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Kirt Blattenberger, Webmaster - Airplanes and Rockets

Kirt Blattenberger

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Carpe Diem! (Seize the Day!)

Even during the busiest times of my life I have endeavored to maintain some form of model building activity. This site has been created to help me chronicle my journey through a lifelong involvement in model aviation, which all began in Mayo, MD ...

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U.S.S. Arizona Battleship
Revell 1/426th Scale

This U.S.S. Arizona battleship model was built and painted by my son, Philip, who was 10 years old at the time. It is the stock 1/426th scale U.S.S. Arizona Revell kit. Spray cans of Testors enamel paint were used for the hull and deck, and the small Testors bottles of colors were used for the airplanes and detail work. His effort paid off with a 1st Place ribbon at the 2005 Dixie Classic Fair in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Philip was at one time an ardent World War II history enthusiast, being especially interested in the naval battles of the South Pacific.

USS Arizona by Revell (1), by Phiilip Blattenberger - Airplanes and Rockets

 

USS Arizona by Revell (3), by Phiilip Blattenberger - Airplanes and Rockets 

 

USS Arizona by Revell (2), by Phiilip Blattenberger - Airplanes and Rockets 

 

USS Arizona by Revell (4), by Phiilip Blattenberger - Airplanes and Rockets 

USS Yorktown model by Philip Blattenberger - Airplanes and Rockets

Above is my son, Philip, holding his plastic model of the USS Yorktown.

 

 

Posted December 29, 2012

Model Aviation Magazine, AMA - Airplanes and Rockets