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mikegr
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Next sreo is the placement of rocket launchers. They turned up a big success, with high details, the teasers look like a giant fork behind them.
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I just finished working on the 5 masts. It took me 1 hour 20 min. They are very fragile.rigging is going to be a challenge Placed over my future project, Bergamini class frigate 3d printed
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I like the paper glue method over the foil. You can work better the wave form and direction of the waves with a brush. It takes more effort but worth it. There's no easy way out on this.
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Try to shape the waves in a way they look they come from the same direction. Make a corridor at the stern for the wakes that should be almost flat
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I used self made mask and painting techniques to achieve the desired result
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After camouflage painting the model began to look realistic. There were moments that I was about to give up but looks like its good I didn't Next phase is working on the deck. After that, details will be added like cranes, guns and ofcourse aircrafts
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Ok after a lot of mods I managed to finish the hull. There are more things to be done but this can't be done in a sensible piece of time especially in the aft area. Anyway a light primer was sprayed mostly for the brass representing the degaussing line
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Too late 😂 Cannons, barrels, extra barrel rafts and both types of decoys launches By the way the angled gun is the later stealth type. Should be combined with the Sea Send or (my guess)
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My HMS Montrose kit The 4 parts missing are the halfs of the 2 Sea Gnat decoy launchers. However seems that type 23 ships have been updated this heptagon device is called Sea Sendor, soon be replaced by trained launcher system I already prepared a test file, not sure about the dimension of the Sea Send or but looks almost same high as a sailor, means approx 2.6mm in height I noticed also that these ships seems are carrying the Mk1 Version of the 4.5" guns the one with the angles not the rounded one provided in the kit. I have a file for this and it was used in my type 45 scratch built project. It should come along nice with the Sea Sendor update. Will also check if more pieces can be improved so I can use them on my own built.
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After a lot of work the deck section is almost ready to attach. It will be a major task about 70% of the work has been done
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10 days without update but no day without work. The difficulties were too many to refer, testing, missfittings, retesting etc. Finally the result was satisfying and relatively accurate, though 100% accuracy is out of question
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I made the portside platforms. Some fitted easily. In the biggest parts I was able to improve them by adding some PE parts. It will be a considerable improvement over the old model
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The model is made by 3 main pieces. The flight deck, the hangar area and the lower hull section. I start working on the gun platforms around the main deck. These should be all removed and replaced by correct ones. Unfortunately these are part of the hangar deck, so I had to cut them using a low rpm rotary cutter. Then sand a lot to remove the excess plastic. The fist piece installed was the bow platform set for the rocket launchers Looks like there is a lot of work to be done. I estimate this project to be done before Christmas.
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The superstructure is done. Details like searchlight, aa guns will be added later.
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Some improvement on the gun platform and prime coating
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I made the funnel pipes with 1mm wire. Unfortunately there was room for only 7 in diagram I see 10. Gun platforms were made and more PEs added, almost ready for priming
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This is my reference I Measured the angle between the front leg of the vertical tripod and the inclined funnel pipe only to find out that this is 32°. According to this I made the new funnel
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After a lot of experimentation I made the funnel and the bridge structure to the desired size and shape. PE parts added
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There's only one picture of Shinano available. I have Kagero's 3d book for reference. Starting from the top I realized that the oval shape of the funnel is wrong. So I printed some replacements to experiment with a teardrop shape. The superstructure is also not compatible with the PE parts so I need to work with it also Under the deck there is actually a Yamato class hull which seems that Tamiya used this to the Yamato or Mushasi model
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Next IJN Shinano by Tamiya. An almost intact model in big size. After washing the deck color was revealed
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Merkava III by mikegr - Revell - 1/72 - PLASTIC
mikegr replied to mikegr's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
A world class job in 1/35
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Merkava III by mikegr - Revell - 1/72 - PLASTIC
mikegr replied to mikegr's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
I wanted to build a base, like a small presentation but without spending much time. So I found a some 3d files, however it took me all Sunday to adjusting to my preference and scale. Anyway I turned quite ok. A couple of pics with the other beast. My first base of the M1A1 was big and empty, the T-90 muddy terain was better even simple. The 3rd was nicer I think
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Merkava III by mikegr - Revell - 1/72 - PLASTIC
mikegr replied to mikegr's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
I added the decals and did some light washing. Im looking for a medium effect
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