Loving this thread Richard :smiling3:.
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Hi Jim and Ralph, I'm glad you both are enjoying the thread...same here. It's always nice to apply something learnt along the way to WIP stuff.
I spent a little more time today rectifying the funnel tips and attaching some of the parts...
I left one of the torpedo tubes upstairs in the computer room so that's why that spot is vacant. The lifeboats and davits still to be added and painted...I would probably replace the boats with the extra accessories from Pit-Road.
I picked out the windows with black. I am not sure if they have glass panels as some pictures show some ships having the open concept...maybe for ventilation in the Pacific perhaps? Guns too will be from the accessories.
I have drilled out the fourth window. Torpedo tubes need clean up of seam lines.
The close ups is sure bringing up the crude work...I hope the weathering stage can hide it. :smiling3:
Cheers,
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Thanks for the link Richard, what a disgrace demolishing that crane, over here there would have been public outrage I'm sure.
Models looking good , the amount of detail in these 1.700 scale builds is amazing. Keep it up .:thumb2:Comment
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You're welcome John, I'm sure they had a good reason for taking it down. It's actually very close to Circular Key where water traffic is crazy. It was a beautiful day for a walk to the Sydney Opera House, then through the Royal Botanical Gardens pass Mrs Macquarries Chair and on the opposite of that was the Naval station with their Assault carriers and Frigates. Then we walked to the Museum of Fine Arts and that's where I saw the huge painting of the defence of Roakes Drift.
I will try to clear as much of my 1/700 scale stuff before my eyes can't take any more minute building. :smiling2: I'm only skimming the surface on detailing. I've seen some crazy stuff elsewhere and those are really amazing.
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Hi John, I visit any gardens if I had the chance on my trips. Kew would be on my list as the first seeds of the Rubber tree were brought from there by H.N. Ridley to then Malaya.
I have always wanted to see the mighty Oak tree having read of them in books and there was one just after the entrance to the Gardens. Wild Raspberries in bramble bushes is another that intrigued me from books and I found those at Bilpin.
In contrast our local fauna is not mentioned much in our literature except the Malacca(Melaka) tree in which the state of Melaka is named and the straits between Indonesia and Malaysia as well. And how did the name come about? Here's a short story of it. I have seen the tree and eaten its pickled fruit.
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Hi, I have here pictures comparing the accessory sprue for Heavy and Light IJN vessels from Tamiya which are Ex Pit-Road and Skywave molds and the kit sprue.
I know there's not much left on the kit sprue but stuff that needs replacing, example the boats and anti-aircraft guns.
Didn't do much today as I was busy repairing my SWMBOs laptop.
Cheers,
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Another lovely update. There is so much going on with this diorama. Lovin it a lot.Comment
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Thanks Steve...I have stopped participating in GB's however tempting they are when I realised I was neglecting my dios halfway. A harbour scene with this many ships can be really busy. :smiling6: I have a collection of 1/700 ships with all their PE collecting dust and waiting to be built, I may just spend the rest of the year to try to build some. The 350 scale ones will have to wait.
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Today I tried to fit the replacement destroyer Hatsuyuki onto the existing spot after scraping away some of the plaster waves...
Prior to that I added gun covers and some anti-splinter bedrolls to the front anti-aircraft gun tub.
The back gun tubs as yet to have the anti-splinter bedrolls.
I'm calling this the horn which I replaced with a finer one from Skywave.
That's all.
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Yesterday I was buried in PE and lost track of time and finished at 5am this morning. It all started with preparing the PE and reading the instructions over and over again. Apparently the Hatsuyuki didn't have those communication pipes running over the superstructure but it had some wierd cages along the left side.
These were someI had pre-painted in grey. The three above are the cages then there are the depthcharge racks and part of the railings...
Most of the PE on and yet to be touched up...
You can see the areas where the paint has come off the PE and the glue stains which need just minor sanding and a swish of paint or matt varnish.
The cage supports will need some highlighting to be seen. I should have opened a new bottle of super glue as the PE kept pinging off.
I didn't use the bttom run of the depth charge rack assembly as I had already glued the depth charges down so I just glued the top and sides down.
Forgot to take shots of the boats and davits paint and assembly but they're on already.
Today perhaps I'll continue with the anti-splinter bead rolls for the rest of the gun emplacements.
Cheers,
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Great progress Richard! :thumb2:Comment
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Thank you Steven...one day of continous swearing. I just don't get it why some guys just love swamping their builds with PE. :astonished:
Anyway here are some more pictures after some tidying up and highlighting...
Now all it needs is a dark wash, more highlights and rust to make it seaworthy. :smiling6:
Cheers,
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Ok, final etch parts on, anchors on and a coat of Future to take the wash weathering.
If you look closely you'll see the ladders I have added to the turrets, gun emplacements and stairs to the split decks...
Cheers,
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