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Each one of these storage lockers are made from multiple pieces of photo etch. Made some more lockers and painted, then glued everything to the deck. That's about all that will get done on Mikasa today. More tomorrow.
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Absolutely beautiful model, Jesse. Just outstanding.
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Just found your Arizona build log. Will follow and enjoy it with you. I think projects like this one are some of the most fun you can have in modeling. No AMS is required nor needed, just build it and detail it as you see fit...the only rule is to have fun doing it. Besides, it helps many of us re-live a great childhood past of long summer days of building our models, then floating them in puddles, streams, and ponds. I know I did a lot of that.
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This model has the entire hangar under the main deck. A real opportunity for super detail if one wished to do that. A novelty, the main deck is molded in clear if someone wanted to leave either part, or the whole deck visible to the hangar. I won't do that but it will be a good place to park the flight of aircraft while the B-25's are lashed to the main deck..
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Those gale winds had to have helped the B-25 bombers lift off the carrier deck. A little additional airspeed by way of mother nature. Watching the video, the short run down the deck seems even shorter than I had remembered it.
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When I opened the box, all there is are more boxes inside. When you open those boxes, then the parts are exposed. I'll try to get some more photos tomorrow after I take care of my wife. She's got some major dental work to get done tomorrow and it will press me into unfamiliar territory doing chores I'm unaccustomed to doing.
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Maybe during the times paint is drying on my Mikasa build, I'll start building and painting the aircraft for the Hornet.
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For the time being, this will serve as the beginning and placeholder for my next project, the 1:200 scale USS Hornet Aircraft Carrier by Merit Models. Will be collecting reference material and aftermarket to complete the build. The box is a massive 53" long, the hull measuring over 49" long. Lots and lots of plastic here. Gives the option for a loadout of a dozen B-25 bombers for Doolittle's raid, or a flight of Wildcat fighter planes, Devastator torpedo bombers, and Dauntless dive bombers.
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Yeah, there are photo images that come up from a Google search, but they're all taken from so far out, they're of little value for detail reference...particularly for rigging/where it's tied off/belaying points, etc.
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Thank you Popeye. I'm now working on all the little photo etch deck fixtures. Lots and lots of them. Every one is made up of multiple parts. I'm trying to decide whether to vary the shades of gray to break things up a bit, or to keep it all the same base color gray and vary things through post shading and washes. Maybe should do both. There is very little reference material I can find for Mikasa. I guess because it's so old. I'm trying to find a good reference for the rigging as that will be a prominent part of this model. All I've found so far is a very rudimentary drawing from Hasegawa provided in their 1:350 kit. Very little is out there that I have found so far. If anyone knows of good reference photos and line drawings for Mikasa, please let me know.
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We must be in another El Nino year. It's been raining extremely heavy every day here in Tampa. Lots of creeks, ponds and lakes are starting to overflow their banks. In Florida, percolation accounts for about a third to half of all stormwater runoff (which is a good thing). But when it rains every day like this and the ground becomes saturated, it cannot absorb any more water and it all tries to run off into the bay/gulf. That's when things get real dicey and all these newer subdivisions who have been built in the past 50 years begin to have real problems.
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And it seems like those injection pin marks are always in a place where they will be the most noticeable. 😏
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Now, just imagine there are lots of modelers who do this in 1:700 scale. Makes me say to myself..."what the h-e-double hockey sticks?"
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She looks like a battle worn veteran. Nice job, Cog.
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This reminds me of a story my uncle told me about his service during WW2 aboard a Liberty Ship on the North Sea. They once were carrying (among other things) a large quantity of smoke bombs in their hold in route to Murmansk. Extremely bad weather/high seas caused sea water to enter the hold and potentially wetting the smoke bombs they carried. These smoke bombs were made to detonate when wet....I'm guessing they were used as concealment on ships by throwing them overboard. The concern was the smoke bombs would all ignite and potentially cause the entire ship to burn. They managed to keep it under control and nothing bad happened on this particular trip. Later convoys were much more tragic with German torpedo bombers ripping apart their convoys and losing a great deal of ships. Harrowing tales.
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Doing some research last night, I read where there may be a difference in some of the early releases of the Mikasa from the more recent ones. As you may know, my Mikasa is the Wave kit, and the Wave kit was the first Mikasa edition released. Later, it was released under the HobbyBoss label. There may be differences in the decks as you mentioned. That may account for why my deck needed to be trimmed, but I cannot say for certain. Mine just was not a good fit along the entire perimeter of the deck...wood deck too large. Maybe it has to do with weather conditions, humidity and heat - swelling or shrinkage? In any event, I used the 'wet' method, having first brushed on a bit of water with a couple of drops of dish washing detergent before peeling and sticking the deck. Here in this picture, I placed the final wood main deck section. Now, only small pieces remain to be added after the superstructure is built. Next, on to ventilators and cable reels.
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That bridge is a model all on it's own. Looks super.
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Something like an old credit card cut into appropriate size strips to act and a squeegee helps to squeeze out the air bubbles and press the wood deck down well.
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