Yamato 1945 (WIP)
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Moving ahead - a lot of screws are required, I hope I chose the correct ones, instructions are not very clear on that
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Careful clamping is needed, to ensure a tight fit throughout
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Fit is not perfect at all
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Starting to glue some MK1 PE - I’m starting to believe I will not use a very large part of the set…
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Painting the interiors flat black
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Rear deck ready with the kit's PE
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The little boats have nasty ejector marks - I'll leave them as they are, I expect them to go unnoticed...
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The boats are in place
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Upper rear deck closed
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Upper rear deck closed
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MK1 PE is maybe a little too much... oh well, I'll use these parts
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I think MK1 exaggerates in the "smallness" of some details 🙁
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The support structures of this side are finished... what a chore!
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Busy workbench
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The other side finished
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Now, to address these nasty seams
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Tamiya putty + Mr Surfacer 500 and Vallejo putty: all are put to use!
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Testing diluted oils on the MK1 balsa deck
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Result so far
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Round two, after AK Primer, with more Mr Surfacer 500
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Fit here is also... well... not perfect
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Don’t know how I’ll be able to glue parts C3X from the MK1 set - it’s not realistic to work with such small parts 🙁
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(...)
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Mini "rail thing" from the MK1 set applied 🙁 .... this is going to take forever...
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Ultra Glue to the rescue!!! ?
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One ready, two more to go…
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One ready, two more to go…
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Main turrets are almost ready
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Glueing the degaussing cable from the MK1 set all around the ship
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MK1's degaussing cable all glued up - what a chore!
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Added the white metal sand bags to the turrets
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Main turrets build phase is finished
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Some additional work on the rear deck
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No pain, no gain
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Goodies for the ship! ?
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Because I wanted to restore some height to the boards that were sanded to hide the huge gap in the hull
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Some heavy passes with grey AK Microfiller primer (AK 758)
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Not good, not bad, quite the contrary! 🙂
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Preshading
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Preshading
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Preshading
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Preshading
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Preshading
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First color to go down: Tamiya XF-9 Hull Red (should be called Hull Brown)
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Some highlights with Gunze H33 Russet
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Overall Gunze H33 mist
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Color so far; too brown?
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Color so far; too brown?
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Starting to build the “tower thing”
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Progress on the tower
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Progress on the tower
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Starting another part of the tower
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A few more hours of glueing photoetch, still not finished
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Adding XF-57 Buff to the bottom of the hull
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Adding XF-57 Buff to the bottom of the hull
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Adding XF-57 Buff to the bottom of the hull
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Colors applied to the hull
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Metal propeller rods cleaned with lacquer thinner
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Top gray applied (XF-75), trying not to hide all the pre-shading
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Glueing the wooden deck with Ammo Ultra Glue
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Main deck ready for the oils
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Oils applied
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The brown stripes and the machine gun cover are not decals, they are stickers!!! Come on Tamiya!!!
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Managed to lose a rail from one of the towers…
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…so I decided to order a set with spare rails.
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After stopping for 3 months, I’m restarting this build
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Applied the broken number scale with an additional decal set I had to acquire from Tamiya, because I managed to damage the original one
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Dry fitting the Voyager Model rail to replace the one from MK1 that I lost during the painting phase... looks like it will have to do
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A bit of photoetch to deal with...
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Preparing the round “things”; painted with Vallejo Model Air 71.045 instead of XF-55
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Some of the “round things” glued in place… this takes time…
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Painting the MK1 sand bags with AK 2292 Clear Doped Linen Ver 2 from the WWI for airplanes AK 2290 set
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Hull is basically done; all work now will be turrets and central superstructure
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Hull is basically done; all work now will be turrets and central superstructure
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Chimney top part finished, using MK1 PE instead of Tamiya PE, because it has the additional internal stairs detail
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A few bits more on the central superstructure
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Finished glueing all the PE in the funnel
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Primer applied (Mr. Surfacer 1500 diluted with MLT)
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All PE applied and primed
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Joining the funnel to the center superstructure
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Painting the interior of the projectors chrome
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More PE, always more PE!!!...
