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Azzoun got a reaction from S-boat 55 in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
Taping off this funnel was interesting, I attempted it with blue painters tape and it was going horribly. The blue tape is what happened below where the zenithal highlighting overshot on to the brown linoleum decking. Of course, I taped it off and reshot that section! No.. I really did though, this time with Tamiya tape. But with the smokestack, the Tamiya tape was light enough to hang onto the small surface area of the funnel. Here’s the ship’s currently most assembled-so-far status. I’m going to have to work out painting those turret bases. Not sure how I missed painting those yet and then I was hoping the turrets would mostly cover them. They’ll have to be carefully brush painted now!
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Azzoun got a reaction from Canute in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
I obtained the Tamiya Acrylic Flat IJN Gray paint pot equivalent to the T-69 which is…XF-77. Why couldn’t it be the same number?? I rattle can primed the subassemblies with Tamiya white primer for fine detail which does a nice job. I thought the lacquer rattle can laid paint too thick, too fast so I became determined to use a newish tool for me, the airbrush. I picked up the flag ship, Harder and Steinbeck, because part of the fun of this hobby is spending money on it. That was my victim some fateful Friday two some years ago. It is a fine tool that I have no business owning because it’s for an expert that I aspire to be. I diluted the Tamiya paint with 91% alcohol using the bottle top-off technique and it sprayed very nicely, dried quickly, and provided a very nice fine matte finish. I then attempted a zenithal technique to highlight the horizontal upward facing surfaces and got a bit carried away. The deck ended up lighter than I was hoping for but believe some weathering will tone it down. Plus, it’ll be well covered with planes at some point, a lot of the deck stays in shadow, probably want it a bit lighter? Happy Accident?
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Azzoun got a reaction from Canute in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
Then I focused on adding some details to the gun turrets including ladders, arial tower, and railings. The arial tower was scratch made from available brass. Using a stencil, I determined a proper shape of the base pattern, marked them in piece of wood and then drilled holes in each angle to hold the legs. Then soldered the legs together at the top, soldered the cross member and trimmed that to the proper length. Using heat sinking clamps, I then soldered the inner support trusses. I’ll admit that it’s a bit overscale in terms of leg thickness. Then I mounted all the subassemblies to holders for airbrushing.
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Azzoun got a reaction from Canute in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
Hello!
Been pushing steady on this Mogami the past 9 months, starting to feel like a need a break. When I start feeling impatient, it’s better to put it down for a bit, so I’ve been messing with a side paper model of the Koln. I intend to create a build log for that soon. Since our last discussion, I focused on finishing all photo etching details on the aft deck to be painted the spray can lacquer IJN Gray I’ve been using on the rest of the hull (Tamiya T-69). I started by determining the placement of the plane carrying carts by modeling out the configuration. It was neat to see all the planes on the model, it was a feature that initially attracted me to this subject. Then I taped off the aft deck and hull portions to be painted, shot that section.
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Azzoun got a reaction from RGL in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
Then I focused on adding some details to the gun turrets including ladders, arial tower, and railings. The arial tower was scratch made from available brass. Using a stencil, I determined a proper shape of the base pattern, marked them in piece of wood and then drilled holes in each angle to hold the legs. Then soldered the legs together at the top, soldered the cross member and trimmed that to the proper length. Using heat sinking clamps, I then soldered the inner support trusses. I’ll admit that it’s a bit overscale in terms of leg thickness. Then I mounted all the subassemblies to holders for airbrushing.
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Azzoun got a reaction from RGL in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
Along with new toys, work continues which includes the radar array, the aft masting and planes, planes, planes. I tried adding PE to the given plastic mast, screwed things up, tried to use a lighter to clean up the glue. Yes, this was a bad idea, before I knew it, the part was a cloud of plastic floating particles. Somehow I knew I was going to building this part from brass because of the rigging I plan to do, so it just became a self-fulfilling prophecy. To accomplish, I took the angles from the drawing, made a jig by sawing guide slots in the wood and soldered the part together. Second attempt was better than the first which in below, it's the left most part that needs to be trimmed. Otherwise, the Mogami has 13 planes, which I'm deciding on the final presentation which all had PE detail parts along with their related carriages. Finished a good portion of the aft bridge and crane, however I did notice I had the hooks on backward. In order to get these PE parts to sit right while the glue sets often requires, for me at least, to orient the part to allow gravity to assist, so to fix, the whole model had to be mounted upside down to fix the hooks. Other wise, blue tack and patience is the order of the day!
