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rcmdrvr reacted to Herby63 in IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
Next I bent and glued on the shutters for the 2 outer casemates. (both sides)
Wishing everyone lots of modellingfun.
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rcmdrvr reacted to Herby63 in IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
Next I bent and glued on the shutters for the 3 central casemates.
Wishing everyone lots of modellingfun.
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rcmdrvr reacted to Herby63 in IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
Next I bent and glued on the shutters for the front and stern casemates with SloZAP and the hand holds wit a dash of PVA-glue.
Wishing everyone lots of modellingfun.
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rcmdrvr reacted to Herby63 in IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
I testfitted the 6" and 3" guns in the casemates of the hull.
I had to enlarge the pivoting holes in the 6" guns slightly to alowe the pins to go in smoothly, as I am a bit reluctant to hammer them in when the hull is laden with PE.
The Pontos 3" guns don't fit under the roofs of the casemates, as the bottom plates I installed dont alowe for sliding them in sideways, so I removed the roofs, planning to top the area later with a piece of styrene.
Wishing everyone lots of modellingfun.
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rcmdrvr reacted to Herby63 in IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
Some more hull details added, the first with diluted PVA-glue, the doors themselves witg a touch of SloZAP.
Wishing everyone lots of modellingfun.
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rcmdrvr reacted to Herby63 in IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
Next are the 47 mm guns:
First I soldered the pedestalls (Brass 07B and Brass 08B) to the botom plates (781), and bent the platforms (149) into shape
Then I soldered the pre-bent brackets (782) to the pedestalls and the barrels (Brass 07A and Brass 08A) to the pre-bent breeches (783).
Finaly I soldered the guns to the pedestall brackets and glued the guns with the small pedestalls to the platforms.
Lots of Modelling fun
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rcmdrvr reacted to Herby63 in IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
Mass production of the 3" guns, 1 down 15 to go.
Here are some pictures of the different steps.
Pedestalls soldered to the bottom plate and brass parts bent to form boxes
Brass parts soldered to the pedestall
Preparations for installing the recoilcylinders
Brass plates bent over the barrels and installed onto the bracket (all soldered), and finaly glued the little box to the side of the barrel with a little CA-glue.
Happy modelling,
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rcmdrvr reacted to Herby63 in IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
Time to have a go at a first 3" gun A
The composing elements on the left - The pieces, bent where nece"ssary
And the result of 3 hours of modellingfun !
Next picture shows the "briliant" Pontosinstructions, and the endresult in the black oval.
Happy modelling,
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rcmdrvr reacted to Herby63 in IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
I made to fit a styrene plate and glued it under the kasemates openings at stern and stem in order to prevent these guns from falling in the hull.
A 2 mm-hole in the styrene should help lodgeing the base of the guns.
happy modelling,
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rcmdrvr reacted to Herby63 in IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
Next is collecting all the brass parts to make the 3" huns and the 47 mm guns, which replace the Merit parts entirely.
Lots of modellingfun
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rcmdrvr reacted to Herby63 in IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
The 6" guns in Merit step 3 are entirely replaced by Pontos brass.
They are soldered together, no glue used at all.
Happy modelling,
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rcmdrvr reacted to Herby63 in IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
Before putting on lots of photo-etch around the casemates, I want to be sure the guns and the hatches around them will fit. So I started the construction of the guns.
I started collecting, preparing an assembling the parts for step 2: the 6" guns.
The different stages of completion, seen from left to right.
The completed guns.
Happy modelling,
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rcmdrvr reacted to Herby63 in IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
I put the propellershaft and their struts together.
Next I adapted them to receive the Pontos propellers and mounted them on the hull. I also worked a bit on a propellerblade to see if I could ameliorate it.
Both shafts adapted and mounted on the hull with Tamiya extra thin cemlent.
Happy modelling,
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rcmdrvr reacted to Herby63 in IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
In order not to damage the portholes I first placed the bilgekeels, taping them down and gluing with extra thin cement. After removing the tape I glued the remaining places.
Happy modelling,
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rcmdrvr reacted to Herby63 in IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
I put on the porthole etch with the bars ar the stem, before and under the achorplates, and at the back, o,ly the last 3 portholes on the bottom row.
I aplied slightly dekuted PVA-glue around the hole in the hull with a toothpick, then positioned the photo etch over the hole and with a pointy tool I adjusted the position of it. Any excess glue was removed with a damp brush, but I hardly ever had to do so.
Wishing everyone lots of modellingfun,
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rcmdrvr reacted to Herby63 in IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
Next I put in the vertical ribl, 2 struts and 20 D-links.
Can you find them all?
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rcmdrvr reacted to yvesvidal in IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
Are you going for the "grey plastic/shiny brass" version or will you paint it later on?
Yves
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rcmdrvr reacted to ccoyle in IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
I believe "grab irons" is the term you're searching for.
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rcmdrvr reacted to Herby63 in IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
Next I drilled 2 4mm holes in the bottom of the hul and attached it to a temporary bottomplate in order to diminuish the risk of damaging the added detail when handeling the ship.
Wishing everyone lots of modellingfun.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from druxey in USCG Harriet Lane by _SalD_ - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:96
Whose ropes are you using. They do not look like the rope provided for in the kit. I tend to listen to audible books when working on models. Right now I am taking a "course" in Criminal and Civil Law for dummies. Interesting.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from _SalD_ in USCG Harriet Lane by _SalD_ - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:96
Whose ropes are you using. They do not look like the rope provided for in the kit. I tend to listen to audible books when working on models. Right now I am taking a "course" in Criminal and Civil Law for dummies. Interesting.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from Canute in USCG Harriet Lane by _SalD_ - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:96
Whose ropes are you using. They do not look like the rope provided for in the kit. I tend to listen to audible books when working on models. Right now I am taking a "course" in Criminal and Civil Law for dummies. Interesting.
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rcmdrvr reacted to _SalD_ in USCG Harriet Lane by _SalD_ - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:96
Ratlines:
I decided to tie the ratlines onto the shrouds instead of gluing them because I had glued them on one of my other ships and wasn’t happy with the way they looked. I used a 14” (scaled) spacing on the guideline card that I printed out and clipped it to the shrouds to hold it in place. I started with a simple overhand knot on the first shroud followed by clove hitch knots on the remaining shrouds. Once the ratline was in its final position I put a small drop of ca glue on the knots to hold them in place.
When all the knots were tied and glued I went over them with a bit of black paint to knock the shine off from the ca glue.
I don’t mind a little sag in the lines because imo it gives it a more realistic look.
There is one new thing I learnt while doing these. I normally listen to music while working on my ships and change the style of music by how I feel that day. Well I happened to be in the mood for some classical music the day I was working on the ratlines and I can tell you now do not try and tie ratlines to Korsakov’s "Flight of the Bumblebee", unless you want to finish them in about ten minutes.🐝
New toy I bought for myself for for my birthday. Can't wait to try it out.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from _SalD_ in USCG Harriet Lane by _SalD_ - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:96
Looking great!
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from Canute in USCG Harriet Lane by _SalD_ - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:96
Looking great!
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