A pair of shelf Queens - 1/700 Yamato & Hyuga

[adt70hk]

Great work Dave.

[Dave Ward]

Having to take a day or so away from the bench, my hand aches again, maybe I started using it a bit too soon :sad:
Dave

[Dave Ward]

Limiting myself to an hour a day - the hand is much better, but I don't want to rush it.
Progress, planes added - totally imaginary, as she never carried planes operationally

The plane decals have given me grief - they aren't sticky, and are very thin. They seem to have some sort of reaction with the setting solution - leaving white streaks ( only apparent after a day or so ). I hope that some matt varnish will remove those. There's only the boats to add now, so nearly finished

Dave

[boatman]

HI Dave we are pleased to hear that your hand is feeling better so now you can model again good show
chrisb an jen

[adt70hk]

Good to see you back at the bench and that's coming on nicely.

[Dave Ward]

Since the Hyuga is nearly finished, I've picked up the Yamato - I've given the partly completed bits etc an overall spray of the basecoat

I've got the wood deck veneer to cover most of the midships area. I've used a different paint to the Hyuga - Vallejo 903 Intermediate Blue - which is more grey, than blue. What is apparent is not only how much longer the Yamato is, but the beam is nearly twice that of the Hyuga.
I don't include airbrushing as part of benchtime, little physical effort, and I can do most of that with the left hand!
Dave

[stillp]

Glad you're able to model again Dave. Those white marks might clean off with some water?
Pete

[Dave Ward]

The wood veneer added - always a bit tricky, after getting the backing off & that initial positioning!

Well fitting veneer, I'm glad to say. I'll give the deck a coat of varnish, so any painting mistakes won't give a problem
Can't raise the enthusiasm to add the boats to the Hyuga at the moment................
Dave

[Dave Ward]

I came across this................

It seems that the IJN never really standardised on their base colour. You also have two versions of the green upper surfaces of IJN aircraft, helpfully called 'Mitsubishi' and 'Nakajima' green. Given the animosity of the Navy & Army, I would think there was another range of colours entirely, used by the Army. As an absurdity the Army operated submarines and aircraft carriers! ( OK they were for supplies )
Dave

[Tim Marlow]

I came across this................
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It seems that the IJN never really standardised on their base colour. You also have two versions of the green upper surfaces of IJN aircraft, helpfully called 'Mitsubishi' and 'Nakajima' green. Given the animosity of the Navy & Army, I would think there was another range of colours entirely, used by the Army. As an absurdity the Army operated submarines and aircraft carriers! ( OK they were for supplies )
Dave

Very interesting Dave. The Sasebo colour is markedly different from the other two isn’t it. I can imagine those two being different paintshop interpretations, but not the Sasebo.

[Dave Ward]

Very interesting Dave. The Sasebo colour is markedly different from the other two isn’t it. I can imagine those two being different paintshop interpretations, but not the Sasebo.

The info comes from the 1945-46 U.S. Naval Technical Mission to Japan, which gives exhaustive, complicated & confusing information about Japanese Navy ship colours. Given that the contemporary photos are in B & W, I'm not surprised that disputes over colours for models is not uncommon - I'm going my own interpretation way for painting..............
Dave

[Dave Ward]

OH B****R :angry: I have just finished the Hyuga, I picked up the Yamato box - looking through the parts I realise that the funnel & after bridge are missing. The sprues are empty. I can't remember seeing them, so that may have been the reason why this became a shelf queen. Oh well, :sad: the bits can go back into the box! - I'll keep an eye out for a cheap unfinished Yamato on Ebay, but there's a lot more in the stash that I can pick out, so no time will be lost in getting something else on the bench - maybe a a car?
I'll put up pictures of the sole finished shelf queen in the completed section tomorrow
Dave

[Mark1]

Thats a shame dave,was looking good with the wooden deck fitted.

[langy71]

Looking at the three colours you've posted i'd agree with Tim about the last two,
however the sasebo looks to me to be very similar to Tamiya's IJN Grey (XF-77).. I used this on a kinetic Sea Harrier I did a while back and the finish looked very very close to EDSG

[Dave Ward]

Looking at the three colours you've posted i'd agree with Tim about the last two,
however the sasebo looks to me to be very similar to Tamiya's IJN Grey (XF-77).. I used this on a kinetic Sea Harrier I did a while back and the finish looked very very close to EDSG

Makes you wonder how many different names the same formulation of paint can be sold under!!!
Dave