Battleship Arizona vs Battleship New Jersey

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  • Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
  • In this episode we're comparing USS Arizona to USS New Jersey, with some help from our friends over at COBI, go to buildCOBI.com for your own kits.
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  • @bebo4807
    @bebo4807 Год назад +36

    It’s encouraging to see a young man like Ryan talk openly about masterbuilding. In fact frequent masterbuilding is part of a healthy lifestyle.

  • @bryangrote8781
    @bryangrote8781 Год назад +107

    I never knew there was such a thing as a battleship salesman before watching this video, but now that I've discovered such a job title exists I think Ryan could absolutely sell me any BB that suits his fancy.

    • @akaz678
      @akaz678 Год назад +7

      If he's selling, I'm buying.

    • @williammitchell4417
      @williammitchell4417 Год назад +2

      He would no doubt do a better job than the bumb that sold me my Ford

    • @Manco65
      @Manco65 Год назад +2

      Hehehe 😎👍

  • @jimsquire9048
    @jimsquire9048 Год назад +20

    I've done 11 Cobi ship models. I also have some of their tanks, planes and helicopters. Cobi is awesome and I enjoy their builds. The brick quality is just as good as Lego.

  • @adamburgess4618
    @adamburgess4618 Год назад +19

    I was impressed by the size difference. Pretty eye popping.

  • @reese2694
    @reese2694 Год назад +22

    I grew up visiting the Texas but always wanted to go all the places I couldn't. 18 months ago I found your channel with the video going through the NJ's "catacombs", now I'm hovering over the buy button on a $250 model kit that my wife will have serious questions about...

  • @rilmar2137
    @rilmar2137 Год назад +66

    It's incredible to think how much technology has changed between the two world wars. Of course, here we talk mostly about battleships, but it's also very apparent with aircraft, tanks, even cars. Even more insane how much has changed between then and today.

    • @Followme556
      @Followme556 Год назад +18

      The generation that saw the most technological change in history were humans who were just old enough to serve in the US civil war.
      They were born into a world of no electricity, single shot muskets and horse drawn carriages and by the time the last US civil war veteran died there was electricity, 100+ mph automobiles, fast battleships, main battle tanks, massive super carriers, intercontinental jet powered bombers, supersonic aircraft and nuclear bombs.
      Never before or since has a human being ever seen such technological change in a single lifetime.

    • @chrisb9960
      @chrisb9960 Год назад +1

      Two very good posts.

    • @anonymike8280
      @anonymike8280 Год назад +3

      @@Followme556 And that is why the Civil War was absurd. Even the great issue of chattel slavery was dwarfed by what came even over the next 30 years from when the war ended. The institution would not have survived.

    • @videoviewer2008
      @videoviewer2008 Год назад +2

      "Tom Scott (the older one)" has some great videos. Some of them cover how Texas's guns are loaded. If you compare that to who Iowa's are loaded it's an amazing difference. Texas's loading process is so much harder than on an Iowa.

    • @BlackHawkBallistic
      @BlackHawkBallistic Год назад +4

      There were 61 years between the Wright Brothers first flight and the first flight of the SR-71, a mere 61 years to go from just being able to understand why we need tail controls to creating the fastest air breathing jet ever. Not to mention its design team lead Kelly Johnson was a designer on the P-38 where they had no idea what compression from high speed was and a few decades later he's working on the SR-71. It's kind blowing

  • @davowsp
    @davowsp Год назад +12

    I love that in his spare time after his full time battleship job Ryan builds battleship models.

    • @AntonioMustang
      @AntonioMustang 10 месяцев назад +2

      can never get enough battleship!

  • @A7OM1CS
    @A7OM1CS Год назад +41

    This is the first time i've heard of COBI, and going through their catalogue for the first time made me feel like a kid again. So many awesome kits.

    • @1ramyus
      @1ramyus Год назад +3

      COBI is a Polish company that makes block models of aircraft, tanks, armored vehicles, and ships. And every set is a model of a specific plane, ship, or tank assigned to the particular unit. Not just a random piece of military equipment. My son built USS Enterprise CV-6 from COBI, and several tanks and planes.

