THE SHIPS OF TORA! TORA! TORA!
The ship models used in the movie were very large, some 30 feet long or more, and were highly accurate. And the Arizona was a full-scale replica so that live actors could be filmed on the "ship".
The models were sold at auction after the movie was completed and some sold for as little as 10% of their cost to make the model.
A contact of mine purchased two of these models and sent me photos of them. One was an American tugboat and the other was a Japanese destroyer, which barely fit in his swimming pool. Unfortunately, I have lost the photos - that happens when you move three times!
In 1984 I was with an aunt and her grandkids at an amusement park in upstate New York (the park no longer exists). At one point it started to pour so we ducked inside one of their exhibit buildings. Inside there were two halls and we walked down one of them which was lined with old automobiles. As I turned to go into the other side, I stopped short. I was literally shocked to see several of the model ships from the movie. One of them was an aircraft carrier, possibly the Akagi, with the various Japanese aircraft on the flight deck. The Akagi model was about 30 feet long (!). I am 6'4' tall and I could barely see the top of the flight deck the model was so huge.
Sadly, I didn't have a camera that day and I never got a chance to go back.
And check out this Blog post on the making of the movie:
TORA, TORA, TORA: Oscar winning expertise recreates day of infamy at Pearl Harbour