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  1. CDW
    I think it's time for a sanity check. Just spent close to 2 hours building this little 3" gun. There are a total of 16 of them to build. Sheesh. 😏 Besides that, I got some more painting and a little gluing of parts together today. Maybe I can move a little faster with the 3" guns now that I know the proper order of assembly. Pontos can be rather terrible at giving one a clue as to sequence/order of construction. I guess they figure, if you are a good enough modeler to tackle their update sets, you're good enough to figure out the best build sequence for your self.
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    At the rate we're going, it's hard to imagine or tell what folk might be doing 50 years from now. I guarantee that 50 years ago, none of us would have predicted what we're seeing today. I do vividly recall reading and looking at the periodicals 50 years ago and being dazzled by the things skilled modelers could do with a kit from that vintage. And it was all good. I would sit and look at the pictures and read the articles for hours at a time wishing I could do something just a fraction as good as what I was looking at/reading about.
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    Just remember, these models were cutting edge stuff when they came out way back when. Makes me wonder what modelers will think of our models 50 years from now...probably pity the stone age Neanderthals that built them. 😄
  4. CDW
    I've been working off and on on this thing all day long, but it's one of those days where it seems like nothing much got done. Under this next level of superstructure and decks, there are details that were painted and added, but you can't see those with my pictures. Just wanted to get some dry fit photos to see where we're headed with this model. Before this next level of decks are permanently added, a number of significant details must be added. Guns in particular. If I am to add any sailors to the gun deck, I need to wait for my figures to be delivered before adding the next deck level. Once added, it would be much more difficult to put any in sailors place there.
  5. CDW
    No worries...my idea of weathering and stain is minimal at best. Remember, I worked as the operations chief for a major general and I know first hand the expectations of maintaining a high standard. Been there, done that, and got the tee shirt. Not on a ship, but nevertheless under a general officer. If that gentleman saw anything out of sorts, there was hell to pay...guaranteed.
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    I would say that if a modeler used a 3D CAD program to design his/her model, then printed it on their 3D printer, most definitely that would be scratch building. Hands down.
  7. CDW
    Come to think of it, certain areas on the deck of the ship, and it's probably safe to say around all the coal chutes, there would be coal dust/staining where the frequent resupply of coal would have taken place; regardless of how much combat the ship had been in. So I need to dirty up those areas a bit before everything is all said and done. I'll have to check the model railroad section at the hobby shop for some black ballast that might be a reasonable representation for coal in this scale.
  8. CDW
    Thanks, Jack. I just found these 1:200 scale sailors at Shapeways, and ordered a set. I think I can make these work for me.
  9. CDW
    Thanks Popeye. In the particular paint scheme I am doing, I don't think the ship would have ever seen any combat yet, and not too much time at sea, either. So I don't intend to add much in the way of severe weathering or battle damage. I want to begin looking for some 1:200 sailors, maybe from Shapeways? Want to give it a somewhat busy look by adding some action figures. Maybe could add some guys shoveling coal into a few of those "coal chute covers" on deck. Gonna look to see what I can find that's close to being period correct.
  10. CDW
    Thank you, Sam. So glad to have you aboard.
  11. CDW
    Keep whittlin' away at this thing...
  12. CDW
    One of the four 47mm guns that are mounted to the front bridge lower deck.
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    With some paint and a few more details added. Sorry, but my lighting and photography skills are awful. Will build some small guns that go on the bridge next.
  15. CDW
    Nice that they give you the boom cables with the photo etch. A very realistic look to it, the way the cables sag and all. I like it.
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    Spent some time, but it doesn't look like much done today. The front bridge requires cutting, filing, and sanding before adding photo etch details to build it. The entire deck gets replaced. Structural details, gussets, portholes and doors have to be added. Next will be a host of other bits and pieces including guns, before the bridge is done. This will take a few days before taking on the rear bridge which is nearly a clone of the front bridge. A little difference, but not a lot.
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    Thanks for the photos, OC. Yesterday, Popeye had asked whether I needed to remove some round spots on the wooden deck. I answered, no, they were markers for some unidentified PE disks that are shown on the plans but not identified for what they are. In later conversation, we decided the round covers are actually coal chutes...where they loaded coal for firing the turbines into the ship's hold. These covers are dotted all over the deck of the ship. My comment was simply that the actual parts are not identified as to what function they serve. But I think we have that much cleared up now. Thanks!
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    Once again, you've done some remarkable brush work on that crane. It looks outstanding, OC. You must have a very small brush to paint inside that boom.? PS: I like the combination of kit parts with the photo etch ones to build your crane. Looks very good that way.
  20. CDW
    Must have been one heck of a big sweat shop in that hold below for all the poor blokes shoveling coal. No wonder this ship has so many ventilators. Lots and lots of coal dust.
  21. CDW
    AMS is an acronym coined by modelers who are afflicted with "advanced modeler's syndrome". Modelers afflicted with AMS cannot build a model out of the box, stock, among other symptoms. 🙂 We grew up on a street with no stormwater drainage improvements. When it rained, a river of water flowed down the street in front of our house, then it turned and flowed down the side street along side of our house. We would race upstream with our sacrificial model boats during a rainstorm, release them in the water, then run back to the house and go out on the side porch where we waited with our BB guns. When the boats floated down the street and rounded the corner to come down the side street, we opened fire at each other's boats. A winning shot was a water line hull shot that sunk the boat. But it was fun to shoot the superstructures off the boats as well.
  22. CDW
    Thanks, Ken. I'll bet you're right. Never thought of that. In 1:1 scale, these covers would measure approximately 2' in diameter. About the size of a manhole cover.
  23. CDW
    Yes, I have the full instructions that came with the Pontos set, if that's what you are asking. But there is nothing on the instructions that identifies what the various parts are, just their identification number in the Pontos scheme of things and drawings to indicate where they are attached. They (round disks) are fairly prominent on any 1/200 scale rendering of the Pontos equipped Mikasa, but I have yet to read anyone give a name to the object. I presume they are some type of cover for something, What, I do not know.
  24. CDW
    Yes, a very nice destroyer model indeed. I'm really enjoying this thread with the variety of renditions of the same ship. Each one has it's own set of outstanding qualities and express the creativeness of the individual modeler.
  25. CDW
    Those are actually location markers for something. I'm being cryptic because I don't actually know what they are at this point. They are round photo etched discs with some details scribed on top of them.

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