    • @nyrmetros
      @nyrmetros Год назад +1

      COBI is an amazing Polish brick company. Their bricks are compatible with Legos. However they are on another level. I discovered them when they made a Sabaton tank. They are bringing history back to life with their kits and models.

    • @PaulPittman
      @PaulPittman Год назад +2

      @@nyrmetros I have the Iowa class kit and it was a fun New Year's Eve project.

    • @nufy08
      @nufy08 Год назад +1

      Their products look awesome!

    • @RJIVHALO
      @RJIVHALO Год назад +1

      Cobi is a pretty good company. They are always getting more detailed with their sets. They constantly update their models. They don’t even use stickers in their sets anymore. It’s all prints.

  • @ThumperE23
    @ThumperE23 Год назад +11

    I remember a picture of Wisconsin at Pearl Harbor pulled up next to the hulked hull of Oklahoma. I know Oklahoma is the previous class to Arizona, but the contrast is amazing the size difference. I saw it in a book called The Iowa Class Battleships: Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri & Wisconsin (Weapons and Warfare) by Malcolm Muir. As always great content Battleship New Jersey crew.

  • @tonytrotta9322
    @tonytrotta9322 Год назад +12

    In WW2 the old battleships and old cruisers did the majority of the bombardment in the Pacific while the new battleships and new cruisers screened the carriers.

    • @UchihaPercy
      @UchihaPercy Год назад +3

      It really shows the shift in strategy during the war.

    • @DrVictorVasconcelos
      @DrVictorVasconcelos 8 месяцев назад

      Yup, they needed the fast battleships to keep up with carriers.

    • @tonytrotta9322
      @tonytrotta9322 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@DrVictorVasconcelos Remember too - 1945: USS Indianapolis CA 35 - Heavy Cruiser - July 30, 1945: Record still stands today:
      USS Indy set a speed record from San Fransico to Pearl Harbor - 74 hours at a speed of 29 knots which is a record today.Delivered main parts of Hiroshima bomb to Island of Tinian. Unescorted by Destroyer she was sunk - 1200 men - 880 in the water when she went down & 315 rescued. In the shark invested water for 5 days. The Newsapers reported this Worst Naval tragedy with a small artical when the War ended a few weeks later. My dad &and I met a survivor from the Indy in a mall years ago and the sharks still haunted him. God Bless our service men & service women - past and present!

  • @historyinbitesizedchunks5857
    @historyinbitesizedchunks5857 Год назад +9

    I've always thought the Pennsylvania-class (After their modernization) were beautiful looking ships. I'm interested in their unique tripod masts, curious as to what they looked like inside but unfortunately there are no photos of Arizona's interior of the masts. Had they saved a mast from the wreck, it would've been cool to see it as a memorial.

  • @Convoycrazy
    @Convoycrazy Год назад +17

    BB-38 vs. BB-62 is like a game of Sheetz vs. Wawa 😉 I personally prefer Ol’ Fallin’ Apart myself - besides, the Pennsylvanias served during TWO World Wars. You can see BB-38’s bell on public display at PSU main campus in State College, and two of her 14”/45’s preserved a few miles away, guarding the gates of the Pennsylvania Military Museum in Boalsburg

  • @Hendricus56
    @Hendricus56 Год назад +11

    Well, the discussion basically is, got they more out of a standard battleship with dozens more being present during the time or out of basically the last of their kind, especially considering the advancements of weaponry they received. Arizona didn't participate in both wars, New Jersey received 19 battle stars, not to mention basically not destroyable fire support in Vietnam and Lebanon. And Missouri and Wisconsin in Iraq. And the entire class in Korea. And Pennsylvania was more or less a coastal gun battery during the last war featuring battleships on all sides and participated in the execution off Fuso and Yamashiro, where her missing wouldn't really had made a difference. If you only include the time until 1945, the Navy surely got more out of the Pennsylvanias, but considering their status during the Cold War, the Iowas were worth the money spent, even with continuous upgrades

  • @Alcochaser
    @Alcochaser Год назад +8

    Somewhere are barrels from the Arizona. They salvaged the turrets, also there are a set of barrels that came off the arizona in a 30s refit

  • @kingsteven7
    @kingsteven7 Год назад +5

    Crazy to think that Pennsylvania had times when her And Yamamoto almost go toe to toe. Specially after seeing size difference between New Jersey and her little sister

  • @formula73
    @formula73 Год назад +6

    This is the longest and best commercial I’ve ever watched. It worked, too. I was previously unaware of any of these.

