RGL
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Ok, the new book arrived, an Tamiya was correct after all (to a point). Different handrail configurations and you can see the old book on the right which mirrors the AOTS.; The aft secondary gun mount was fairly simple, add some step ladders, hand rails and extra rivet strips, and of course another ventilator intake which for some unknown reason was completely omitted. A simple bit of PE layering plus a plastic strip cowl edge. When painted it won't looks so bad and when on it the kit it will hardly be seen.
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OC no problems at all, that's how we learn, it should be a free flow of knowledge. The instructions from Tamiya have the Paravanes sitting on the rear ramp of the secondary gun turret superstructure but I just don't see how you'd get them down as I imagine they're fairly heavy. The reference material is fairly guesswork but the Japanese have just st re released their Model Art line drawings based on "new research" from the submersible on the wreck. I have ordered it and yet to see what difference there is. I understand the Japanese destroyed all records of this class of ship so the real sailors on this forum have a lot of common sense to offer.
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It said a magazine, are they heavy things? I just don't know how they would get them from the storage spots on the base of the secondary turrets to the side of the ship.
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Next are the paravanes. The kit ones are basic, then the resin ones that got thrown in with the deck equipment are nice, but the Pontos ones are amazing. They come with a complete set of extras for the carpet monster, of which I lost none.
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The secondary guns come with large superstructure, and the AOTS and the Tamiya instructions differ. According to Tamiya this is where the Paravanes are stored, but the AOTS states they are in closed magazines, which I expect the quad doors are for. The door and the ladder configuration is different between the kit and reference, so I went with the reference and sanded down the door and will move the ladders and again add stanchions later. I have also included extra rivet strips and handrails around the bottom of the turret ring from a set of cut down hand rails from spares. The red things are a panel that is included by Tamiya as a decal, and there are two hatches no mentioned by tamiya. When painted it won't matter.
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Its a matter of access Cog, I don't want t lose detail under paint. I did up the gun tubs that go on top of the main guns. The Tamiya piece is 1 piece. The pontos is 14pieces.
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Moving on to something different, the main guns. Lots of internal (irrelevant) detail, and Tamiya provides some etch as well. Goes together very simply. The kit supplied AA guns on the roof will be replaced with Pontos. There is a heap of detail I will not add until after painting, such as ladders, stanchions, AA guns, but first up I had to add the exercise aiming device which is provided by Tamiya but not referred to in the instructions but in every other reference book. I used stretched sprue as the cables. The handrails were an absolute nightmare as they are 1mm high, and were a full days work to add then 50% of them full off. Luckily Pontos gives you extras. The blast bags, there are some provided with the kit, but are very bland. 1 is the tamiya barrel and blast bag, 2 and 3 are the pontos provided bags being elevated and flat. For anyone building this kit, there are lots of extra provided if you stuff up, but the secret is to drill out the front of the bag, the widen the back end as much as possible so the barrels will slide into the breach and allow you to keep the base of the bags within the correct area on the hull piece. There is a heap of detail to go, but I will not even cut the off the fret until I am ready to paint. The local supermarket's cheap tupperware is now their home for a while.
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I slide out the drawer to my desk and put a tea towel on it. Yes, some pieces occasionally go off but it saves a LOT of them.
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Next is applying the forcastle so I can add the fairleads. Once that is complete I can replaced the deadlights that fell off and a couple of eyelets, then it is ready for painting, but I will start off other stuff first. Back to work this afternoon so delays expected.
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As you can see I have also added the kits supplied scupper pipes and replaced the two big ones from the Pontos set. I have not attached these yet as they will get in the road of the painting.
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Moving along with the hull, I have placed the degausing cables. You are given two options, one closed and one open. I used the open one as it looks better and I suspect Tamiya got the idea from the photos of the wreck but I suspect the keyboard warriors are correct when they say the covers have rusted off. Still, looks nice.. So all up there is about a metre of it, which at 1/350 is a lot.
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Type in "Hull plating small scale ships" into u-tube, there is a tutorial on how to do it, I found it last weekend, very simple.
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No doubt it's all about packaging and shipping fees. Just would have been more simplified on a zig zag patter along panel lines, meh, too late, move on. Its a nice kit limited only by my own ability. The putty syringe seems to have solved it and nothing masking and overspray can't fix. Don't blame the tools etc. any faults will be my own.
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