RGL
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My God, not in this lifetime, I have the AOTS for a UBoat, to to it properly you would need to be a marine engineer. At this scale you could build a working model! Back in the 80's my father bought me a B-17 in this scale that was transparent and it was huge, and way too hard for me, and I'd find this way too hard 40 years later. -
I've never entered a competition but I reckon it would do my head in as I can only see the flaws!
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Thanks folks, Slog, as tempting as some of the 1/200 stuff is as thery are very detailed, it's what they leave out. I've got a great collection of spares now at this scale and to go up a grade would mean I'm starting from scratch so to speak. Pontos does not seem able to do doors (hatches)! That being said Eduard which is pretty ordinary does great individual stanchions with actual chain for their handrails in 1/350 which in reality is 1/200 so worth getting as few ships have metal rails. It's good to see I'm tapping into the dark interests of the wooden ship builders. Whilst I would like to build the Bluejacket Atlantic the amount of corrections needed to their one piece hull may be better suited to POB. I'm now working on the side assemblies for the added anti air guns, then there will be a massive amount of tiny guns to build, plus the cranes.
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Well I intend on getting an airbrush but even with a rattle can this is quite doable. As long as it is not more complex than this, then most pieces are painted individually then added after.
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The most convoluted main mast ever! Also the hardest part of the build for mine. Pontos completely replaces the masts anf adds a radar set. I'm not entirely satisfied with the alignment but this is as good as it's going to get.
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The most recent Super illistration published in Japan last month pretty much sorts it. Not so much a rigging plan but join the dots. Whilst it will be too late for me I have ordered the new AOTS as well. Maybe that will be better and I don't think I'll be up to rigging by March 2017.
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The last of the support structures for the main superstructure are the 4 bases of the type 94 director and the navigation lights, including handrails, MG controller, the crew ready room. This is pretty much it and the convoluted mast will be next. Dryfitting the assembly you can see how many vacant spots there are and how much piece work is to go.
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Oh, the little steps? After much thought I left most of them on as I an pretty much crap at aligning the after market ones so they look worse than what I could achieve with a few washes later. Given the overall amount of detail I think a bad job on them would just draw the eye to poor workmanship. I will post some more later when my 11 year old lets me use my computer.
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Vossy, there are no plastic handrails included. Pontos includes rails but I prefer the individual stanchions, whist it's a LOT more work I think it's more realistic
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Making a start on the main superstructure, there are a lot of individual stanchions to place, and ladders in the first instance. then moving on to the triple 25mm gun tubs, each one has 12 support struts to me placed and each is 1mm. I set up my usual production line placing each one in bluetack and using a pin to drop glue in. The lots of foot and handrails and plonked them on. The little radio shack has little vents as per the reference material so it has been bashed a little using tiny funnels. Next are the gun controllers supports which will also require handrails.
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Just awesome, it is huge!
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Only for railings to fill gaps between the hull and deck, PVA is a bit too thick for me
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This is plastic, but I've never had a problem with PE and resin. If anything it works better.
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The funnel is now pretty much complete. There is a gantry to go but I won't put it on till later as well as a ships whistle. The 150cm spotlight platform is next. The reference has support struts along the entire sides but the metal platform below is too wide so I'll leave good enough alone. The crew quarters whilst a nice addition will not sit flush so I used rivet strips to cover them which will be OK when painted. 8 extra sets of doors were added as well as a couple of hatches and pipes. and steps over the grill. Finally how she sits on the superstructure which will be next.
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It's pretty much follow the dots so far, the handrails are a punish and I'm still considering how much additional detail I need to add. As it sits at an angle, handling is very painful so it has to be top to bottom and trying to seat it in blue tack. This is the last main bit that seats on the centre island where it will really get very crowded. You've probably noticed I've done none of the control turrets or smaller guns which will be done last after the superstructure as it will be mass production. The more you do PE the better the muscle memory as a fine motor skill, and it becomes a VERY fine motor skill at this scale. Like a tall ship, when you move on from planking it's a whole new skill set, which ends with rigging.
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Moving on to the funnels, lots of details be be added here. Again, the base... Then the pre after market aftermarket, including hatches, steps and internal ladders plus support struts then the pontos funnel grille
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The aft control tower is similar to the front one, just a little smaller and the only real addition is the control arms that go the end covers. A simple fabrication. You can see the little fly wheel I have used to create rivet lines. The tower it sits on has gun controllers which I will add later, the sum total of the parts don't seem to add up to much, and I have added rivet lines throughout and I have added handrails, replaced the support struts in white card and extra rails on op that are not mentioned by tamiya. About a days work. Final shots of where she sits on the ship
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Pontos has a lot of assumptions, mainly that you are an expert on the ship that your are building and know what goes where and have extensive research materials at hand. Then they leave bits out that one would think would be naturally included. That being said their products are first class. I love this build and look forward to seeing you cover the deck in aircraft!
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