  • @ed9492
    @ed9492 Год назад +6

    You should show us approximately where the current office/employee spaces on New Jersey would be on the model.

  • @aurorajones8481
    @aurorajones8481 Год назад +4

    So cool. Thanks for doing this video. I had no idea why the turrets were colored back in the day. Ive always thought it was dumb considering they are giant bulls eye targets for airplanes just like we had for the Japanese carriers. So thanks. I also had no clue the two were so vastly diff in size. Wow.

  • @Skipsul
    @Skipsul Год назад +18

    Would love to see a similar
    comparison with the QE and KGV classes too.

    • @Mantheon
      @Mantheon Год назад +3

      KGV was already done mate....

    • @fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617
      @fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617 Год назад

      To Arizona or New Jersey?

    • @willpat3040
      @willpat3040 Год назад +2

      @@Mantheon I believe they are saying comparing the differences between the QE and the KGV. There's around a 20 year gap between the QE and the KGV just like the Arizona and the NJ, though there isn't as much of a difference in size, fire power, or speed.

    • @wolfhalupka8992
      @wolfhalupka8992 Год назад +1

      @@willpat3040 that would sure be interesting, esp with the QEs being represented by HMS Warspite, I should think. it seems at first glance that the difference wouldn't be as great as btw NJ and Arizona.

    • @bobwill
      @bobwill Год назад +2

      With KGV being completed entirely during the treaty period, it isn’t as stark a difference; but, would be interesting. Of course, seems Cobi doesn’t have either, which seems strange, being a european company.

  • @denniscahill9683
    @denniscahill9683 Год назад +2

    The side-by-side comparison shocked me at the size difference...

  • @andreperrault5393
    @andreperrault5393 Год назад +5

    This is neat. Ryan talks about the ships and models, but also gives modeling painting tips for the ships. I’ve built the Revell kit as a kid, and have a new one to build. Thanks

  • @Kevin-go2dw
    @Kevin-go2dw Год назад +3

    Seeing models of New Jersey and Arizona shows the differences between them. I would like to see a model of Battleship Texas, built pre WW1 to compare with Arizona (and New Jersey). Maybe it will appear on a the Texas channel.

  • @jakefrary8975
    @jakefrary8975 Год назад +11

    I literally just finished my Cobi model of New Jersey yesterday! They are fantastic kits.

    • @aserta
      @aserta Год назад +1

      I have one waiting for some free time. Had to get one after subbing to the channel.

    • @davidbowers521
      @davidbowers521 Год назад

      I built my Cobi New Jersey last month. Very satisfying experience, love the detail and I think my favorite Easter egg is the hidden magazine under the aft turret. And when you see the “tool” they give you to attach those tiny black rings, try not to think of the pegs from an older battleship game.

  • @PaulPittman
    @PaulPittman Год назад +9

    I have the New Jersey and they are a fun kit. Its a long build but the end result is worth it

    • @PhilipFear
      @PhilipFear Год назад

      Is it just me, or does these kits remind anyone else of Lego builds❓🤔❓

    • @PaulPittman
      @PaulPittman Год назад

      @@PhilipFear That's pretty much what they are. LEGO doesn't make military themed kits so companies like COBI stepped up. The pieces are LEGO compatible so you can mix and match

  • @markray814
    @markray814 Год назад +1

    comparison shot was eye opening. WOW

  • @stevestore5964
    @stevestore5964 Год назад +5

    Interesting how Arizona's bow seems to be similar to the Zumwalt DDG.

