USS Maryland BB-46 Battleship 1941

Ordered this one about 6 months ago, and finally got up the nerve to build it. I think the build came out pretty good, and I did do some different paint schemes on the ship as I used a darker wood color for the main deck and upper deck where wood is still shown; I painted the hull and the upper superstructure in Model Master's Navy Blue/Gray, the non-wood areas were painted in Model Master's Independent Blue including all the armaments. I also ordered and used a pre-molded cage mast from Blue Ridge/Freetime Hobbies instead of the photo etch that comes with the kit. I also painted the cage masts from stack level on both masts in a Flay Gull Gray and the lower portion of the main mast in the Navy Blue/gray. I found that the #1 turret fits awfully tight against #2 turret though. Some of the plans don't always give you the exact spot to place the boat cranes arms and the deck catapult requires one to remove the plastic catapult from the base and glue the photo etch part in its place. I could not cut the part off so left the part intact. I found the hull and deck fit together well with no seams to fill. After building the 1944 USS California, I was worried about the fit of deck to hull. All the painting was done by brush, no airbrushing at all.