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Kang Ding Frigate by mikegr - Bronco - 1/700 - PLASTIC
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I assembled the main radar. There were multiple parts. It was as fragile as a mosquito. Canon barrel was upgrade, using needles of various diameter and coper wire. I printed a new SSM box with more detailed base, an anchor and tiny barrel rafts
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Apart from the sprue containing the hull parts there's only another one. So Iooking for the parts is not time consuming I used surgical movements in order not to lose any tiny PE part. Also the minimum amount of glue used, to avoid mess. My tip: If excess PVA or CA glue used I burn the part with a lighter to remove it instead of scratching it especially if its a tiny one.
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USS Missouri by wglasford - Trumpeter - 1/200 - PLASTIC
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Another built of an unpopular model. Kang Ding Frigate of the ROCS Navy. A Taiwanese version of the French La Fayette Frigate. First impression opening the kit is like "I ve been cheated a bit", lol The plastic also looked very cheap and elastic Fortunately I obtained a PE kit from Flyhawk, let's see how I can make this kit looks nice
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LPH-11 USS New Orleans by Spaceman Spiff - Iron Shipwrights - 1/350 - RESIN
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Rebuilding the fleet by mikegr - 1/700 - restoring old plastic models
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I bought a model of Aichi E13 planes. It printed out just fine. Details were added. At this stage the model is 98% complete one step before adding oil washes and rust effects
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HMS Iron Duke by king derelict - Flyhawk- 1/700 - PLASTIC
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I managed to do a bit of progress today. More boats fitted with extra details and some PE parts. Rails added at the rear area but the fit, I think may need repositioning. Also paint faded out because of the effort. The reason is that the stern is not level but going downwards as in the real ship as you can see in this Takao drawing Another unsolved problem is that the upper deck is painted in linoleum color like the main. I don't know how I missed this but its too late for correction.
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Today it was a day with lot of work but little progress. I don't know how many pieces I lost. But its my target to add as much detail as possible
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Got back last week and I'm back to work again although still feel a bit lazy First I need to take care of my new items The only work for this weekend was the addition if boats. Davits were made of 0.3 mm wire. AA guns were mistakenly positioned a bit more forward so room for boats was marginal. When you improvise any possible detail have to be considered additionally or such problems may occur
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sometimes we need to apply high skills to get the desired effect and this may fail so we need to improvise
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A last update with some details added on bridge like binoculars and rails. I was hoping to finish this before my departure but couldn't make it. Tomorrow I will fly to Malaysia for a month vacation trip. Will do some shopping to improve this and my future models
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Done fitting the last light platform and the fire directors. Now its shape looks complex like most heavily modified IJN ships. Today the fleet was out for inspection in the Gulf of Kitchen
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Parts put in place Some fitment problems always occures when making your own parts. For example the towers with the fire directors should be between the real funnel and the AA gun platform. But there was not enough space so they were put just behind the type 89 gun. At least they reveal more details on this way.
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The work on the main mast is complete. Priming and test fitting as usual.
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Little progress today. I add some hidden details, bridge supports. The pieces used were really tiny even being the biggest of the three sizes. More details will be added later, like binoculars, railings and more. Work on the main mast started The middle ship is Takao. This was given by a friend. We bought these kits from the same store at a blow out sale. Maybe 15-20 kits. the other one I have is maybe a Furutaka class, will research it later
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What a disaster That mast had wrong orientation. The upper part should lean towards the stern. Also the base at the tripod top should face the bow not the stern. I simply cut it and remake it. It was moderately hard. Fortunately for this rigging task, I use a wire 0.10mm which is extremely easy to handle, very durable even very thin. most important of all it keeps it shape Nevertheless I had to make one more platform. Then a smaller one on top. I also made a preparation for the sea bed. I bought a textured water effect paper because I want to create a specific scene.
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Well yes I can see people complaining that working in 1/80 or 1/100 its too hard as this is a small scale. However I believe in smaller scales its easier to hide imperfections, 1/700 is a quite forgiving scale.
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