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Preparing some AA guns
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More PE work
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Photoetch stairs applied to the mast; I did not use the metal masts from the MK1 because the plastic one from the kit are extremely thin and fit perfectly
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Starting some necessary rigging in the central superstructure using Ushi’s .01 line
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Restarting, after one month of refreshing holidays
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Anchors places and chains fixed with some tiny drops of CA glue
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Varnishing with Hataka satin varnish (XP08) to disguise the decals which are really bad
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Ultra matte varnish from AK applied on the top of the funnel
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Central superstructure screwd (only one screw) and glued in place
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The kit screws did not work with the lateral structures, had to source new ones from a hardware store
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Lateral parts of the central superstructure screwed in place
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The MK1 set barrels for the secondary gun turrets are beautiful; however, I will not use them because I do not have an effective and quick way to cut and drill the plastic parts and ensure that the metal barrels will be perfectly parallel to each other
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Secondary turret n.o 1
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Secondary turret n.o 1
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Secondary turret n.o 4
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More tiny bits: cranes, catapults and turrets
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Unshielded gun ready, washed, drybrushed and varnished
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Shielded gun ready, washed, drybrushed and varnished
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Catapults ready, washed, drybrushed and varnished
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Crane ready, washed, drybrushed and varnished
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Detail of rear assembly
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Detail of main central gun assembly
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Secondary turret is ready
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Secondary turret is ready
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Single mount machine gun with 2 PE parts from the MK1 set
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Triple AA gun with 2 PE parts from the MK1 set... had to assemble 24 of these
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Applying the stickers - these are very annoying, because they have to be cut individually and there are dozens
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Preparing more guns with MK1 PE
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Progress so far; almost finished; missing the plane and the rigging, intermixed with the positioning of several turrets, directors and projectors
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Received the updated anatomy of the ship. Why only now? I need sources to help me with the rigging and Stefan Draminski seems to have discovered the correct way to do it. The rigging is not perfectly described, but it's the best source I know.
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Two tiny planes: only the one on the left will be used, according to the "Anatomy of the Ship" the other one was not used in the Yamato; decals are terrible
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Starting to do the rigging
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Rigging
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Rigging
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Rigging
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Rear flag up
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Front flag up
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And that's a wrap! This one in finished. Not completely happy with the end result, mostly because of the terrible decals, extremely visible in the hull, with a lot of silvering on the rear one. Anyway, finished model photos can be seen here -> Yamato 1945 | Album by RReis (1:350)
Kommentit
95 5 October 2021, 14:55
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Welcome @WhiteGlint, but bear in mind this one will take a few months to complete... 🙂
5 October 2021, 23:20
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I´ll take a seat, grab my Beer and watch. This Behemoth ist waiting on my Stash....for my retirement..... Fair wind and following seas.....
6 October 2021, 09:26
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Taking a seat, as this is also in my stash. Can you give your impression of the Mk I detail-up set please?
7 October 2021, 19:37
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Thanks mates; @Paul, instructions on MK1 suck, so I already missed a step, with the rails on the hangar…….
7 October 2021, 22:03
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Já me estás a meter o bicho com esses encaixes. Lá vou eu abrir a caixa.😒
13 October 2021, 18:20
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Thank you @David; it's a lot of work, the makers of the PE sets always assume that PE bends like paper... but it does not; I question myself if it is worth the time spent of roughly 6 hours instead of less than 5 minutes to glue the corresponding plastic parts; I have already assumed that I will not use a significant part of the PE that comes with the MK1 set; well, it's done, moving on!
15 December 2021, 16:46
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I sometimes put the P E on a hot plate to soften it up to make it more pliable if it's a help.
15 December 2021, 17:45
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I heard about annealing with fire, but I never tried, I'm always afraid to ruin it; the brass coloured PE is tough but the silver one is really, really hard!!!
15 December 2021, 20:11
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Yes, a real pain. I guess I was over-ambicious when I acquired the MK1 set...................
30 December 2021, 00:31
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That is interesting. I will be following this build.
Hmm... Tamiya has a reputation for making great kits. Exceptions confirm the rule.
As for the PE. Why not try annealing a piece you're sure you won't use?
I know that working with such small parts can be difficult. But the result is certainly visible. Good luck building and struggling with the PE 😉
30 December 2021, 11:58
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Thank you @Lex; these parts are not the rails, these seat in front of the rails that will still be added, afterwards; so, as you can imagine, they are extremely small; annealing will not help, because I don't need them flexible, quite the contrary; I'll try next with Ultra Glue from Ammo, which is a type of PVA glue, it may work better...
30 December 2021, 13:08
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Hi Ricardo, As I have her sister in the stash, I'd like to take a seat.
Nitpicking: the mooring cable in pic 38 is actually a degaussing cable, to counter the ship's magnetism.
3 January 2022, 19:08
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Hello @Martin, welcome and many thanks for the info, it is the first time I build such a big ship, so all is new to me; thanks again!
