Kit in review: USS Missouri (BB-63)
Injection molded, with PE and CNC parts
by JoyYard
Greetings folks! Hope all is well and you are busy building your models. I have been asked in the past many times if there is a possibility to make a plastic kits review. Well, today I have a chance to present a kit of the legendary USS Missouri made by a relatively new manufacturer in the market JoyYard. But don't let the fact that it's new scare you. Please join me in this review, and I will show all the parts in great detail, that come with the kit, and even much more. But...first things first!
USS Missouri is also the third US Navy ship to be named after the Show Me state. The very first USS Missouri was a frigate built in the New York Navy Yard during the Age of Sail in 1841. This Missouri displaced 3,200 tons of water and was equipped with two 10-inch guns and eight 8-inch guns. Although she was powered by steam, should steam power fail her, the frigate was also equipped with three masts and 19,000 square feet of canvas. She was one of the first warships to cross the Atlantic Ocean on steam power alone. Unfortunately, soon after crossing the Atlantic Ocean, a fire broke out in Missouri's engine rooms, and the ship was lost to Gibraltar's harbor floor in August 1843.
The second USS Missouri (BB 11) was built and launched in Newport
, Virginia on 28 December 1901. She was the second of the Maine-class battleships, displacing 13,500 tons of water when fully loaded and equipped with four 12-inch and sixteen 6-inch guns. In 1907, she circumnavigated the globe as part of the Great White Fleet, a 46,000-mile voyage of 16 US Atlantic Fleet battleships painted a peacetime white. She participated in World War I, joining the Atlantic Fleet as a training ship and operating out of Chesapeake Bay. She was decommissioned in 1919 and sold for scrap.
Today, a Virginia-class submarine, USS Missouri (SSN 780) is the fourth USS Missouri and carries the Missouri legacy into the future.
USS Missouri (BB-63) steamed to the Pacific, participating in the Iwo Jima invasion, the Ryukyus Campaign, and the raids on the Japanese homeland. On September 2, 1945, the Japanese Surrender was held onboard, ending World War II. After a diplomatic mission to the Mediterranean in 1946, she operated in the Atlantic area, despite grounding herself in 1950 off Hampton Roads, Virginia. Providing gunfire support in the Korean War, Missouri was decommissioned in February 1955. Reactivated in May 1986, she participated in numerous cruises and again provided gunfire support during the Persian Gulf War in 1991. Decommissioned in 1992, Missouri is now a museum battleship at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Ship Characteristics
The Blueprints
The Kit
JY35000X Labeled as Limited Edition
The kit comes in a cardboard box 800mm x 250mm x 100mm. All sides show color printed kit contents including a full model using all the parts in the kit. Also, you have a chance to see the photo of the optional Upgrade set called Master Package. I will review this set as well. On the upper\top left corner, you will see the hologram with the unique serial number. *Please note: pedestals shown in the photo are not included in the kit.
Opening The Box
I must admit that I have never seen plastic kits has such precise packaging. Here is what I mean, being the hull comes in a single part and is over 800mm long, you suspect it must be fragile. But don't worry too much, JayYard provided a molded styrofoam to protect the hull and other parts while transporting. Once the box is opened, you will see a flyer with a painting guide with paint identification from three paint manufacturers: IPP, GSI, and Tamiya. The instruction manual booklet and the accessory box contain 10 sheets of PE parts. Frets with various plastic parts nicely fit in the molded styrofoam. Also, there are laser-cut self-adhesive templates to protect parts while painting. BTW, the kit included a gift as a Type of 96 AA gun PE set and microwire 0.049mm.
Here is the hull, Inside the hull, you will find additional parts mostly for the construction of the tower and all superstructures.
As you can see, all parts are packaged in their corresponding cells, in mind to safely survive any rough transportation to your homes; a really clever idea JoYar! This will conclude the opening box review. Next, I will review the content of the box and outline all details with Macro shots.
Don't go away for long, to be continued...
Injection molded, with PE and CNC parts
by JoyYard
Greetings folks! Hope all is well and you are busy building your models. I have been asked in the past many times if there is a possibility to make a plastic kits review. Well, today I have a chance to present a kit of the legendary USS Missouri made by a relatively new manufacturer in the market JoyYard. But don't let the fact that it's new scare you. Please join me in this review, and I will show all the parts in great detail, that come with the kit, and even much more. But...first things first!
Images courtesy of https://www.history.navy.mil
USS Missouri (BB-63)
She was built in the midst of World War II in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, USS Missouri (BB 63) is the youngest of her other Iowa-class sisters, following USS Iowa (BB 61), USS New Jersey (BB 62), and USS Wisconsin (BB 64). Like her sisters, she was designed to be a fast battleship: a warship that balanced firepower and armor without sacrificing speed. Missouri’s 887'3" (270.4m) length accommodated four large engines with 212,000 shaft horsepower, allowing the battleship to hit speeds over 33 knots, a significant improvement from the 27 knots of the previous class of battleship, the South Dakota class, and faster than the 26-knot capability of Japanese ships of the time.USS Missouri is also the third US Navy ship to be named after the Show Me state. The very first USS Missouri was a frigate built in the New York Navy Yard during the Age of Sail in 1841. This Missouri displaced 3,200 tons of water and was equipped with two 10-inch guns and eight 8-inch guns. Although she was powered by steam, should steam power fail her, the frigate was also equipped with three masts and 19,000 square feet of canvas. She was one of the first warships to cross the Atlantic Ocean on steam power alone. Unfortunately, soon after crossing the Atlantic Ocean, a fire broke out in Missouri's engine rooms, and the ship was lost to Gibraltar's harbor floor in August 1843.
