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RGL
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The whole thing was a failure really, the cats were removed and it didn’t achieve much. I will put planes on the cats, just not the ones without the floatplanes. -
The last bits put together for the ship, the back veranda gets very busy very quickly with the aircraft. There were apparently 2 types of aircraft, one with and one without float planes, the latter could only be recovered on a proper aircraft carrier or airstrip. Whilst the kit does provide teo of these I cannot find any reference on how they went on the catapults so I’m just not going to do them. A fair bit of work to do to paint them yet, which I will not have time for this week or next.
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You can also try some of the chipping fluids. Works nicely and on a big 1/200 should work well
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Looks good mate, it’s easy to get distracted doing the tiny details and we forget it’s hardly noticeable on the finished product.
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It does, but in the photos from Kure Harbour in 1945 have it under water. There are no cranes nearby, and it appears to be a big clear area so the rear main gun barrels can traverse. The casements for the rear removed guns stored fuel for the aircraft and aerial bombs.
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I love it how Cog, OC and I are not the only ones with the PE addiction. Looking forward to us plastics group growing.
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Thin glue! Use a scalpel to cut a groove for it and the support struts. I hated this bit on my Varyag.
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Ok, the main ship is now pretty much done. Davits and Cats added, rigging done. I’ll touch up the paintwork at the end.
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I’ve got a shed load on this to go yet. I’m hoping to get the rigging done today, then I can add the davits, then throw on the catapults then start on the back ate and aircraft.
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So, that’s it, all the armament added, 8 big cannon, 8 12.7cm high altitude gun mounts, 31 triple 25mm’s, 10 single 25mm’s, 6 rocket mounts.
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I got three base boards made up, deciding if I should use it on Isuzu plus the new one which I bought on eBay
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Work inboard to outboard. Wait till you see the convoluted mast. I was starting to get a bit stale with this build, and considering I still have the ship’s boats and aircraft to go I think I’ll be well and truely over my IJN phase after this one.
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I haven’t posted for a while because there has been an enormous amount of small piecework to do. Putting a fence around the back veranda; I don’t know if the flight deck had railings, but I know the rear bit did as the video of the ship in 1945 shows it. I’ve added the 6 rocket launchers at the stern, the turntables and done up the 25mm’s. That is just back breaking work, 31 triple 25mm’s, each with individual barrels and magazines and 11 singles. Tomorrow I can start throwing them on. The baseboard was made up for me and is a beautiful bit of hardwood with Tung oil to season.
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