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Jeff59
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Next stage is to fit mast to model and change its appearance forever. 👍 fingers x I’ll be back on the 10 second gorilla glue. 😳
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Started on fitting the jib to this mast had to make some minor alterations because of gun tub position, the wire etch running down to jib support had to be rethought and reworked ie passing through the gun tub. My answer is total speculation as there’s no information as to where the cables run to, Pontos just stop the etch at the jib support to the mast, they must have gave up as well, I would have thought the winches on main deck were for the jib, but can’t even remotely see how it might work, plus no winches on forward mast so I’m just burying my head in sand on this one. 😂 also altered some of etch from pulleys on mast as deemed them a little heavy, so cut of and replaced with 0.2 wire, did this on fore mast as well, much cussing and swearing trying to get this all to work, have came to the conclusion that metal etch rigging can be a bitch. 😳
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Whilst on the subject of Mikasa mast spars being wrong, I’m not correct in this assumption, they are right for the 1905 version but wrong for the 1902 version. But I don’t know what period they are displaying present day? Show some photos for reference.
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Hi guys, a quick update on my Mikasa build. Still on the mast, have added more rigging and etch.
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Short post just to highlight a point in the mast build, have decided to fit photo etch rigging two pieces at a time this time as painting all six fitted at once was a nightmare to hand paint, honestly I was like Clarence the cross-eyed lion from the series Daktari for those old enough to remember this. 😂
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Thanks Alan, have to say I’ll be a happy man to get past this part of build, everything is extremely fragile and I feel like a bull in a china shop 🙄
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Next goal was to mask of for painting, and paint. Then it was assembly top mast and do some rigging then fit etch ladders. Next stage is to fit more etch and more rigging and start working on the jib, but feeling when I get this mast fitted onto model I will have turned the last big corner. 🤞Take some photos and post, next time the mast shall be on ship and rigged. 😊 Then I’ll be a happy bunny. 🤛
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Evening guys, been held up by lack of enthusiasm and other jobs but have kicked myself back into action 🙄 Shall start with a small update on the little I have achieved. With the spars fitted to the main mast the next issue is keeping them there as the slightest touch dislodges them as I can testify, bet everyone is the same at this stage of the build, can’t wait to see it in a protective display case, ie stop breaking it and stop having to dust it. 😂 Anyway, fitted the tiny eyelets to spars, min glue is the secret here because you don’t want to block the even tinnier holes for the rigging, and yes, they are needed.😂 I had to doctor some of the etch for my own ends, the actual etch rigging for the spars had to remove apart from a tiny part, this I used for glueing my Lycra rigging to. Also had to add additional wire and etch for walking ropes underneath the spars whatever the terminology is for this, but it’s all fiddly. Shall put some photos up shortly, got to go for my tea. 😂
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Have fitted the last parts on this side, you can see how I’m thinking this works, anyway that’s me for the night.
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You can see that the first two rungs are turned on the mast to line up between the rigging eyelets, also trying to keep the rung spacing the same, again a tiny amount of thin supper glue is the goal here, sometimes this is not easy. Best approach is go really slow 👍
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Another small post on mast, this involves fitting extra ladder rungs from were the kit etch stops, up to the underside of the searchlight platform, since photos and information on this part seem scarce I have used my imagination again 😂
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The extra ring collar I used to add a bit strength, removing all but one attachment point and bending this one to 90 degrees slightly further out just to try and give a better fixing, then carefully glue this with thin supper glue working around the mast, fixing it as l went. You can see were I bent the fixing point on the collar in the previous photo 👍 once the glue had time to set I fitted the spar into place and proceeded to glue this as well, taking care to get it true and square in both planes. Next job shall be to fit extra ladder rungs so the guys can actually get up to the platform above. 😂
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Next was one of the etch parts for this spar, alteration, remove ring for fitting around the upper mast since we are now fitting it to the much thicker lower mast, and file what’s left to suit contour of said mast, this done I then glued to mast at my chosen spot.
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Quick post showing progress on main mast guy’s, I lengthened the main spar same size as spar on forward mast, no guarantee that this size is right, just a guess, I went for 110mm 🤞 so cut both spars on pencil mark using a fine hand saw, then made sure end was square using emery stick, then glued together.
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Thanks for the compliment, hope this works for anyone else trying it. 👍 was just a rush of blood to the head. 😂 So made a start to main mast today, show how I did alterations. 🤛
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Thanks Chris, but honestly it’s not that difficult and looks the part, difficult, the Pontos funnel caps and supports for end of bridge wings, I’m sure all the people who have built Mikasa will agree, she does come with some challenges 😂 but again thanks. 🤛
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Well that’s me up to speed again, so you all have a great modelling year ahead. Regards Jeff. 🤛
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You then ease this part onto the deck attachment and lightly glue with thin supper glue, then stretch The Lycra and hook up other end. 👍
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