RGL
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Last one is the navigation rangerfinder, very bland but easy to fix up, I will still have to reduce the size of the little hatch.
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Then, the 4 Type 94 AA directors. There is only so much I could do with them but I added hatches and railings.
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Next is the second type of machine gun controller added after the refit. There are 10 of these and they were a pain adding the handrails.
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There are a LOT of gun controllers. First off, there are 4 of these type of machine gun controllers. I have added panels and hatches instead f the Tamiya blobs.
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Now, a whole lotta work with little to show. First off, the additions post refit for the extra AA guns. Pretty standard, added some doors, railings and rivet lines.
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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.
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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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