  • @WillieWanker8135
    @WillieWanker8135 Год назад +1

    I too, built a revell Arizona and Iowa when I was younger, I have since upgraded to some Trumpeter 1:200 scale models

    • @johnstudd4245
      @johnstudd4245 Год назад +1

      To each his own.... but I just don't see the attraction of these Lego type kits. Give me a real scale model anytime. 1:200's....NICE, pretty pricey though. I have the Tamiya 1:350 Musashi.

    • @WillieWanker8135
      @WillieWanker8135 Год назад

      @@johnstudd4245 I’ve also got a 1:350c CV6, Texas and Akagi, by I ❤️ kit, trumpeter and hasegawa respectively

    • @WillieWanker8135
      @WillieWanker8135 Год назад

      @@johnstudd4245 also these Lego kits seem really expensive

  • @Hendricus56
    @Hendricus56 Год назад +3

    Now I can't wait for a video including Bismarck and Hood models (the latter I have, sadly made the mistake of just looking for a good discount, not if it also is an executive edition. The black sign on New Jersey and white for Hood don't mix that good)

  • @kjteitel
    @kjteitel Год назад

    Love that you are a Lego geek like a bunch of us! Thank you. Keep it up.

  • @leevann5592
    @leevann5592 Год назад +2

    You can tell Cobi they made a sale today thanks to this. 😄 I had no idea they even existed, but now I just dropped 500 on 2 kits. I just wish they had a Graf Spee.

  • @RuralTowner
    @RuralTowner Год назад +2

    23:30 Have to say the ARIZONA. Sure there may be some bias since my home state is the one she was named after & have a cousin still entombed within. But the violently tragic manner in how the USS Arizona was lost and accounting for almost half the lives lost in the attack, became perhaps the most iconic & defining moment of Pearl Harbor that ultimately led to US active entry into WW2.

  • @Echowhiskeyone
    @Echowhiskeyone Год назад +4

    Could have called this "Battleship Pennsylvania vs Battleship New Jersey". Pennsylvania is the sister ship of Arizona.

  • @jeffersonchau7171
    @jeffersonchau7171 Год назад +2

    Coincidentally, I'm taking the ASVAB military aptitude test at my school on March 31 so this will be interesting

  • @Paraffinmeister
    @Paraffinmeister Год назад +2

    Interesting, I'm 1 ship away from being able to call myself a Cobi Master Builder (I've built Bismark, Scharnhorst, Hood and am currently building New Jersey). Wonder which one No5 will be....
    Fascinating video as always, it's remarkable to see how these ships evolved over really not all that long. Interesting method of showing it too.

  • @jabrone28
    @jabrone28 Год назад +2

    The Cobi sets are great. I have New Jersey, Missouri, Enterprise, Hood, Yamato, Bismarck, and Graf Zeppelin. I was waiting for an Arizona for a long time. I hope they make some Japanese carriers or Essex class carriers soon.

  • @wfoj21
    @wfoj21 Год назад +2

    8x 1250 KW generators. I think perhaps in a past video/post/ thread I made a guess on what NJ had. QTY 8 - pretty sure I had that correct. - the size capability of each- certain I was wrong. However- norm was probably only 3 or 4 on line - others down/ off for necessary maintenance.- I'd wager with absolutely everything ON, 6 generators could handle that load. Cobi models - Look a little bit like Legos to me. Anyone have the power to speed curve for the NJ - how much SHP for her to do 15, 18,21,24 knots? top capacity was 212 KSHP. Wild guess 70 KSHP get you 16 knots.

  • @Dandy5th
    @Dandy5th Год назад +1

    You really want to have some fun, compare the New Jersey to the Arizona and the battleship Borodino from the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 in 1/350 scale, wow! what a difference.