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Azzoun got a reaction from Roger Pellett in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
Taping off this funnel was interesting, I attempted it with blue painters tape and it was going horribly. The blue tape is what happened below where the zenithal highlighting overshot on to the brown linoleum decking. Of course, I taped it off and reshot that section! No.. I really did though, this time with Tamiya tape. But with the smokestack, the Tamiya tape was light enough to hang onto the small surface area of the funnel. Here’s the ship’s currently most assembled-so-far status. I’m going to have to work out painting those turret bases. Not sure how I missed painting those yet and then I was hoping the turrets would mostly cover them. They’ll have to be carefully brush painted now!
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Azzoun got a reaction from mtaylor in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
I obtained the Tamiya Acrylic Flat IJN Gray paint pot equivalent to the T-69 which is…XF-77. Why couldn’t it be the same number?? I rattle can primed the subassemblies with Tamiya white primer for fine detail which does a nice job. I thought the lacquer rattle can laid paint too thick, too fast so I became determined to use a newish tool for me, the airbrush. I picked up the flag ship, Harder and Steinbeck, because part of the fun of this hobby is spending money on it. That was my victim some fateful Friday two some years ago. It is a fine tool that I have no business owning because it’s for an expert that I aspire to be. I diluted the Tamiya paint with 91% alcohol using the bottle top-off technique and it sprayed very nicely, dried quickly, and provided a very nice fine matte finish. I then attempted a zenithal technique to highlight the horizontal upward facing surfaces and got a bit carried away. The deck ended up lighter than I was hoping for but believe some weathering will tone it down. Plus, it’ll be well covered with planes at some point, a lot of the deck stays in shadow, probably want it a bit lighter? Happy Accident?
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Azzoun got a reaction from mtaylor in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
Then I focused on adding some details to the gun turrets including ladders, arial tower, and railings. The arial tower was scratch made from available brass. Using a stencil, I determined a proper shape of the base pattern, marked them in piece of wood and then drilled holes in each angle to hold the legs. Then soldered the legs together at the top, soldered the cross member and trimmed that to the proper length. Using heat sinking clamps, I then soldered the inner support trusses. I’ll admit that it’s a bit overscale in terms of leg thickness. Then I mounted all the subassemblies to holders for airbrushing.
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Azzoun got a reaction from mtaylor in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
Hello!
Been pushing steady on this Mogami the past 9 months, starting to feel like a need a break. When I start feeling impatient, it’s better to put it down for a bit, so I’ve been messing with a side paper model of the Koln. I intend to create a build log for that soon. Since our last discussion, I focused on finishing all photo etching details on the aft deck to be painted the spray can lacquer IJN Gray I’ve been using on the rest of the hull (Tamiya T-69). I started by determining the placement of the plane carrying carts by modeling out the configuration. It was neat to see all the planes on the model, it was a feature that initially attracted me to this subject. Then I taped off the aft deck and hull portions to be painted, shot that section.
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Azzoun got a reaction from Coyote_6 in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
Taping off this funnel was interesting, I attempted it with blue painters tape and it was going horribly. The blue tape is what happened below where the zenithal highlighting overshot on to the brown linoleum decking. Of course, I taped it off and reshot that section! No.. I really did though, this time with Tamiya tape. But with the smokestack, the Tamiya tape was light enough to hang onto the small surface area of the funnel. Here’s the ship’s currently most assembled-so-far status. I’m going to have to work out painting those turret bases. Not sure how I missed painting those yet and then I was hoping the turrets would mostly cover them. They’ll have to be carefully brush painted now!
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Azzoun got a reaction from Ryland Craze in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
I obtained the Tamiya Acrylic Flat IJN Gray paint pot equivalent to the T-69 which is…XF-77. Why couldn’t it be the same number?? I rattle can primed the subassemblies with Tamiya white primer for fine detail which does a nice job. I thought the lacquer rattle can laid paint too thick, too fast so I became determined to use a newish tool for me, the airbrush. I picked up the flag ship, Harder and Steinbeck, because part of the fun of this hobby is spending money on it. That was my victim some fateful Friday two some years ago. It is a fine tool that I have no business owning because it’s for an expert that I aspire to be. I diluted the Tamiya paint with 91% alcohol using the bottle top-off technique and it sprayed very nicely, dried quickly, and provided a very nice fine matte finish. I then attempted a zenithal technique to highlight the horizontal upward facing surfaces and got a bit carried away. The deck ended up lighter than I was hoping for but believe some weathering will tone it down. Plus, it’ll be well covered with planes at some point, a lot of the deck stays in shadow, probably want it a bit lighter? Happy Accident?
