Ironclad IJN NACHI 1943

[JR]

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%.

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Rear funnel

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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??

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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
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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

Matron does house calls Bob, so no need to go to see a shrink. She will soon have you back to a somewhat normal person .

Nice build, no wonder you've bought a new magnifying lamp !

[Waspie]

When you think about it, warships are mini cities. With everything cities have with additional weapon systems.
Shrink that down to any size and then ask us humans to re assemble it.
Nightmare!!! Well Bob and all you shipwrights!!!! A cracking job well executed. :thumb2:

[scottie3158]

Bob, apologies mate it's been a while since I looked in. Some lovely work going on.

[john hutton]

Hi Bob,
Having never built a ship ( all that PE) scares the living daylights out of me. Thought it was about time i took a look at someone building one, who knows a thing or Two about these creatures of terror ( to me anyway), So here i am. Reading through your post and studying the pictures am finding the build enthralling, so oilskins on, i am ready for more installments. Top work so far, i am in for the whole VOYAGE now.

[BattleshipBob]

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.

Cheers Ian, know exactly what you mean. I have small containers holding lots of built bit! Should be fun painting! Going to see how close a match is Tamiya Kure grey to one of those paint pens?

Coming along nicely Bob!
Steve

Thanks Steve, approaching the priming stages!

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

Chris

C'mon get back to floaty stuff, missing your superb builds. Steady progress!

Matron does house calls Bob, so no need to go to see a shrink. She will soon have you back to a somewhat normal person .

Nice build, no wonder you've bought a new magnifying lamp !

Normal my god was once one, many moons ago lol. The lamp is excellent to be fair and so helpful.

When you think about it, warships are mini cities. With everything cities have with additional weapon systems.
Shrink that down to any size and then ask us humans to re assemble it.
Nightmare!!! Well Bob and all you shipwrights!!!! A cracking job well executed. :thumb2:

Thanks Doug, they exactly that, a jumble of many separate builds most fiddly and small

Bob, apologies mate it's been a while since I looked in. Some lovely work going on.

No problem at all Paul, thank you

Hi Bob,
Having never built a ship ( all that PE) scares the living daylights out of me. Thought it was about time i took a look at someone building one, who knows a thing or Two about these creatures of terror ( to me anyway), So here i am. Reading through your post and studying the pictures am finding the build enthralling, so oilskins on, i am ready for more installments. Top work so far, i am in for the whole VOYAGE now.

Hi John, good to see you. Still learning the hard way, by mistakes lol. No PE in this one, but the next one will have. Dreading the 1/200 Hood with the full Pontos set!!!

[BattleshipBob]

Finished the numerous small assemblies.


Got the storage box's from Asda, £1 for 3! They have clip on lids. Getting more.

These have the main and batteries, numerous assemblies, all safe! Next prime the bridge to check these horrible seams

[JR]

Neat idea with those plastic containers Bob. Just the job for the amount of small parts you have.
Looking fwd to the next part post .

[boatman]

Chris

C'mon get back to floaty stuff, missing your superb builds. Steady progress!
(Bob Qoute)

HI Bob my freind LET ME FINISH MY HORNET FIRSTLY THEN YES i hope to get back to buildin a big R/C ship as ive found a ship id like to build but the trouble is gettin the plans blown up to 1/72 scale an or buyin a F/G HULL or scratchbuilding the hull like i did on my TIGER AN there will be soon be on here a freind of mine from another forum called david ( T888) AS HE IS AWAY AT THE MOMENT but he is goin to jion prperly mid sept an he also builds big R/C SHIPS AN HE IS A BETTER MODDELER AT SHIPS THAN I AM an at the moment as he makes things work on his ships like i do.

He is just started building a R/N SHIP SO NEW ITS STILL IN THE DOCKYARD BEIN BUILT so thats something to look forward to so more floaty builders will jion you SOON just please be patience an you are doin a great idea of puttin all your ship parts in boxes so you dont lose them good idea as i am doin the same with the parts that fit this hornet build keep your build comin MY FREIND
ATB TO YOU AN JULIE
chris an jen

[Jim R]

Plastic boxes from Asda - they'll thwart the Carpet Monster. He'll be sat under the bench with a rumbling tum and a cross expression :smiling3:

[boatman]

Plastic boxes from Asda - they'll thwart the Carpet Monster. He'll be sat under the bench with a rumbling tum and a cross expression :smiling3:

YES Jim im doin the same as matey Bob so the carpet monster will starve lol
chrisb

[Ian M]

Got the storage box's from Asda, £1 for 3! They have clip on lids. Getting more.

I get mine from the local pizza bar. The little tubs they use to put mayonnaise or ketchup in when you buy take away. I got 40 for 2 quid lol. Great for little bits. I use them for screws and bolts for RC kits.

[BattleshipBob]

The worse bit to date, the mast at the rear of the bridge

The box structure was a nightmare, and for the first time the plans were terrible! Almost finished this but stopped before l lost the plot!!

[BattleshipBob]

Chris

C'mon get back to floaty stuff, missing your superb builds. Steady progress!
(Bob Qoute)

HI Bob my freind LET ME FINISH MY HORNET FIRSTLY THEN YES i hope to get back to buildin a big R/C ship as ive found a ship id like to build but the trouble is gettin the plans blown up to 1/72 scale an or buyin a F/G HULL or scratchbuilding the hull like i did on my TIGER AN there will be soon be on here a freind of mine from another forum called david ( T888) AS HE IS AWAY AT THE MOMENT but he is goin to jion prperly mid sept an he also builds big R/C SHIPS AN HE IS A BETTER MODDELER AT SHIPS THAN I AM an at the moment as he makes things work on his ships like i do.

He is just started building a R/N SHIP SO NEW ITS STILL IN THE DOCKYARD BEIN BUILT so thats something to look forward to so more floaty builders will jion you SOON just please be patience an you are doin a great idea of puttin all your ship parts in boxes so you dont lose them good idea as i am doin the same with the parts that fit this hornet build keep your build comin MY FREIND
ATB TO YOU AN JULIE
chris an jen

When was the last plastic ship Chris, would love to see you have a bash

Plastic boxes from Asda - they'll thwart the Carpet Monster. He'll be sat under the bench with a rumbling tum and a cross expression :smiling3:

Ah the infamous carpet monster, so far only tiny piece. Found working inside a plastic container helped!

I get mine from the local pizza bar. The little tubs they use to put mayonnaise or ketchup in when you buy take away. I got 40 for 2 quid lol. Great for little bits. I use them for screws and bolts for RC kits.

Good idea Sir!

[boatman]

BOb dont fancy doin any plastic ships as parts are too small for me as already got a 1/600 hms eagle aircraft carrier that jen got for me off a car boot sale for 50p but too small for me i like the big models
chrisb

[BattleshipBob]

Big models or page 3 lol