  • @scottoatham3720
    @scottoatham3720 Год назад +2

    Bravo enjoyed the comparison between the two ships I have always loved the battleship I still remember visit g the Arizona when I was a kid and was enthralled by the history of the ship designs

  • @lloydknighten5071
    @lloydknighten5071 Год назад +1

    I am not knocking the models. But, the Kobe ship's look like Leggo Toys. Although they offer the option of interchangeable parts, I prefer Tamiya kits over these Kobe kits. But, that's just me. As my niece Summer says: "You do you Boo!"

  • @mattd7566
    @mattd7566 Год назад +4

    I now really want these models for every US battleship made.

  • @jeffjr84
    @jeffjr84 Год назад +7

    yea that is a battlecruiser.. vs a battleship.. when put side by side.. but even that dreadnought had pretty good range and reach.. i remember reading about Texas flooding her ballast tanks to get the reach on the normandy batteries.. that is a pretty cool trick.

  • @felixtheswiss
    @felixtheswiss Год назад +1

    Hmm would look great next to my HMS Warspite

  • @bilirkisi7819
    @bilirkisi7819 Год назад +11

    Armored warships must be put back into service.💯

    • @chrisb9960
      @chrisb9960 Год назад +2

      The technology out now uses an exploit that armor cannot defend against.
      Sad thing is they tried to use aluminum on newer navy ships. Aluminum melts like you wouldn’t believe.

    • @dieHero
      @dieHero Год назад +2

      There was actually a law passed in 2006 that if need be, the Navy can activate the Iowa Class Fast Battleships and re-enter them into service

    • @PhilipFear
      @PhilipFear Год назад +1

      @@dieHero
      You never can tell when Illegal Aliens from Outer Space might attack and it'll take a WWII Iowa Class Battleship with it's obsolete systems from the 1940's and armor strong enough to shirk off heavy gunfire to give Man a fighting chance to survive....

  • @ThomasLover10852
    @ThomasLover10852 Год назад

    Oh man I know exactly what I wanna get for my birthday this year! Thank you!

  • @AsbestosMuffins
    @AsbestosMuffins Год назад +2

    wonder if you can build a Montana out of an Iowa and a Pennsylvania

  • @Knight6831
    @Knight6831 Год назад +1

    06:27 oh my god, i knew Arizona did not stand a chance against the bombs that would kill her but without a medium calibre anti-aircraft battery and no air search radar antenna means USS Arizona is completely defenceless against the air attack that killed her
    I am sorry but the American government of the time deserves a lot of criticism for its failure to invest in its industry to ensure Arizona had the stuff she needed to

  • @kkooiker
    @kkooiker Год назад

    You got to love cobi for making there own custom pieces

  • @eac1235
    @eac1235 Год назад +1

    Great vid as always!! Trivia question for all. Which is the biggest and longest individual battleship the US ever had? Not class of battleship, the individual.

  • @nyrmetros
    @nyrmetros Год назад +2

    COBI!! Great stuff! Glad they finally released the USS Arizona!

  • @christianweagle6253
    @christianweagle6253 Год назад

    Re 'master builders' - a mentor of mine, who worked for Them in the early-mid 1990's, told me that then, internally, 'master builders' was a phrase used to describe the

  • @johnwalsh7256
    @johnwalsh7256 Год назад

    Love Cobi kits, have many.

  • @DeliveryMcGee
    @DeliveryMcGee Год назад +1

    Just guessing before the ad spiel is over, NJ vs. AZ would make the latter's death at Pearl Harbor look like the better option. 14"/45s vs 16"/50s and ten knots slower? Yeaeeeah....
    But I'd like a little model of Arizona.

  • @akaz678
    @akaz678 Год назад

    The University of Arizona has some anchor chain, armor plating, the ship's bell in the student center and an outline of the ship's deck in the campus mall outside Old Main.

  • @jamesellis4664
    @jamesellis4664 Год назад +1

    The Arizona looks like a crusier next to the New Jersey.

  • @tonytrotta9322
    @tonytrotta9322 Год назад +2

    USS Pennsylvania BB 38 - sister of Arizona - Survived (2) atomic bombs at bikini atoll in 1946 and it took many shells fired from navy ships to finally sink her in 1948.

