Ironclad IJN NACHI 1943

[BattleshipBob]

Plodding along, looking at the funnels I had a fit! They are plastered in lines like that well known Italian pasta, i can't spell lol. I assume supposedly hand rails, so trying to sort the seams would have put me on a couch having a chat with a person in a shiny white coat and clip board!!

But Japanese naval architects to the rescue, God bless them, they positioned various steam vent pipes right over the nasty seams, well about 90%.


Rear funnel



Bit of work left but the top of the funnels plus the caps are to be painted black, so that will cover a lot as well.

This is Ashigara funnels, does not so many handrails??



Definitely going to paint all the decks before fitting. The middle section is where the 4 sets of torpedo launches plus reloads live, this has to be painted first as the main deck sits on top

Have spent a lot more time planning and not rushing for once.

Also built up the ships boats and gun tubs for the secondary battery.

Actually enjoying this, yes honestly

[Tim Marlow]

Lovely work Bob. Looks like good design on those funnels….

[Waspie]

Had me there Bob. My quick glance at the funnel had me asking myself why were you modelling a ski boot!!
Then - I put my glasses on.
Coming on a treat. The vessel not the ski boot!!!!

[Jim R]

All coming on nicely Bob.

[boatman]

WELL Done boyo lots of lovley pics to show whats what an yes paint the deck firstly comin on nicely an glad you are enjoyin this build you are now a fully fledged boaty
atb chrisb

[BattleshipBob]

Lovely work Bob. Looks like good design on those funnels….

Cheers Tim, the kit reminds me of Tamiya. Good plans and well designed. A example is below

These are the main decks, you can see the recessed cutouts for major components, front funnel and bridge. I have checked and perfect fit. Impressed and as I have two of Nachi's sisters as well, there
build bodes well

Had me there Bob. My quick glance at the funnel asking myself why were you modelling a ski boot!!
Then - I put my glasses on.
Coming on a treat. The vessel not the ski boot!!!!

The Japanese had great ways of merging two funnels into one! Here's more

All coming on nicely Bob.

Thanks Jim, as I am not making stupid mistakes anymore, the build is much more enjoyable

[BattleshipBob]

WELL Done boyo lots of lovley pics to show whats what an yes paint the deck firstly comin on nicely an glad you are enjoyin this build you are now a fully fledged boaty
atb chrisb

Cheers Chris, about 80% I'd say lol

[BattleshipBob]

Bit more progress, was dreading this, When I saw this page I ordered more tablets and a skip sized swear box.

Loads of tiny bollards M11


So how to get them off the sprue, the clean up and fit. So while the usual insomnia ( ME plus steroids) kept me awake I made a plan. Used this to work inside and very slowly worked.

Only lost one and that was my fault plus hats off to Aoshima there are spares!!!

So finished the part I was not looking forward to

Maybe bread and butter to some but fiddly and full of a potential disaster to me!!

Onwards folks

[boatman]

YES Bob onward an upward

[BattleshipBob]

More plodding. Impressed with the fit and design. A lot of the parts have pegs to locate or recessed. But the worse parts represent the forward boiler room vent housing. This sits between the bridge and first funnel

Having to use a lot of filler

The slot holds a searchlight platform. Very poor. I have two of her sisters in the fleet stash, Moyoko and Ashigara. So this build will be practice.

Still fighting the seam, two done

[Jim R]

Neat fettling there Bob. Certainly a shame that what appears to be a well engineered kit has a few unexpected issues. Well sorted though.

[BattleshipBob]

Neat fettling there Bob. Certainly a shame that what appears to be a well engineered kit has a few unexpected issues. Well sorted though.

Thanks Jim, never done so much filling lol.

[Ian M]

Building ships is a fickle process. You get the hull out the way in like an hour tops. then you get the deck on. anything from a day to a week.
Then the deck houses/superstructures to build, tittivat and paint. A anything from a week to a month or two. Populating the decks the fun part where all the bits of the last many days, weeks or months of building and painting get put in their places on the decks.
You are doing a cracking job of this tiny little thing. I applaud you Sir.

[Airborne01]

Coming along nicely Bob!
Steve

[boatman]

YES Bob matey these ships do have a lot of small parts but thats the fun of it fittin them on an whatchin the model come to life as i found out on my tiger but im glad that the parts were bigger as when building her i dint lose any parts to the carpet monster but in your scale its easy to do an you are not now praticein as you sir are a fully fledged ship builder in my eyes an after my hornet build i may rejion you in bein a floaty builder as i must admit ive still got the prop shafts an rudders an ESC to build another ship an i think ive found one i like enough to want to build as i just hope can get my security back on again for another year or i will be offline but goin to Norwich Currys shop today to see if i can get help but you Bob matey are goin full ahead in your modeling style well done my freind keep the build comin an i hope to see it finished
yor ow mate
chrisb