ScottRC

Here they are with a bit of shading. Not sure if you can see the difference between these and the way they were in the earlier post, but to me they look more realistic.

And I had neglected to post photos of the hatch covers up to now, so here they are. A pair for the stairs up from the owners' cabin
 

And covers for the cargo hatches - one in place, the others not yet added (so I can see the mast steps to locate the masts when the time comes).

I've weathered the hatch covers and added a bit of "rust" to the hinges, so she looks like a ship that's see a bit of use.
 
Currently I'm trying to chase up some  'acrylic matt medium' on Druxey's advice to glue the reinforcing strips to the silkspan sails. But I'm in a bit of a quandary as to the difference between  'acrylic matt medium' and  'acrylic matt pouring medium' (considerably cheaper, but perhaps not right for the job).
 
Steven

Thank you, Scott, for nice words. As I wrote earlier, in early stage of build I have big mistake which can not be resolved, and which I noticed after mounting 4000 foil strips as mynz metal under water line, except to start model from begining. Deck and deck rails are not paralell ... deck fence has different random height ... 
So, then I decide to overdetail Her to turn off attention of anybody who will se Her.
And that is simply - that.
Beside that, making this little beasts is chalenge! And fun.
All the best.
Nenad

Hi Nenad,
I am back for a short visit here on MSW and am so glad to see your back on your scratch build.  Your metal work is coming along fine. She looks so good with all her furniture on the deck and now her masts are going up.  
 
Regards,
Scott

Details

Painting

Almost ready for cleaning and white paint

VID_20240324_142002.mp4  

All of them
 

Cap Band,, step by step
Remarks
Strip of Cu foil on start is spiral, with ends INSIDE
Dont forget to apply thiny foil of soldering on surface of strip.
1. Cut a strip of copper foil of the required width, long enough to wrap twice around the mast. Sand well
2. Bend the tape around both masts in a spiral, so that the ends of the tape are on the inside
3. remove from the mold, adjust to the correct dimensions and tighten so that it does not unroll, then solder the assemblies. Apply a thin layer of solder paste to the surface of the ring to strengthen it
4. Solder the foil over as a cover
5. Remove excess material
6. Drill the holes for the hooks

Progressing
All three nests got plankung with light weathering, so, they are done! Exept painting in one of next stage..

When you have not enough hands ...
Second mast almost done

More mast details

All three nests - metal works done.
Holder for yard on fore lower mast done. This was tricky. Made from Cu foil 0.3mm which is harden wirh thin layer of soldering on surface.

Old saying: "when the hill won't come to man, then man will come to the hill"
So, if soldering do not work , super-glue will work

Sometimes you, just, don't think (and we know that thinking is too difficult and the devil's work!)
The mast nests on my model have a lower metal structure over which planking is laid.
Pictures 1 and 2 show what this is all about.
Come on...
I struggled to do the lower structure, after 2 hours of drilling and milling finally satisfied, all that was left was to adjust the hole for the mast, when ... hell!
It can not get in!
The genius forgot that because of the earlier story about the hooks, he made the masts thicker by about 1mm, which required me to make the nest a little bigger.
So ... let's start from the beginning.

Rings with rings and pins at the bottom of fore mast. Little pins are unusuable on this scale, and it overlays my skill, so I made two rings with rings, a bit larger and simplydied. It would not be visible when ropes come over one day

One step forward.
Connection by barbeque sticks. Strong and elastic.
Not glued jet, first to finish masts.
 

Thanks for the welcome and the great advice.
Really appreciate it.
This is my work space and where I'm at today. Long ways to go!

This project is going to be a little different from the other IJN ships I've build in that there is a combination of wood and linoleum decks, and multiple decks (and canopies) at that.  The other ships I've built I was pretty much able to completely assemble the ship, paint the deck, mask it, and then paint the hull and above deck items in one pass.  This is going to be trickier and will require painting and assembly in stages I think.
 