    • @jesseusgrantcanales
      @jesseusgrantcanales Год назад +1

      Think you are mistaking her for Nevada, unless they decided to abuse the crap out of her the same way and I am missing something.

    • @tonytrotta9322
      @tonytrotta9322 Год назад +3

      @@jesseusgrantcanales Yes, you are correct: 10 February 1948 photo of the Pennsylvania (BB-38) being scuttled off Kwajalein after being subjected to both "Crossroads" atomic blasts. She was towed to Kwajalein after the explosions and studied there. Too "hot" to handle, she was simply towed to sea and scuttled at the conclusion of the radiation studies. The heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City survived the atomic bombs and was sunk by aircraft and naval gun fire! Take care!

  • @LifeasChuck77
    @LifeasChuck77 Год назад

    Great video. COBI MasterBuilder as well here. I have the Yamato, Scharnhorst, Prinz Eugen, Enterprise, Bismarck and working on my Arizona and would love to get another kit for the Pennsylvania.

  • @AsbestosMuffins
    @AsbestosMuffins Год назад +1

    ya had we built the 6 South Dakotas like planned the earlier standards probably wouldn't have been around by ww2

  • @maximilliancunningham6091
    @maximilliancunningham6091 Год назад +2

    YOU, are a GEM ! Thanks Ryan for all that you do.

  • @ryantodd9560
    @ryantodd9560 Год назад +1

    What a cool model i totally want one bad , i love the simplicity and quality along with the historical accuracy

  • @brianbudney9117
    @brianbudney9117 Год назад +3

    Ryan mentions the Iowa-class not having a 4th turret (aft section) due to the Washington Naval Treaty. Hypothetically, could a 4th turret in the aft section even fit? What would be displaced/reduced, fuel storage, engine room, etc.?

    • @cousin_x_caps7347
      @cousin_x_caps7347 Год назад +6

      Sadly no. A turret barbette goes all the way down to the kneel, so it couldn’t be added even if they wanted it to. Ryan was also mistaken when he said New Jersey was limited by the Washington Treaty (Most likely just a slip up). The Iowa’s were actually the first not to be limited by it, since the North Carolina’s and South Dakota’s were and had to be rushed into construction due to the need for modern battleships. In terms of the fourth turret on a Iowa style hull, I’d look at the Montana-class which the channel recently did a video on. It will help explain why it was not included on the Iowa’s in more detail, but to summarize, the Iowa’s were to be the fast wing of the battle line (33 knots,3 turrets), while the Montana were to be its slower yet heavier hitters (27 knots, 4 turrets). 6 knots makes more of a difference in both actual speed and the design process than many people would think.

    • @patcb829
      @patcb829 Год назад

      Thanks for the explanation.

    • @PhilipFear
      @PhilipFear Год назад +3

      That would make it more of the Montana Class that was designed to be a 12 x 16in/50 design....

    • @gliderdan3153
      @gliderdan3153 Год назад

      ​@@cousin_x_caps7347 I thought the Iowa's were limited by the escalator clause of the WNT?

  • @andrewhoughton8606
    @andrewhoughton8606 Год назад +1

    Pennsylvania was one of the first hit and one of the last hit

  • @samthemultimediaman
    @samthemultimediaman Год назад +1

    After you kit bash the model you should talk about the last updates to Pennsylvania.

  • @Raymail-tj4cf
    @Raymail-tj4cf Год назад +1

    I suggested in my entry, comparing Arizona,Texas and New Jersey but want to add also North Carolina to show through the years maybe more.

  • @aserta
    @aserta Год назад +1

    Lol, i did not expect this, but it's funny to me because i have the New Jersey kit. Had to get it after subbing to the channel. I plan to visit as soon as possible so i can touch a piece of it to the real ship.
    I kinda started this "make LEGO type builds and touch parts of it to the real thing" after visiting the MV Doulos library ship many, many years ago.