The second USS Missouri (BB 11) was built and launched in Newport
, Virginia on 28 December 1901. She was the second of the Maine-class battleships, displacing 13,500 tons of water when fully loaded and equipped with four 12-inch and sixteen 6-inch guns. In 1907, she circumnavigated the globe as part of the Great White Fleet, a 46,000-mile voyage of 16 US Atlantic Fleet battleships painted a peacetime white. She participated in World War I, joining the Atlantic Fleet as a training ship and operating out of Chesapeake Bay. She was decommissioned in 1919 and sold for scrap.Today, a Virginia-class submarine, USS Missouri (SSN 780) is the fourth USS Missouri and carries the Missouri legacy into the future.
USS Missouri (BB-63) steamed to the Pacific, participating in the Iwo Jima invasion, the Ryukyus Campaign, and the raids on the Japanese homeland. On September 2, 1945, the Japanese Surrender was held onboard, ending World War II. After a diplomatic mission to the Mediterranean in 1946, she operated in the Atlantic area, despite grounding herself in 1950 off Hampton Roads, Virginia. Providing gunfire support in the Korean War, Missouri was decommissioned in February 1955. Reactivated in May 1986, she participated in numerous cruises and again provided gunfire support during the Persian Gulf War in 1991. Decommissioned in 1992, Missouri is now a museum battleship at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Ship Characteristics
| Built | New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York |
| Class | Iowa-class battleship |
| Keel Laid | January 6, 1941 |
| Launched | January 29, 1944 |
| Commissioned | June 11, 1944 |
| Operational | December 14, 1944 |
| Decommissioned | February 26, 1955 |
| Recommissioned | May 10, 1986 |
| Decommissioned | March 31, 1992 |
| Length | 887'3" (270.4m) |
| Beam | 108' 3" (33m) |
| Draft | 38' (11.6m) |
| Height | 209' 8" (63.9m) from keel to mast top |
| Displacement | 58,000 tons loaded: 45,000 tons unloaded |
| Personnel | 134 officers, 2400 enlisted (World War II) 65 officers, 1450 enlisted (1986-1992) |
| Boilers | Eight 600 pounds per square inch Babcock & Wilcox |
| Main Engines | Four geared General Electric Turbines |
| Horsepower | 212,000 shaft horsepower (total of all four shafts) |
| Propellers | Two five-bladed 17' 5" (5.3m) inboard Two four-bladed 18' 3" (5.6m) outboard |
| Rudders | Two |
| Speed | Over 30 knots |
| Tank capacity | 2.5-million gallons of fuel oil 30,000 gallons of aviation fuel 239,000 gallons of fresh water |
| Armor | The main armor of the hull is 13.5" tapering 19 degrees vertically to 1.62" Aft, for protection of the propellers and shafts, the armor is 13.5Other armor thicknesses are: Turret faces: 17"Turret tops: 7.25"Turret backs: 12"Turret sides: 9.25"Second deck armor: 6"Conning tower sides: 17.3" |
| Armament | |
| Main Gun Battery | Nine 16".50 caliber guns in three, three-gun turrets Range: 23 miles Projectiles: Armor piercing – 2,700 pounds High capacity – 1,900 pounds Powder: a standard load of six, 110-pound bags Rate of fire: two rounds per minute, per gun Use: Anti-surface and shore bombardment |
| Secondary Battery | Twelve 5"/38 caliber guns in six dual mounts Range: 9 miles Projectiles: 55 pounds Powder: 30 pounds Rate of fire: 15 rounds per minute, per gun Use: Anti-surface, anti-air, and shore bombardment |
| Air Defense | Four Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) Gatling-style guns, capable of firing 20mm ammunition at a rate of 50 rounds per second (3000 rounds per minute) for self-defense against missiles and aircraft |
| Missiles | Capable of carrying up to 32 Tomahawk Anti-Surface or Land Attack missiles and up to 16 Harpoon anti-surface missiles |
The Blueprints
images courtesy of https://ussmissouri.org
The Kit
JY35000X Labeled as Limited Edition
- Scale: 1:350
- Length: 772.7mm
- Width: 94.2mm
- Material\Componnebts: Injection molded, with PE and CNC parts
- Over 1000+ highly detailed plastic parts
- CNC brass turned barrels for the main and secondary guns
- 10 sheets of Photo Etched parts (ladders, vents, hatches, doors, handrails, and much more)
- Hull molded as the single part
- One sheet of decals
- All kit parts, as well as PE parts, are designed and developed in house
The kit comes in a cardboard box 800mm x 250mm x 100mm. All sides show color printed kit contents including a full model using all the parts in the kit. Also, you have a chance to see the photo of the optional Upgrade set called Master Package. I will review this set as well. On the upper\top left corner, you will see the hologram with the unique serial number. *Please note: pedestals shown in the photo are not included in the kit.
Opening The Box
I must admit that I have never seen plastic kits has such precise packaging. Here is what I mean, being the hull comes in a single part and is over 800mm long, you suspect it must be fragile. But don't worry too much, JayYard provided a molded styrofoam to protect the hull and other parts while transporting. Once the box is opened, you will see a flyer with a painting guide with paint identification from three paint manufacturers: IPP, GSI, and Tamiya. The instruction manual booklet and the accessory box contain 10 sheets of PE parts. Frets with various plastic parts nicely fit in the molded styrofoam. Also, there are laser-cut self-adhesive templates to protect parts while painting. BTW, the kit included a gift as a Type of 96 AA gun PE set and microwire 0.049mm.
Here is the hull, Inside the hull, you will find additional parts mostly for the construction of the tower and all superstructures.
As you can see, all parts are packaged in their corresponding cells, in mind to safely survive any rough transportation to your homes; a really clever idea JoYar! This will conclude the opening box review. Next, I will review the content of the box and outline all details with Macro shots.
Don't go away for long, to be continued...
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