RGL Posted September 30, 2016 Share #1 Posted September 30, 2016 OK, I'll make a start on my next build log. The 1/350 Tamiya (new tool) Yamato with Pontos upgrade set and numerous other bits and pieces. Those of you that have watched some of my other builds have obviously figured out I like the aftermarket stuff. That being said the kit is enormous, compared to my last build. I also got a cheap old took kit off ebay for painting practice when I get around to buying an airbrush. pjofc4, hexnut, ccoyle and 27 others 30 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_W Posted September 30, 2016 Share #2 Posted September 30, 2016 FIRST IN!!! Can't wait for this. It's going to be good! mtaylor, Canute, Old Collingwood and 4 others 7 Quote Regards, Keith 2007 (completed): HMS Bounty - Artesania Latina 2013 (completed): Viking Ship Drakkar - Amati 2014 (completed): HMS Bounty Launch - Model Shipways Current: HMS Royal William - Euromodel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share #3 Posted September 30, 2016 The new tool V the old tool and the comparative size for the Dreadnought. mrshanks, uncarina, cog and 24 others 27 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lous Posted September 30, 2016 Share #4 Posted September 30, 2016 Nice! Dreadnought and Yamato. The mother and the pinnacle of battleships! This will be amazing! Robin Old Collingwood, mtaylor, -Dallen and 5 others 8 Quote WIP: No ships atm...sorry!🙄 Completed: Greek bireme - Dusek - scale 1:72 Louie da fly: "I think it requires a special kind of insanity to choose a galley to build a model of." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share #5 Posted September 30, 2016 That was always my thinking Robin, this kit is a big elephant to eat and has been done all over the Internet so there is a lot of other build logs. Research and photos of the original have a LOT of experts commenting on this and that and some forums are quite robust in their arguments. I'm open to suggestions as I like to do things with a fair bit of detail, so if anyone finds photos please place them on my log, I mean it. mrshanks, Captain Slog, docidle and 4 others 7 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lous Posted September 30, 2016 Share #6 Posted September 30, 2016 docidle, Captain Slog, Old Collingwood and 12 others 15 Quote WIP: No ships atm...sorry!🙄 Completed: Greek bireme - Dusek - scale 1:72 Louie da fly: "I think it requires a special kind of insanity to choose a galley to build a model of." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slog Posted September 30, 2016 Share #7 Posted September 30, 2016 Great stuff Greg, I am settling down to follow this monster, looking forward to it. Cheers Slog -Dallen, Canute, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HM Bark Endeavour (First Wood, On Hold) Borodino (1:200 Card, Current Build) Admiral Nakhimov (card 1/200) Mazur D-350 Artillery Tractor (1:25 Card) F-8 Crusader (1:48 Aircraft, Plastic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted September 30, 2016 Share #8 Posted September 30, 2016 Greg, count me in as you tackle this beast. Your handling of PE is superb. Build on! cobra1951, Old Collingwood, Elijah and 2 others 5 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjdale Posted September 30, 2016 Share #9 Posted September 30, 2016 I'm in for the ride too! Captain Slog, Old Collingwood, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Grant ____________________________________________________ Current builds: African Queen - Radio Control / Live Steam Previous builds: The Shipyard at Foss' Landing (Diorama), Hannah - Ship in a Bottle, NRG Capstan Project, 1869 Allerton Steam Pumper, Medway Longboat , Alfa Romeo Spider Gran Touring (Pocher) , Da Vinci Flying Machine, 1949 Chris Craft 19' Racing Runabout - Dumas - Radio, Bomb Vessel Granado, 1742 - Cross Section - Scratchbuild, HMS Victory (Mamoli 1:90), Cutty Sark, Armed Pinnace, Bounty, Santa Maria At another place: Stephenson's Rocket (OcCre 1:24) (click the title to follow the link) In the Gallery: Lancia Armata 1803, Bomb Vessel Granada, 1742 Cross Section, 1949 Chris Craft 19' Racing Runabout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 30, 2016 Share #10 Posted September 30, 2016 Jealous! Have you considered adding.