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Azzoun got a reaction from Ryland Craze in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
Then I focused on adding some details to the gun turrets including ladders, arial tower, and railings. The arial tower was scratch made from available brass. Using a stencil, I determined a proper shape of the base pattern, marked them in piece of wood and then drilled holes in each angle to hold the legs. Then soldered the legs together at the top, soldered the cross member and trimmed that to the proper length. Using heat sinking clamps, I then soldered the inner support trusses. I’ll admit that it’s a bit overscale in terms of leg thickness. Then I mounted all the subassemblies to holders for airbrushing.
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Azzoun got a reaction from Canute in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
Taping off this funnel was interesting, I attempted it with blue painters tape and it was going horribly. The blue tape is what happened below where the zenithal highlighting overshot on to the brown linoleum decking. Of course, I taped it off and reshot that section! No.. I really did though, this time with Tamiya tape. But with the smokestack, the Tamiya tape was light enough to hang onto the small surface area of the funnel. Here’s the ship’s currently most assembled-so-far status. I’m going to have to work out painting those turret bases. Not sure how I missed painting those yet and then I was hoping the turrets would mostly cover them. They’ll have to be carefully brush painted now!
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Azzoun got a reaction from ccoyle in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
I obtained the Tamiya Acrylic Flat IJN Gray paint pot equivalent to the T-69 which is…XF-77. Why couldn’t it be the same number?? I rattle can primed the subassemblies with Tamiya white primer for fine detail which does a nice job. I thought the lacquer rattle can laid paint too thick, too fast so I became determined to use a newish tool for me, the airbrush. I picked up the flag ship, Harder and Steinbeck, because part of the fun of this hobby is spending money on it. That was my victim some fateful Friday two some years ago. It is a fine tool that I have no business owning because it’s for an expert that I aspire to be. I diluted the Tamiya paint with 91% alcohol using the bottle top-off technique and it sprayed very nicely, dried quickly, and provided a very nice fine matte finish. I then attempted a zenithal technique to highlight the horizontal upward facing surfaces and got a bit carried away. The deck ended up lighter than I was hoping for but believe some weathering will tone it down. Plus, it’ll be well covered with planes at some point, a lot of the deck stays in shadow, probably want it a bit lighter? Happy Accident?
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Azzoun got a reaction from ccoyle in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
Then I focused on adding some details to the gun turrets including ladders, arial tower, and railings. The arial tower was scratch made from available brass. Using a stencil, I determined a proper shape of the base pattern, marked them in piece of wood and then drilled holes in each angle to hold the legs. Then soldered the legs together at the top, soldered the cross member and trimmed that to the proper length. Using heat sinking clamps, I then soldered the inner support trusses. I’ll admit that it’s a bit overscale in terms of leg thickness. Then I mounted all the subassemblies to holders for airbrushing.
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Azzoun got a reaction from mtaylor in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
Taping off this funnel was interesting, I attempted it with blue painters tape and it was going horribly. The blue tape is what happened below where the zenithal highlighting overshot on to the brown linoleum decking. Of course, I taped it off and reshot that section! No.. I really did though, this time with Tamiya tape. But with the smokestack, the Tamiya tape was light enough to hang onto the small surface area of the funnel. Here’s the ship’s currently most assembled-so-far status. I’m going to have to work out painting those turret bases. Not sure how I missed painting those yet and then I was hoping the turrets would mostly cover them. They’ll have to be carefully brush painted now!
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Azzoun got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
I obtained the Tamiya Acrylic Flat IJN Gray paint pot equivalent to the T-69 which is…XF-77. Why couldn’t it be the same number?? I rattle can primed the subassemblies with Tamiya white primer for fine detail which does a nice job. I thought the lacquer rattle can laid paint too thick, too fast so I became determined to use a newish tool for me, the airbrush. I picked up the flag ship, Harder and Steinbeck, because part of the fun of this hobby is spending money on it. That was my victim some fateful Friday two some years ago. It is a fine tool that I have no business owning because it’s for an expert that I aspire to be. I diluted the Tamiya paint with 91% alcohol using the bottle top-off technique and it sprayed very nicely, dried quickly, and provided a very nice fine matte finish. I then attempted a zenithal technique to highlight the horizontal upward facing surfaces and got a bit carried away. The deck ended up lighter than I was hoping for but believe some weathering will tone it down. Plus, it’ll be well covered with planes at some point, a lot of the deck stays in shadow, probably want it a bit lighter? Happy Accident?
