1/200 scale Missouri by Trumpeter Build Video 1

An intro to my USS Missouri build!!! This is the 1/200 scale kit by Trumpeter.

In this video I go over the basic kit, and the detail set that I purchased for it from Pontos.

The music is by: The Midwestern
And is used with their permission.

Thanks for watching!!!

4/28/20 here is a link to the entire build series:

[AlexanderJ.Anderson]

This looks as though it should keep even the most determined builder out of trouble for a month or so😂 and then there are aftermarket bits for it.

[B.A.S.Drydock]

Let's see 20 episodes for the Arizona....50 for the Mo. Lol! Ol Solomon from Life After Work will love this build!! Love the Pontos set!! Well you know I wont miss an episode! Cant wait!!👍👍

[j.b]

My cousin served on the USS Missouri BB-63 from 1989-1992, this would definitely be something he would love to have to display, awesome work!

[darlahays]

Great job. My Dad served on The Missouri aka The Big Mo. I have a small silver copy of the ship that Dad was given at the time of his discharge.

[usssaratogacvlefevre]

With your skills this will be a work of art. Your attention to detail will bring it to life. Looking forward to following this one. Oh ya. it's huge.

[ronstar]

I build wood ship models, primarily. I will watch you put together this plastic kit. When I was a kid, they were mostly plastic, with some wooden planes thown in. I am 70, and still like doing it.

[props-model-shop]

Videoing this monster is a challenge. But I'm looking forward to your approach to this ship. Maybe; I'll pick up a tip or two... Good luck!

[mcgoo]

Ive never seen a ship build but ive always drooled over the kits!

[ИгорьВладимировичМ-ов]

This is a very serious model in scale!
Excellent detailing and quality for your money!
congratulations to everyone who purchased this large-scale copy!

[naturalobserver]

We're all looking forward to this build, it looks like it's going to be a great model !

[tonyguerra]

This has probably already been pointed out, but the "dents" on the side of the hull are known in the Navy as "dishing, " which typically occurs when some junior officer "bumps" the ship into a pier or a bollard or something (or harbor tugs and other light watercraft "kiss" the hull). Of course, once the JO dings the ship he'll receive a chewing out from the executive officer and the more senior ship drivers, but don't ask me how I know that. ;-)

Also, I was stationed in Hawaii, in 1998, when the Mighty Mo was towed across from the mothball fleet and tied up at its final berth over on Pearl Harbor's Ford Island. I and many others -- from all the military service branches, not just the Navy and Marine Corps (battleships once had a sizable Marine contingent on board) -- not to mention plenty of Americans from all walks of civilian life -- helped restore it to its former glory.

The Iowa-class BBs were the height of U.S. non-aviation-related naval military technology for decades and through several refits as some of them were taken out of mothballs and then put back into active service. They're brutal war machines and not at all hesitant to display their mailed fists, and I say that admiringly.

[slackjaw]

This is gonna be one heck of an epic adventure following along with you on this monster. Can’t wait!

[stewartchamberlain]

Looking forward to this, you know it's a big kit when you have to move home just to fit it in. Lol, best of luck

[Kojak]

That's insane - first of all the scale - hell, the turrets could pass for 1/35 scale tank turrets, but also the stupid amount of details - and on top of that, you decide to top it off with even more aftermarket parts! It's mind-boggling and I admire your geist in getting this done. Me, I'm keeping to my 1/35 scale tanks and stuff.



But I will follow this build with interest.

[JackFlemingFan]

What an amazing scale your USS Missouri model kit is! Thanks for posting your excellent video!

[long_chin_man]

>looking up this drone i saw on an ad that was a scam
>look up the drone site
>randomly stumble on this completely unrelated video
>its literally just a guy building a scale model of an old battleship
>hes very happy
>his happiness makes me happy
>enjoy the rest of my day

[riff]

Congratulations on the new house and the kit with extra's...Wow!

[bigcharliesmodelgarage]

Wow that's a huge ambitious project. Have fun

[markb]

I have the 1/200 bismarck with the pontos set what blew me away about the pontos set is the main guns are rifled!! - most impressed with your work

[jublywubly]

That kit looks amazing! I've been eyeing off a similar giant-scale (as I call them) kit, at my local hobby store. I've built a mountain of model kits, but I've never built anything so huge and so detailed. The kits cost a few hundred dollars, here in Australia. When I eventually get around to buying a 1:200 scale kit, it will either be a ship, like that one, or there's also a submarine kit that has a cut-away side, showing interior detail. Both are around AU$500, just for the kit.