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Herby63

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  • Birthday 08/14/1963

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    Brugge - Belgium
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  1.    madtatt reacted to a post in a topic: IJN Mikasa by Herby63 - Merit International with Pontos set - 1/200 - PLASTIC
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  9. Herby63
    Thanks for the kind words guys, and indeed, she is turning into a lovely lady. Especialy after I grounded and painted the railings with Insigna White and mounted them on the fore bridge with some diluted PVA-glue. and the ladders, and on the aft bridge raillings. In this process 2 ladders got "lost". Afterwards I realised that Merit has provided these ladders too, so they will be added with the next batch of goodies. In the meantime, enjoy modeling.
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  20. Herby63
    Thanks for the kind words and the empathy, Jeff, but who is Jolle?
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  23. Herby63
    Hi Harald, Thank you for the advice, I shall keep it in mind for a next project. The tape I use is from DURO I am quite pleased with it, just dont leave the pieces too long on it, or you can cut them loose with a knife 😱 And the next job requires just some of that tape ! Before installing the masts, the bridges ans boatdecks must receive some details. I collected and bent all pieces necesary. Until next update, enjoy modeling 😀
  24. Herby63
    Before finishing the funnelstays I placed 4 laddders to the fore funnel platforms. See you in the next update.
  25. Herby63
    All stays attached to the funnels After drilling some 0,4 mm holes in the boatdecks and inserting eyelets made from 0,2 mm brass, I connected the stays to the decks. An other piece of microtubing allowed to make the stays to measure. A tiny amount of superglue was applied to the microtubing . After cutting off the excess wire, I painted the stays with Vallejo Model Air 71.065 Steel. I thank my dear followers for hitting the like button, an hope you enjoy the show. 🤩
  26. Herby63
    On to the next hurdle 😁 I testfitted a 0,056 mm brass wire with some microtubing with an external diameter of 0,4 mm. In order to establish where the belaying points should go on the boat decks, I placed the boats. One thing is shure, The present day attachment points are not realistic with the ships boats in place. Keep on modeling.
  27. Herby63
    In this episode I shall start scratchbuilding the funnelstays. which are not provided for, neither by Merit, nor by Pontos. At first I shall have to provide for some kind of attachment at the funnels themselves: - I drilled 24 0,4 mm holes; - 24 eyes turned out of 0,2 mm brass wire; - After burnishing the eyelets, I shortened them, inserted them in the holes, and sealed them on the inside with a dot of PVA-glue Kind regards,
  28. Herby63
    I masked off the 3 white stripes on each smokestack with tape cut to size. Then I painted them Black grey. Then I masked off the smokestacks to prepare them for airbrushing the funnelcaps. Finaly I removed the tape, revealing the result. Until next update, enjoy modeling and thanks to the folowers for taking interest.
  29. Herby63
    I grounded the prepared pieces with Vallejo grey. Then I airbrushed the funnels and decks covers with Vallejo 71.279 Insigna White. The hulls of the boats were airbrushed Vallejo 71.001 White. Finaly the decks and covers were joined with their respective hulls and some details added. Untill next update, enjoy modeling.
  30. Herby63
    I attached the photo-etch parts to the other boats and soldered the brackets (Pontos 526) to the 5 exteral steampipes of the smokestacks (Pontos Brass 22) and I bent the 4 stairs. Sloops and smokestacks are now ready to be painted. They are attached with double sided tape to some battens which facilitates airbrushing. Kind regards, Herby
  31. Herby63
    I prepared the steamlounches, collecting and cleaning up the Merit parts, and removing the details to be replaced by Pontos parts. The deck housings were soldered, and all parts were CA-ed to the hulls. Kind regards, Herby
  32. Herby63
    Sorry for the late reply, but thank you very much Alan ( @king derelict) for your kind words, and the other followers for the thumbs-up? Life got in the way of other plans 😁 Merit steps 43 and 44 , I assembled an cleaned the plastic parts and glued them with extra thin cement. Rivets applied to the back smokestack with pink Zap. Rivets applied to the fore smokestack. Well prerolled, the gluing goes much smoother. Then I soldered the Pontos parts for the funnel caps and clued them to the funnels with pink zap. and the funnels are glued to their bases. Next I soldered the Pontos parts for the platform. The railing demanded some accurate bending. and glued it to the fore smokestack with pink Zap. Next step is gluing the curvy pipes under the platform. and the resin steampipes on top of that. Painting will be done after preparing some more parts. Goodbuy for now.
  33. Herby63
    Hi Jeff, Thank you for the kind words. I test-fitted the bottom part of the mast in the holes in the deck before mast assembly. After enlarging theze holes just slightly, that's a perfect fit. For keeping the masts perfectly upright, I count on copper wire and micro-brass-tubing. This should allow for micro-ajusting of the stays. I just hope it works out as planned. Kind regards, Herby
  34. Herby63
    Neither Merit's nor Pontos' manual show the cylindrical platform placed halfway up the mast. Merit does supply the parts for it. A bit late, but I'm going to try to fix these platforms in the right place anyway. Platform cut in 2 and glued the largest half to the mast with pink Zap. After drying, the other piece, after removing a piece to make room for the ladders, glued with Extra thin cement to the already attached part and filled the seam with Vallejo Plastic Putty 70.401. Platform mounted in the same way on the aft mast. Ladders 374 and 376 folded and glued to the aft mast with CA glue. Main artillery airbrushed with the transparent VMS metal prep 4k and then sprayed in a light gray primer. Airbrushed both masts with VMS metal prep 4k and then sprayed them in a light gray primer. The lower part of the masts, up to and including the round platform, is airbrushed in Black Grey. Then the masts were airbrushed in Insigna white. The floors in the conical platforms painted dark green. Glued the lenses in the searchlights after the inside was painted silver. 8 47mm guns (Merit K8) Insigna painted white. Cannons and searchlights glued to the platforms of the masts. Parden me for the poor English as I note down a record of the work I do, and for this time, I used an app to translate. Enjoy modelling, next update will show the funnels.
  35. Herby63
    Main mast (or aft mast, they are both the same height) Bracket for loading boom folded and glued to the lower mast Rings glued boom ends soldered Platform double folded and brazed Yards, topmast and flagpole assembled. Platform 323 slid over the masthead. Railing 327 rolled/bent into shape and soldered to the platform. Glued the Topmast with brackets 277 and 278 to the masthead. Ladder 328 folded at the top and glued to the mast head. The foot horses glued under the main yard. Front rigging (2 x 764, 765 and 766) placed, the bottoms soldered, Tops of the stays glued to the topmast with Slo-Zap Enjoy modeling, til next update.

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