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Azzoun got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
Then I focused on adding some details to the gun turrets including ladders, arial tower, and railings. The arial tower was scratch made from available brass. Using a stencil, I determined a proper shape of the base pattern, marked them in piece of wood and then drilled holes in each angle to hold the legs. Then soldered the legs together at the top, soldered the cross member and trimmed that to the proper length. Using heat sinking clamps, I then soldered the inner support trusses. I’ll admit that it’s a bit overscale in terms of leg thickness. Then I mounted all the subassemblies to holders for airbrushing.
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Azzoun got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
Hello!
Been pushing steady on this Mogami the past 9 months, starting to feel like a need a break. When I start feeling impatient, it’s better to put it down for a bit, so I’ve been messing with a side paper model of the Koln. I intend to create a build log for that soon. Since our last discussion, I focused on finishing all photo etching details on the aft deck to be painted the spray can lacquer IJN Gray I’ve been using on the rest of the hull (Tamiya T-69). I started by determining the placement of the plane carrying carts by modeling out the configuration. It was neat to see all the planes on the model, it was a feature that initially attracted me to this subject. Then I taped off the aft deck and hull portions to be painted, shot that section.
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Azzoun got a reaction from Ryland Craze in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
Taping off this funnel was interesting, I attempted it with blue painters tape and it was going horribly. The blue tape is what happened below where the zenithal highlighting overshot on to the brown linoleum decking. Of course, I taped it off and reshot that section! No.. I really did though, this time with Tamiya tape. But with the smokestack, the Tamiya tape was light enough to hang onto the small surface area of the funnel. Here’s the ship’s currently most assembled-so-far status. I’m going to have to work out painting those turret bases. Not sure how I missed painting those yet and then I was hoping the turrets would mostly cover them. They’ll have to be carefully brush painted now!
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Azzoun got a reaction from yvesvidal in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
I obtained the Tamiya Acrylic Flat IJN Gray paint pot equivalent to the T-69 which is…XF-77. Why couldn’t it be the same number?? I rattle can primed the subassemblies with Tamiya white primer for fine detail which does a nice job. I thought the lacquer rattle can laid paint too thick, too fast so I became determined to use a newish tool for me, the airbrush. I picked up the flag ship, Harder and Steinbeck, because part of the fun of this hobby is spending money on it. That was my victim some fateful Friday two some years ago. It is a fine tool that I have no business owning because it’s for an expert that I aspire to be. I diluted the Tamiya paint with 91% alcohol using the bottle top-off technique and it sprayed very nicely, dried quickly, and provided a very nice fine matte finish. I then attempted a zenithal technique to highlight the horizontal upward facing surfaces and got a bit carried away. The deck ended up lighter than I was hoping for but believe some weathering will tone it down. Plus, it’ll be well covered with planes at some point, a lot of the deck stays in shadow, probably want it a bit lighter? Happy Accident?
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Azzoun got a reaction from yvesvidal in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
Then I focused on adding some details to the gun turrets including ladders, arial tower, and railings. The arial tower was scratch made from available brass. Using a stencil, I determined a proper shape of the base pattern, marked them in piece of wood and then drilled holes in each angle to hold the legs. Then soldered the legs together at the top, soldered the cross member and trimmed that to the proper length. Using heat sinking clamps, I then soldered the inner support trusses. I’ll admit that it’s a bit overscale in terms of leg thickness. Then I mounted all the subassemblies to holders for airbrushing.
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Azzoun got a reaction from yvesvidal in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
Hello!
Been pushing steady on this Mogami the past 9 months, starting to feel like a need a break. When I start feeling impatient, it’s better to put it down for a bit, so I’ve been messing with a side paper model of the Koln. I intend to create a build log for that soon. Since our last discussion, I focused on finishing all photo etching details on the aft deck to be painted the spray can lacquer IJN Gray I’ve been using on the rest of the hull (Tamiya T-69). I started by determining the placement of the plane carrying carts by modeling out the configuration. It was neat to see all the planes on the model, it was a feature that initially attracted me to this subject. Then I taped off the aft deck and hull portions to be painted, shot that section.
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Azzoun got a reaction from Matt D in Mogami 1944 by Azzoun - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - IJN heavy cruiser
Hello!
Been pushing steady on this Mogami the past 9 months, starting to feel like a need a break. When I start feeling impatient, it’s better to put it down for a bit, so I’ve been messing with a side paper model of the Koln. I intend to create a build log for that soon. Since our last discussion, I focused on finishing all photo etching details on the aft deck to be painted the spray can lacquer IJN Gray I’ve been using on the rest of the hull (Tamiya T-69). I started by determining the placement of the plane carrying carts by modeling out the configuration. It was neat to see all the planes on the model, it was a feature that initially attracted me to this subject. Then I taped off the aft deck and hull portions to be painted, shot that section.
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