it.
I think so, thank you very much for your words George, greetings.