RGL

Hi all,
 
I was expecting to get my Card Kit of the Japanese Destroyer IJN (Imperial Japanese Navy) Amatsukaze any day, so I thought it might be a good idea to tidy up my workbench :
 

 
I finished the job, made myself a cuppa, and sat down in front of the tellie to watch an afternoon of V8 Supercars when ..... there was a knock on the door. UNBELIEVABLE - the Kit arrived, not 5 minutes after I'd finished the cleanup. Here's a shot of the cover and the laser-cut frames :
 

 
Work will commence in the next Ad break .
 
  Danny

Greg, you never fail to amaze me with the quality of your work. Lesser mortals like me can only gasp in awe.
 
Steven

Rear mast and crane complete. I imagine this would be pretty grubby given it sits right behind the stacks. 

The gun platforms for the high angle 76mms and for the other triple 25mm's. I have dry fitted some sandbags around the flat platforms which house the 76mms. Also the amidships searchlight. Lots of small deck details to go. 

Thanks Piet. Can't wait to see the Java, and at 1:35 scale, should offer a good opportunity for detail work.
Seems like the fiddly stuff takes a lot of time. Most of it is figuring out ahead of time how it all folds and goes together. I've never detailed a British ship like this and the range finders are quite a bit different than other ships from the same period from different nations, not intuitive for me at all. Interesting antennae arrays in any event. 

I am falling in love with this, these plastics ships have me hook

that sits behind the stacks!!!!   oh great!.........the rising sun....with smog!    super job on it......this whole build looks mighty sweet Greg! 

Rear mast and crane complete. I imagine this would be pretty grubby given it sits right behind the stacks. 

Rear mast and crane complete. I imagine this would be pretty grubby given it sits right behind the stacks. 

They're not MG stands/brackets? I agree on too small, sometimes it's just a bit too gimmicky to produce a .1mm x .1mm thing and even expect it to stand out yet alone be able to be glued. 

Well done

Rear mast and crane complete. I imagine this would be pretty grubby given it sits right behind the stacks. 

Well done

Well done

Rear mast and crane complete. I imagine this would be pretty grubby given it sits right behind the stacks. 

Rear mast and crane complete. I imagine this would be pretty grubby given it sits right behind the stacks. 

Well done

I think I've still got a bit to go yet unfortunately. Yours should outstrip mine old boy! 

Rear mast and crane complete. I imagine this would be pretty grubby given it sits right behind the stacks. 

Rear mast and crane complete. I imagine this would be pretty grubby given it sits right behind the stacks. 

The finalization of the fore mast. Went togeather with great fanfare until some idiot put the mast on backwards, the had to pull it apart and start again. Then the standing rigging.
 
The i added all the back stays, 2 days work as the lines are sooo fine.
 
The of course, that bloke Murphy caught up. The glue on the crows nest gave way. So, as the thing is fully rigged with elastic under tension, I had to hold it in the correct plane and then make sure the yards are parallel to the deck both laterally and horizontally with one hand and glue with the other.  Pain in the backside. 
 
Then I thought i'd got away with it and the middle yard snapped it's brace to the mast. As above a pain in the butt but using a set of helping hands it was remedied. 
 
Finally, the rigging of the mast is complete. It is not as strait as I'd like but I will add stays later.
 

 

Now the funnels which will go on the boat deck. The funnels grill is very intricate and in many pieces which I had to make up a little jig and cut off and replace all the vent pipes and fabricate the pipes for and the horns. Also making up a funnel band and eyelets for rigging later. Came up nicely.

Wow, that finished mast looks stunning particularly the rigging and all the steps, very neat.
 
Cheers
Slog

Rear mast and crane complete. I imagine this would be pretty grubby given it sits right behind the stacks. 

Thanks to all who hit the like button, much appreciated and thank you Denis and John for you comments.
 
Yes, I could make a diorama of sorts with that crane in tracks and a torpedo hanging on he hook. I already have the torpedo in scale 1:50, or even a mine in the same scale. They are right now laying on the O19 display board.
 
Okay, next detail John is actually the final few items to add to finish the build.
 
I added the antenna wires from the bow to the bridge, all periscopes and antenna mast and the little boarding ladder to starboard side. They store these things inside the sail and only attach them to the deck when needed. Actually, most everything is stored inside the sail or under the deck plates between the pressure hull and the deck. From chains, extra cables, spare torpedos and even a few cases of Heiniken beer. The O19 even stored a 5 man dinghy there.
 
After everything was checked and cleaned up I took the spray can to it and painted her in a flat dark grey. Now she looks like a submarine ready  for the hunt. Just a shame that she ran into that minefield.
 
I have picked a few photos to end this build with. I hope you like the result. Being this small and using a few close-ups you'll see some rough edges but most is due to close-up distortion.
 
This shows the O16 right after she was completed and still on my drafting table aka work bench. I temporarily placed the name plate in front of her.

 
For the fun of it and show the difference in scale with the O19, 1:350 vs 1:50

 
Port side view on the drafting table.

 
Yup, she is small!

 
Another comparison picture, the O16 in front of the O19 sail/conning tower.

 
The rest are taken outside with better light.





 
I incerted this photo of the actual O16 as comparison with the one above.

 
Due to the narrow display board I cemented the name plates on the ends. They are a too large to do it the traditional way.



 
Okay, this is it for this build. I really enjoyed it. It was challenging for me because I'm not used to kit building but I learned a few things. I am also honored having you come along and for your very kind words.
Next project is trying to build a diorama of the Young America clipper ship at sea at a scale of 1:3000. Wish me luck with this one and hope all y'all will come to visit.
 
Thanks again everyone and my co-captain Gwen and I wish all of you good health.
Until we see each other again, Cheers,