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Revell 1/350 USS New Jersey BB-62 ‘Platinum Edition’
Topic Started: Nov 12 2014, 10:45 AM (1,821 Views)
Mark M
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Revell 1/350 USS New Jersey BB-62 ‘Platinum Edition’


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The USS New Jersey was one of the largest warships in the world. Belonging to the Iowa-class the ship had an ideal combination of high speed and fire-power and was therefore considered a formidable opponent for many years. Construction of the New Jersey began on 16 September 1940, as the keel was laid at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. She was commissioned into service on 23 May 1943. Thereafter she took part in various operations during World War II, the Korean and Vietnam War, off the coast of Lebanon and ultimately in the Persian Gulf. In 1981/82 she underwent fundamental modernisation during her last overhaul and received the latest electronics and guided weapon systems. Eight Tomahawk cruise missile launchers and four Harpoon missile launchers were added to the nine massive 40.6 cm (16 inch) guns of the main armament. Additionally, four 20 mm Phalanx Gatling guns were added for short-range defence. Instead of the on-board aircraft from the Second World War the battleship now carried modern Sea Hawk helicopters. With its latest equipment fit, the New Jersey differed considerably from its condition during the Second World War. In September 1983, due to the Lebanese civil war the New Jersey was ordered into the Mediterranean to support American and French troops. She bombarded several enemy positions in the Lebanon. Later she took part in various operations and exercises, including the Persian Gulf early in 1990. In mid 1990 the New Jersey undertook its farewell tour along the west coast of the USA. It was finally de-commissioned on 08 February 1991. She then lay in reserve in the US Navy Shipyard in Puget Sound along with her sister ship the USS Missouri (BB-63). She was finally deleted from the official ships register in 1999. Today the battleship lies at anchor on the Delaware River as a museum ship in Camden, New Jersey. Although it looked like the era of the battleships had come to an end during the Second World War, the U.S. Navy could and would not dispense with the steadfastness and tremendous fire-power of the Iowa class battleships. The shells fired from the main 40.6 cm (16 inch) guns weighed about 1.2 tons and had a range of about 40 km.



The Kit


This is a re-release of the iconic ship but with this release it has been upgraded to a ‘Platinum Edition’ and as such contains a vast array of what would normally be aftermarket extras

photo-etched parts
metal barrels for the guns
self-adhesive wooden decking
Metal anchor chain


the plastic parts are showing their age and are not up to the recent standard for Revell but when fitting the Etch most of the original plastic detailing will need to be removed and replaced with metal so the poor plastic detail will be gone
some of the other details for this kit are as follows

- Armament corresponds to the year 1982
- One-piece hull
- Detailed decks
- Authentic 40.6 cm (16 inch) guns in three rotatable turrets
- Faithfully reproduced 12.7 (5 inch) cm guns in six turrets
- Aft launcher for Tomahawk cruise missiles
- Four-tube launcher battery's for Harpoon missiles
- Four 20 mm Phalanx Gatling guns
- Propulsion system with four propellers
- Detailed superstructures
- Radar mast
- Two Sikorsky SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopters
- Display stands
- Colored instruction for painting


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The instructions....

The instructions differ from the normal Revell booklets, a booklet is included for the ‘plastic’ only build but there are also 4 sheets of double sided A3 colour paper describing the instillation of the photo etch and wooden decking


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The decals


These are very clean and crisp and in perfect register with minimal excess on each decal

Markings are for:
USS New Jersey, BB-62, 1982

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The Plastic...


As previously mentioned the plastic is showing its age with large amounts of flash that will need to be cleaned up. The detail on the plastic isn’t the greatest but will be replaced by the etch. The plastic however is of good quality.


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In Conclusion



This will be my first foray into ship building and there will be no need for me to shop around to aftermarket extras, the detail with the added extras is simply stunning, and at 77cm long this will be a stunning centre piece to any collection. Revell have really upped there game with this ‘Platinum’ range of kits



Revell model kits are available from all good toy and model retailers. For details visit www.revell.de/en, @RevellGermany or facebook.com/Revell
a new-look Revell website has now gone live at www.revell.de/en.

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Good luck
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Olde Farte
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Have fun, so much fiddly PE.
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I enjoy PE but even this is beyond me but it draws the question

If one company can include all the brass etc you need why can't other's.

On the other hand why can't more companies be like eduard and release 'overtree' kits as they are cheaper and you can buy exactly what you want for it both decal and detail wise.

So you get the full blown, all you can eat kit or the 'do it yourself' kit where you can buy your own decals etc. That would suit everyones budget and tastes

Just a thought
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Mark M
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well if i can master this pe i wont ever worry about etch again

im really looking forward to this
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It's one to get over your fears with dude
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