  • @user-ld4xx1el6q
    @user-ld4xx1el6q Год назад +1

    These new model kits look like toys. When I built models in the 1960s, they looked like display replicas. In a 1/400 model almost nothing was functional. The main turrets rotated, and the main guns elevated and that was it. Everything else was too small and was glued in place. You could, however, see the clear superiority of New Jersey to Bismark just by setting the two models side by side. In all fairness I would rather have a North Carolina class than a Bismark. The difference in speed was not substantial and the difference in firepower etc. clearly was.

    • @johnstudd4245
      @johnstudd4245 Год назад +1

      They still make nice actual scale model ships. Much better than the ones we grew up with. A lot more money though! They still sell some of the old kits that are quite affordable, like the Revell Arizona.

  • @jamesricker3997
    @jamesricker3997 Год назад

    In 1941 the Arizona was in serious need of a rebuild

  • @aidannicholls3075
    @aidannicholls3075 Год назад +1

    Your mic does not seem to be connecting properly I don't know I can't hear you have the time

  • @danhaas9730
    @danhaas9730 Год назад

    Great vid as always, and I gotta say I'm loving the beard too, Ryan!

  • @DK-gy7ll
    @DK-gy7ll Год назад +1

    The Pennsylvania should've been preserved as a museum ship and not wasted in the A-bomb tests. Unfortunately the Navy mentality of the time was "what are we going to do with all of this excess junk from the war?".

  • @davebrt
    @davebrt Год назад

    Good presentation. Subscribed

  • @Doomgel
    @Doomgel Год назад

    These are awesome sets. I really need to save up for more Cobi ships. Incredible detail for the price. As for which ship provided better service? I would say they both did just fine for what they were designed for.

  • @steveskouson9620
    @steveskouson9620 Год назад

    Ryan, the Ship's Bell from USS Arizona, is at the
    Phoenix VA hospital. I think, without you having
    that model of Arizona touching a piece of Arizona,
    I could accomplish that. And, it is the Ship's Bell.
    steve

  • @irondog068
    @irondog068 Год назад

    Who comes up with these stupid coparisons? Standard class with 14/50 main battery against 16/50 main battery. Plus, speed and armor differences. This is almost as stupid as the Iowa class vs the Graf Spee. Come to myse

  • @richardtrue2758
    @richardtrue2758 Год назад

    Wouldn't be that much of a fight considering New Jersey would pumal Arizona with its 16" killers from range using Jersey's radar which Arizona has no radar..

  • @c1ph3rpunk
    @c1ph3rpunk Год назад

    I’ve built 2 dozen Cobi tanks, I’m a Command Master Builder, armor division. I need to re-enlist in the sea warfare division, these are damn cool, ordering each of them. I want to add a sub and some others to that fleet.
    Come to think of it, I’ve built 3 of their aircraft, going on 4, what does that rank in at? Sargent?
    What I build 5 of each, armor, sea and aircraft? Major Builder?

  • @CrazyPetez
    @CrazyPetez Год назад

    What? $200-$250 for those kits. The one you’re showing looks like crap. Those aren’t scale models, they are almost like Tinker Toys. Huge and gross.

  • @joechang8696
    @joechang8696 Год назад

    just eyeball, the distance from the forward main gun to rear main gun is different between Arizona and New Jersey, but not as much in overall length.
    The main armament and propulsion machinery is in this span.
    If anyone has a history of steam plant pressure / superheating over time, I would like to know. I believe even late WWII ships were 600 lb? and 2000 lb plants were post-WWII?

  • @mannysanto918
    @mannysanto918 Год назад

    Love your videos I watch all the time and also I am subscribed even got the chance to visit in the summer of 2022, anyway I just wanted to add a couple of firsts for Pennsylvania class, she was the first American class of battleships to have 4 triple turrets and the first to break 600 FT in length

  • @johnrauner2515
    @johnrauner2515 Год назад

    I wouldn't pay $20 for those things. They look like cheap rubbish. What's with all the exposed and obvious lines all over them? And as for realstic looks, they are about as realistic as babies toys.