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slog Posted September 30, 2016 Share #11 Posted September 30, 2016 Jealous! Have you considered adding.... Awesome, love the guys doing Judo. I saw an example of this kit with washing lines and clothes hanging up and a mat laid out on deck with the guys sitting crossed legged round it with the 2 guys throwing each other in the middle. Was like a snapshot of day to day life on board. Old Collingwood, Canute, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HM Bark Endeavour (First Wood, On Hold) Borodino (1:200 Card, Current Build) Admiral Nakhimov (card 1/200) Mazur D-350 Artillery Tractor (1:25 Card) F-8 Crusader (1:48 Aircraft, Plastic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted September 30, 2016 Share #12 Posted September 30, 2016 Greg, You are going to build both the old and the new tool ... A tad to fast for me. My pontos set from Australia hasn't arrived yet, so I'll be copying your work later Pitty you are doing the new tool kit. I'll be referencing as much as possible for Musashi, but it seems I will need to get some Yamato info as well. Cheers Elijah, Old Collingwood, Captain Slog and 2 others 5 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share #13 Posted September 30, 2016 Cog, I will only do parts of the old tool up that I need to practice airbrushing on (so I don't completely stuff it up on the newer one), and steal the aircraft and boats from it. I won't be wasting photoetch on it. The old tool is less detailed and an easier kit to construct. I'm about to go away for a week so I am still getting my head around construction. The hull comes in 2 options, waterline or full hull, the lower hull has some major build flaws which I have remedied and will post later today (I'm off to get my boat licence with my 13 year old today). The upper hull comes in about 15 pieces which will require lots of prep before I even think about going for the glue. Again I will do individual stanchions which will require about 1000 0.3mm holes drilled out (I've ordered a 10 pack of drill bits as they break really easily), the aircraft and boat hangars have to also be constructed first which have a lot of etch and scratch building required. As to putting a crew on board, there were 2000 souls, and to man her would require a LOT of $, North Star makes lovely stuff in 3D print now but if I start where do I stop? If I just put 30 of them on something as massive as this they would look a bit lonely as distract from the overall build I think. dgbot, Old Collingwood, -Dallen and 10 others 13 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 1, 2016 Share #14 Posted October 1, 2016 This will no doubt tun into another Epic build, if your previous build have anything to do with it, I have seen a few excellent builds on her in different build forums, so I will be following along aswel If I may. OC. Elijah, CDW, Captain Slog and 3 others 6 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elijah Posted October 1, 2016 Share #15 Posted October 1, 2016 Count me in as well! Figures or not, she will be superb! Old Collingwood, cog, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote -Elijah Current build(s): Continental Gunboat Philadelphia by Model Shipways https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/15753-continental-gunboat-philadelphia-by-elijah-model-shipways-124-scale/ Completed build(s): Model Shipways Phantom http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?showtopic=12376 Member of: The Nautical Research Guild N.R.M.S.S. (Nautical Research and Model Ship Society) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share #16 Posted October 1, 2016 The lower hull comes in two parts for some unknown reason and has a huge gap. I had to be careful in the use of putty to avoid losing the detail of the armor plates. You can see the difference in detail between the old and the new tool kit. One joined the use of a piece of wood to bracket the brass rods that will be used as stands and the addition of the shafts. GuntherMT, FatFingers, docidle and 19 others 22 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share #17 Posted October 1, 2016 After the unnecessary frustration of lower hull, the aircraft and boat hangars have to be done next, the is no way around it any very little reference to it. Not much is visible and the back of the ship has a lot of photo etch details but the first step is the hangar doors which on the new tool have to be cut in half to show them open. The last photo shows what a bit of aftermarket rivet lines can do and how they compare to the old tool. The flyhawk upgrade includes these doors buy Pontos does not. They should look ok after some paint. Brucealanevans, coxswain, Captain Slog and 21 others 24 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted October 2, 2016 Author Share #18 Posted October 2, 2016 Moving on with the aircraft hangar, the etch is applied, with 1mm railings. Not much of this will be visible. popeye the sailor, Captain Slog, docidle and 20 others 23 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slog Posted October 2, 2016 Share #19 Posted October 2, 2016 Hi Greg, Enjoying the start of your build. Can you explain the process for gluing the large flat photo etch deck plate to the plastic and what glue you used? Cheers Slog mtaylor, cog, Elijah and 2 others 5 Quote _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HM Bark Endeavour (First Wood, On Hold) Borodino (1:200 Card, Current Build) Admiral Nakhimov (card 1/200) Mazur D-350 Artillery Tractor (1:25 Card) F-8 Crusader (1:48 Aircraft, Plastic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDW Posted October 2, 2016 Share #20 Posted October 2, 2016 It's going to be a great lesson and primer watching you build your Yamato. Will follow with great interest and admiration. cog, Elijah, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANYAN Posted October 2, 2016 Share #21 Posted October 2, 2016 Hi Greg; nice kit and build you have chosen. That was a very short sabbatical though cheers Pat Canute, Elijah and mtaylor 3 Quote If at first you do not suceed, try, and then try again!Current build: HMCSS Victoria (Scratch) Next build: HMAS Vampire (3D printed resin, scratch 1:350) Built: Battle Station (Scratch) and HM Bark Endeavour 1768 (kit 1:64) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted October 2, 2016 Author Share #22 Posted October 2, 2016 (edited) Slog, I used very thin CA spred on with a chisel end blade. Banyan, yes I know but the weather has been atrocious the last week so I thought I'd have a potter while getting my head around the build as it's quite complex. I am off for a weeks holiday tomorrow. I did get a solid two days weeding the garden (with a pick axe) and I was so sore I needed some rest as well as finally getting my boat licence (for tinnys not like your warships!). Greg Edited October 2, 2016 by Greg Lester docidle, mtaylor, Elijah and 5 others 8 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted October 2, 2016 Author Share #23 Posted October 2, 2016 I reckon I have done enough on the hangars now as I intend to park about 3 aircraft in there and you wont see much. Ive ordered some perforated steel beams which I will need for the boat hangars which run on both sides of the hangar and alongside the main rear gun. I can pretty much make this up as there are no references anywhere. Canute, cog, gjdale and 29 others 31 1 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted October 2, 2016 Share #24 Posted October 2, 2016 Greg, If you have been gardening for two days with a pick axe, I'm amazed you got the parts on straight!!! My hands would be shaking all over. I see I'll be in for a treat when I get the Pontos detail up set ... glad I practised a bit with a 90% brass airplaine at 1/72, mainly fuselage. There are some minute parts to work with ... won't it be hard to get the insideof the hanger painted? The white styrene strips on the walls are your own additions I presume ... It does make it look less ... plastic Canute, RGL, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted October 2, 2016 Author Share #25 Posted October 2, 2016 Love to see a photo of it! Drop it in the log! Apart from the floor I invented the rest. There is soooooooop much to do before painting. Maybe I'll afford an airbrush by then. cog, Canute, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted October 2, 2016 Share #26 Posted October 2, 2016 Great work! Jan Elijah, Old Collingwood, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lous Posted October 2, 2016 Share #27 Posted October 2, 2016 wow! you move fast! I envy your PE skills. Very crisp and clean, gorgeous! Robin mtaylor, cog, RGL and 5 others 8 Quote WIP: No ships atm...sorry!🙄 Completed: Greek bireme - Dusek - scale 1:72 Louie da fly: "I think it requires a special kind of insanity to choose a galley to build a model of." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted October 3, 2016 Share #28 Posted October 3, 2016 very nice intro on Yamoto.......looking good Canute, cog, RGL and 3 others 6 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverboat Posted October 3, 2016 Share #29 Posted October 3, 2016 Really like what you are doing with thus build Greg..... your skill with working with the photo etch is an art in it self.... looking forward to watching your progress Frank Old Collingwood, Elijah, RGL and 5 others 8 Quote completed build: Delta River Co. Riverboat HMAT SUPPLY USRC "ALERT" in progress: Red Dragon (Chinese junk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted October 5, 2016 Share #30 Posted October 5, 2016 it's very interesting how photo etch looks so much better than detail already molded onto the part. earlier kits had this........and most times, poorly done {I might add}. there is so much of it out there now-a-days.........even more so now with wood kits I used to own a P.E. bender.....traded it for a Billing Bluenose kit. I probably should be regretting it right now nice job detailing that area.......surprised that there isn't any info about it. RGL, clearway, mtaylor and 4 others 7 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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