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Another fine mess you've gotten me into, Ollie. You just had to go and show me that website, didn't you? Oh well, like the old saying goes, "we can't take it with us." You just helped me find something else to spend money on, Lou. 😄- 127 replies
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You can buy a 1:200 scale card model of the Akitsushima. I've never done a card model yet. Another option would be scratch buildING a 1:144 model, as there is the 1:144 Arii H8K2 Emily model. In my opinion, would rather start a scratch build project without having to do the aircraft by scratch as well as the ship. I bought my plans here: PM-039 - AKITSUSHIMA '43' air tender polish-made.com
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No worries at all Yves....I have been thinking exactly the same idea. Just this morning, I ordered the line drawings of the Akitsushima from Poland. I definitely want to try my hand at scratch building from plans but 1:72 scale is too much. Going to begin searching for a smaller scale sea plane and work from there. 1:200 scale would be good I think.
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Beautiful paint work OC. Takes a steady hand to do that. Can you imagine marching out on the battlefield armed with a drum while everyone around you are shooting and being shot with rifles, cleaved with swords and bayonettes??
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Thanks for the links, Mike! The 1:72 Akatsushima the guy scratch built is amazing. The Airfix box art he created was a spoof on his friends it appears. The ship in 1:72 is huge.
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The photos I've seen of the 1:350 kit look amazing. Very limited production, mostly resin and photo etch. This 1:700 kit hull needs a lot of work to do it justice. It looks like the mold in which it was cast is rather long in the tooth. Much of the hull porthole detail is obliterated on my copy. It would be nice if someone like Flyhawk came along and did one in 1:700, but I guess there are many other selections that would be better sellers for them. Global Toy in HK are offering the 1:350 kit for $312 plus shipping. For everything you get, the price is right I think. But a lot of modelers are not going to run out and buy one of these.
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I like the paint scheme and it is an unusual subject. Don't know if it's available, but I wrote a publisher in Japan to try to acquire detailed drawings of the Akitsushima. Not certain whether the item is still in publication. We shall see.
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IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender with added aftermarket details, 1:700 scale.
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With the ship's boats and life rafts in place, going to give the model a pause until my Scharnhorst reference book arrives. Can't do the rigging without some reference material. Should have had the reference book from the beginning. 🙂 Need to make that a habit with these ship models because I have never been one to collect reference books of any kind.
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You have a very manageable number of projects in waiting, unlike some of us (me). 🙂 Nice work getting it all together.
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With the Arado 196 painted and in place, moved on to the ship's boats. The molded on detail is very good, but will go ahead and use the photo etch provided. The 2 boats on the right have the photo etch attached while the others need surgery before the photo etch. I have a book coming in the mail to help me with the rigging. Could not find internet examples of the rigging sufficient for me to rig it.
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Denis, I love that blue fishing boat you built in the 4th photo from the top. Great looking model. That's been several or more years ago, right? A Billing boat?
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Great! Glad it helped you out, Alan. For the next tip, once you have glued your railing down with Gator's Grip and the glue has become tacky, use a paint brush dampened with water to remove any excess acrylic glue. Clean the brush often and re-wet it as necessary. It will leave an invisible bond between the railing and the deck. Works like a charm, just don't over-do it and remove only the excess glue.
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These tiny pieces help comprise the finished Arado 196 seaplane. Not pictured with the pieces are the photo etched canopy, antennae, pontoon supports, and rear cockpit machine gun. The number 11 XActo blade is used in the photo as a size reference. I need another few pair of very good tweezers if I continue to build small scale stuff like this. It's just too small to handle without the proper tools.
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My wife loves to paint the house, inside and out. She re-paints the inside every few years and goes through it like lightning. Me, I would have paint all over everything if I didn't have covers on the floors and furniture. Even then, I always seem to manage to get paint somewhere unintended. Sometime before this coming Fall, I have to strip all the furniture out of our bedroom, put down new flooring and repaint everything. Not looking forward to that.
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It's the same thing, just a different label. Primary differences are color and diameter.
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