  • @Lvcian_Guardian
    @Lvcian_Guardian 7 месяцев назад

    My mental Summarization after the finishing of the video is that even though we can always build some new badass things in modern times to take out our enemies, you still better watch your back for that one 'old man' who can still kick your ass without batting an eyelash. Back then it was the Iowa Class when it looked at it's elder Penn. Class....today the Iowa class holds those reins.
    I can only imagine how much fear can be manifested if all the Battleship lovers of today got together and had full rights to make a line of Ships for the Navy.

  • @matthalo871
    @matthalo871 Год назад

    Fun fact every year on December 7th at 12:10 pm they ring the Arizona's bell 8 time's once for each Arizonan whom died abound the ship.

  • @lordsherifftakari4127
    @lordsherifftakari4127 Год назад

    you are barely scratching the surface on Kitbashing.
    got several kits at hand, go for broke and build a supership with 6 or even 8 Main Gun turrets.
    an absolute forest of AA emplacements and such to create a fearsome opponent.

  • @richardm3023
    @richardm3023 Год назад

    As a kid,, I had a nice Arizona model that I spent many hours on building and painting. And it gave my older brothers several moments of fun blowing up with a m80.

  • @harrykilman5634
    @harrykilman5634 Год назад

    Was your model missing some parts of the tripod mast? It appears that there are only the two aft supports of the forward mast making it look like the range finding top was "floating" without support.

  • @retluoc
    @retluoc Год назад

    Unless you have torpedo launchers, the key is to hit the deck of the other ship first with your main guns. If you hit the munitions bay... that's the real way to take out a battleship. That's why the Hood sank and also the Arizona.

  • @jilldesruisseau
    @jilldesruisseau Год назад

    I'm not sure 'better' is the right term, but considering the quantum shift in technology and the periods of time New Jersey saw service, it could be argued that the Iowas were so well built they were still relevant in the middle nineties. While their active service years were lower than Arizona's, the ability to adapt the Iowas for new conflicts has to count for something.

  • @nufy08
    @nufy08 Год назад

    They need to make a Texas build kit

  • @brianberthold3118
    @brianberthold3118 Год назад

    can you explain the Division colors better all the stuff im finding shows AZ to be 2nd ship PA is first ship in Division 1 ... and how did it go ?? front turrets are division color and rear turret is number in line color?

  • @edwardloomis887
    @edwardloomis887 Год назад

    I believe I built a Revell model of USS Arizona in the late 1960s or early 1970s.

  • @davidb6576
    @davidb6576 Год назад

    I hate to be rude, but those are terrible models, more caricatures of the ships they're supposed to represent. If I wanted something that crude, I could do better making my own from sheets of heavy paper.

  • @markjrbessett6429
    @markjrbessett6429 7 дней назад

    Im pretty sure in my past life, I served on one of the battleships.

  • @jessesmith2839
    @jessesmith2839 10 месяцев назад

    My great grandfather served on the USS Arizona & on the USS Missouri

  • @objuan6
    @objuan6 Год назад

    Chief Samansky, You fart around pretty good. Thanks for sharing

  • @billwieworka7250
    @billwieworka7250 Год назад

    I don't know if anyone ever noticed Arizona's gun mounts are missing her guns! They were salvaged and used as shore batteries .

  • @robertsullivan4773
    @robertsullivan4773 Год назад

    Please refrain referring to the USS Arizona as a Tub. I'm sure you didn't mean it.

  • @lonnyyoung4285
    @lonnyyoung4285 Год назад

    I now just figured out how I would spend my hypothetical money.

  • @kirkkirkland7244
    @kirkkirkland7244 Год назад

    It sure would have been something to see a modern Arizona like the Jersey!!!

  • @mobius0224
    @mobius0224 Год назад

    I only just got around to watching this video only to learn I missed the contest by one day...

  • @kavemanthewoodbutcher
    @kavemanthewoodbutcher Год назад

    Better have some kind words for our ship, or I may take a road trip just to argue with you! Love from AZ

  • @richardwhite3041
    @richardwhite3041 Год назад

    You should take the actual models out of the box to claim it has touched the actual Arizona.