To start, I glued the hull halves together.  The bottom was very thin, almost to the point of the hull being too flexible for my liking.  So, I ended up gluing a strip of plastic card underneath which made the hull more stable and helpfully raised the ship a little given that I'll put it in water diorama.  I had pre-drilled some holes in the bottom of the kit hull so that when I glued the new bottom onto it, I could flow Tamiya extra thin cement into the holes and help secure the new bottom all along the base of the hull.  Worked pretty well.
 


Next I taped the hull plating lines, in preparation for spraying Mr. Surfacer 500 to help give definition to the plating runs:


Next I worked on the small deck at the bow.  The kit is correct in that the deck, from what I can tell from grainy black and white pictures, was wood.  The Five Star set includes a PE deck that represents a metal deck which is probably incorrect.  Since I am planning on using stick on wood decks to have some consistency throughout the ship, I decided to make my own deck out of plastic card with the cutouts for the winch, anchor chain holes, and pole for the elevated bow platform.  Seemed to work out ok.  I'll add the bollards, vents, etc. after.
 



Thanks for looking in!

Some pictures of the ship over the years:
 
1930:


1931:

1934:

1937:

1938:
 

 
1944 (back as an oiler):

 
The Yokosuka E1Y reconnaissance plane:
 


 

Clearly I was not doing very well even by my standards so I turned to the internet and found on other sites boat builders had used computer generated windows on transfer paper.  I did not have the necessary skills to draw such small objects so my daughter very kindly made pdf files in Vectorworks and sent them to me.  I measured the window and it’s spacing and by trial and error we produced a set of transfers for all but the very small windows.
 
Test prints - spacing incorrect.
 

 

 
Ready to print.

 
The small portholes and very small windows were done by hand.
 

 

 
They were so small that I did not think that I could have attached the transfers so I settled for my painting, poor as it was - I had no alternative!

Hello everyone! 
I'm sorry for the long absence, but finally I have some updates to share:
 
 
Mizzen mast completed and all sails completed! 
 
Yes, finally, even the last mast is completed! 
There is not so much left to say; the mizzen is similar to the main and foremast... 
The only thing worth mentioning is that I decided not to mount the Mizzen Staysail and the Main Royal Staysail. The  Mizzen Staysail has been sacrificed in order to see the deck better. Without the Mizzen Staysail, it seemed to me a good idea not to mount the Main Royal Staysail too, in order to better balance the appearance of the ship. 
As for all the other masts, also the mizzen has been trimmed a bit, about 1 centimeter on top.
Here are some pictures of mizzen completed:
 

 






 

 
Some details: 
 




 
 
And here the ship as she is now:
 




 
And here is a quick test of focus stacking, hoping to get you on board! 
 
 

 
That’s it for now, still many things to be done, but I finally see the end.
 
 
Oh, a question for all of you rigging masters: what is the path followed by the course's clewlines?
As you can see here they are visible here but the line is interrupted:
 

 
But they are not present in the main fairleads diagram:
 

 
Am I supposed to belay them directly to the pin rail port and starboard without passing through the fairlead or should I belay them elsewhere? If so, where?
Thank you!
 
 
 

Shaping the Hull continues…

Carved out mid-ship aft…

Bulwark added…

Using wood filler to refine the rough shape…


Adding the Keel and Stern Post…

Adding the Stem Post…
 
She is coming along nicely… Lots of fill and sanding left to do, we’ll get there. 
 
Cheers 🍻 
 

Weather and a mild case of Covid kept me indoors so I sat down and did some work on this project.  I completed the bowsprit and dolphin striker rig.  Now starting on the lifts, braces, and then shrouds.


Its not pretty, the fingers and eyes are out of practice with my threading and knot tying.  But that is what this project is about.

 

Had some time this last week to actually spend in my workshop.  Added more standing rigging.  
Hope to add more soon.  I am kind of in the doldrums with building at the moment.  

So now I have added the two rear decks.