3 January 2022, 19:13
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Wow, this must be a hell of a lot of work, but it is very much worth it as I can see on the turrets. 👍
3 January 2022, 19:25
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Yes, @WhiteGlint, the effort pays off, but now I do realize there is a lot of work to be done... so many rails and the superstructure hasn't even begun..........
3 January 2022, 20:19
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Bemfeita..........In english is Well done but in portuguese doesn`t mean the same 😁😁😁😁👍
3 January 2022, 20:30
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I would go crazy with all the little parts. Fantastic work, Ricardo 👍
4 January 2022, 08:29
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Thank you @Dietmar - my main concern is not the small parts themselves, my main concern is what will happen when I have to manhandle the large hull body with all the small parts in it!
4 January 2022, 10:49
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You know, if I could do fine details half as cleanly as you do, you'd still be twice as good. Excellent work sir 🙂
6 January 2022, 23:51
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Looking good so far Ricardo. Looks like you got the hang of the little parts after all 😉
7 January 2022, 09:47
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Thank you @Clair, for sure you are not that bad and I am not that good - I did discover that, used in small quantities, the Ultra Glue (PVA based) works really well, and it can be cleaned with water if you need to restart; Thanks @Lex, yes, I think you have to concentrate and lower your heartbeat and the work starts to flow... I just have to remember to breathe, because the chest begins to feel heavy after a while 😄
7 January 2022, 10:02
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The turret is amazing!!! I sometimes think it's a shame to paint them, those brass barrels look cool.
8 January 2022, 11:00
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Thank @David... and this is one of 5 frets from the MK1 set, to add to the 2 frets from the kit......
8 January 2022, 20:42
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Painted the bottom layer of the hull - sleeping on it, to see if I like it or if I should add more red
15 January 2022, 20:06
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Thank you mates, I keep pressing forward - the bridge has taken me almost one week of elapsed time and still probably another week is ahead of me; my major concern is how these fragile subassemblies will hold on in such a huge model
22 January 2022, 12:33
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Hey Ricardo...reference photo 65 comment about 'stickers'. I was surprised by the stickers that came in this Fujimi set...
There is a wood deck sticker for each flattop but I think for a good result one would get a proper wood deck for such nice kit.
6 February 2022, 23:23
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Yes, my surprise too. I even dipped the first on in water before I realized it was not a "water decal"! 😄
6 February 2022, 23:40
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Thank you Jörg; I expect to continue this build next month, June, after finishing my double Bf 109 build
19 May 2022, 18:39
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Bin gespannt und bleibe dabei. Zumal ich seit heute die neue Yamato in 1:200 zuhause habe. Sobald meine Bismarck fertig ist geht es los.
20 May 2022, 02:39
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OMG - so many details! I would get totally bogged down and it would degenerate into a life task.
20 May 2022, 11:52
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LOL; not so much, @bughunter, they are many but you do feel linear progress as you assemble them; I'm pausing it for a few months, but if I had kept the pace I believe this could done in about 6 months, including the PE parts, which take a lot of time
20 May 2022, 15:13
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Das sehe ich ganz genau so, Ricardo. Ich baue an meiner großen Bismarck nun seit über zwei Jahren und das ohne Pause. Aber wenn man sieht wie der Bau immer weiter voran schreitet ist das doch sehr befriedigend. Da weiß man dann das die Zeit die man in PE-Teile und scratchen investiert hat sich gelohnt haben.
21 May 2022, 06:48
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Nice amount of metal parts!
Found today an 10% offer of the 1:200 Yamato, but ... No, Thanks already too much kits in my stash! 😉
5 June 2022, 14:02
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Ahahah!!! Indeed @bughunter; I find this 1:350 to be quite imposing, I can't even imagine how glorious a 1:200 Yamato should be!!! 👍
5 June 2022, 15:11
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Big old lady! I'll jump in here to watch it sail over the finish line.
5 June 2022, 19:42
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Nice work paints but when i see the parts of photo etch euhhh i so confuse 😆
5 June 2022, 23:06
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@Guillaume, it not that complicated, the number of PE sheets is very large but this also takes several months to complete, so the effort is spread along the build time... 🙂
6 June 2022, 00:15
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May be the round things are hose drums? Good work! Never seen such dark wood deck, but a) I'm not a ship builder and b) it looks good.
18 June 2022, 20:30
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Thank you @bughunter; according to the book "Yamato Class Battleships" from Steve Wiper, "both Yamato and Musashi had their main decks painted a very dark grey; the tinting for this paint was the soot from their funnels"; the pics from April 1945 seem to show the deck still very dark, so... I went with a dark color! 🙂
18 June 2022, 21:48
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There seems to be some space left and right of the hull on your bench. So what about a Yamato in 1:200, whIch I noticed today in a shop available? 😉
13 July 2022, 05:33
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LOL, a shop near me also received 3! I was near the box, it's really impressive! But I wouldn't be able to accommodate such a beast in my bench. 😅
13 July 2022, 21:17
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Thank you mates. It really feels like weeks go by and the only thing I do is add PE, paint, add PE, paint, etc... 🙂
22 July 2022, 15:34
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Detail on this is amazing, you must have the patience of a saint 😅 following progress!
23 July 2022, 10:31
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But your PE's look really accurate processed. Top.
But I know that, at some point they start to annoy. That's why I'm now looking forward to the rigging on my Bismarck. 😉
23 July 2022, 13:22
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Very Nice indeed. I have this and the new Glow2B to start yet. Years of work ahead. Hope I can make as good as a job of this as you are!
23 July 2022, 13:22
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Thank you mates; this is work that needs resilience but I still would like to finish this buid by September… maybe too ambitious. 🙂
23 July 2022, 13:58
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Please don't put yourself under pressure! This can lead to quality problems and the fun is lost.
23 July 2022, 14:24
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Sometimes I think I want to try my hand at a ship…then I think of all that photo etch and rigging and I'm not so sure. Lol! Your patience is an inspiration
24 July 2022, 04:49
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Btw, I think the round "things" are rollers for rope, for when staying at a dock. I thought at first they were hoses for fighting fire.
24 July 2022, 06:59
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Thank you for your kind comments, mates; @Treehugger, I also thought they were hoses… 😅
24 July 2022, 14:19
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The PE work is incredible. My poor eyes wouldn't even be able to focus on stuff that small. I have to know: how often do you get something affixed only to have it fall off? I know how annoyed I get with 1/20 car PE, I cannot imagine dealing with stuff THAT small.
25 July 2022, 05:13
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Thank you @bossy122, I only lost one PE rail so far, from a gun turret - it must have been blown by my airbrush; must confess I have had a huge help from Ultra Glue, from Ammo; at first it looks like regular PVA white glue, but it dries very fast, it is incredibly strong and, on top, it shrinks when it dries! Very nice indeed, I almost did not use CA at all so far! 🙂
25 July 2022, 13:27
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Thank you Hugh, let's hope it goes well all the way to the end! 🙂
6 September 2022, 22:16
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Looks like the Yamato going to leave the dock in the not to distant future. Hope you used stainless steel for the screws. With all that salt water later on 😉
But looking great sofar 👍
7 September 2022, 07:03
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LOL! Thank you Lex, I'm really feeling it coming to a conclusion, everyday I work a few hour on it; very motivated right now! 🙂
7 September 2022, 21:00
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Obrigado Paulo; devagar se vai ao longe, e aqui acho que estou quase a chegar! 🙂
20 September 2022, 15:24
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Yes, indeed; unfortunately thee is no comprehensive rigging schematics, so I'll have to pay attention to different pictures…
21 November 2022, 07:51
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Looking great Ricardo! 👍 The protective sandbags (?) I see on several photo's, are they provided in the kit?
21 November 2022, 09:07
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By the way, I flipped trough your albums and see a lot of really beautiful builds.
21 November 2022, 09:44
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Thank you @Lex; the bags are from the MK1 set MD-35024, which I purchased separately; you will find it in the project of this build
21 November 2022, 09:47
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Ah, @bughunter, hardly, as I am not an expert on chips and will probably have made some errors, but thank you for your kind compliment
7 December 2022, 08:59
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Getting close to launching from the slipways!! Who's breaking the bottle? 😂seriously great work involved with this build.
7 December 2022, 23:21
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Some really nice work Ricardo. The rigging must have been a headache to work out..? But fantastic job so far. Enjoying your build.
8 December 2022, 07:44
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Thank you mates, for your kind words; rigging was, in fact, not so bad - I took about 2 months of procrastination before I started, but once I did, it was really fast; major challenge was to find out what goes where; I used the "Anatomy of the Ship" book and a fabulous Youtube video from the co-author
Stefan Dramiński; video here: Youtube Video
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8 December 2022, 18:55
Album info
Finished model photos can be found in this album: Yamato 1945 | Album by RReis (1:350)