IJN Yamato by RGL - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC

[Captain Slog]

Just catching up on your progress and what a treat.

 

The Japanese 127mm twin guns are one of my favourite looking guns.  Just noticed the decals on the funnel as well, really looks the part.

 

Cheers

Slog

[RGL]

Well, I tried the run on decals, too hard so went with the Tamiya ones. 

 

I did drop the container will all the big guns in it today, took me an hour to find NEARLY all the bits that fell off, can't find 2 of the sandbags which I'll make from spares. Annoying but not the end of the world to fix. A few hours work. 

 

Im currently working on the deck fittings and dreading making up about 170 ammo boxes and placing individual stanchions for the entire ship, plus boats and aircraft.  

 

As to the weathering, Utube is your friend, and the excellent airbrush recommend by banyan. You just can't do this without one. I reckon 3 months to go. 

 

I really want to build something smaller next (in this scale) so I'm open to suggestions. I now have an inside job for at least 6 months and no coaching duties until October. 

[cog]

Ouch. You shouldn't play with containers, use a crane less chance of dropping it. Glad it were merely sandbags you lost, barrels e.a. are a bit more tricky to replace. Be careful

 

An inside job ... sounds frightning, mate. I presume it is a desk job you mean ...

You might have a go at the Yukikaze (destroyer), has some nice PE sets to it, or the IJN sub I-400, also with detail up sets ...

[RGL]

Yes, I have been looking at that as Infini models has a nice upgrade, the bloke was the primary engineer for Pontos and left, but I'm very tempted by an Isuzu was well as there are a lot of improvements to make on it. 

 

How's the back?

[cog]

Interesting ship the Isuzu. Can imagine the posibilities to update.

 

Could be better, thanks for asking. Got mangled by a fysiotherapist. The sadistic type. Got more problems with it afterwards than before. I'll live.

[src]

Greg,

I too was thinking about a destroyer to go alongside your Yamato, but my mind goes in different directions. What about a nod to Taffy-3 and build the Sammy B? I do not know if there are kits available and Sammy B never directly attacked Yamato, I believe it was Chikuma she traded blows with, it would really show off the miss match between the ships.

Just a thought, whatever you choose I am sure we will all eagerly follow.

Sam

[RGL]

Well, a few hundred 25mm ammo boxes should keep me going for a while.....

[BANYAN]

Keep you going....?  Make you go nuts more like it - good luck with the folding.  At least you have the right weather to be doing this

 

cheers

 

Pat

[CDW]

Looks like all the pieces to a jig saw puzzle. 

[cog]

Quite CDW, but a jig saw isn't that easy, these will always fit, no matter what.

 

Greg,

Nice pastime you've chosen ... I thought you were building a battleship ... you now seem to be working for the amunition dept. Do you have to fill the boxes too?

Haven't found that PE sheet in my set ... am I just lucky ...?

[Paul Jarman]

Looking great,

Lots of guns on this ship. The railings are a pain. Have you tied these, the worked well on my Yamato.

https://www.wonderlandmodels.com/products/tamiya-1350-photo-etch-handrail-set/

Keep up the good work

Paul

[RGL]

Paul, I have been using this set during the build (and on previous builds too). 

 

Cog, I think a jigsaw would take less back strain, 5 folds each after cutting them off the fret. They're going to each need a few tiny drops of glue. 

[Paul Jarman]

Apologies for that I had not seen every page of your build. will look through the whole build log as I think this is one of the better kits on the market.

Paul

PS

I have now seen all of the build. Brilliant job on some of that photo tech. I can spend hours prepping for a wooden model but find photo etch so tedious. I give up on a lot of the small stuff in the end. I see where you have used the rails they look very good.

I especially like the aircraft rails on the rear deck. I found these so hard to do on the version I built. Paintjob looks good too. This is going to be one awesome model when you are finished.

Paul

[RGL]

A bit of folding, a few back cramps and ammo boxes in the paint cue

[cog]

That's fast RGL ... hard to keep up wih your progress. Looking good

[popeye the sailor]

insanity at it's best............it's a good thing it looks good in the end     I admire you tenacity! 

[RGL]

When I recieved the Pontos upgrade it has a natural colour deck but for its final mission it was painted black. I tried on an offcut to stain it black but as it is so waxy the stain did not take, so I ordered the after-after market black deck (from Japan no less at the same price as Oz). Yesterday I get this large box full of bubble wrap and the black deck on the date they promised it. 

 

Now, nerve wrackingly later, here it is. I can now progress with the build. And try and figure out how to weather it. I'm thinking some pastels in powder form perhaps. Suggestions anyone? 

[cog]

Nice deck

When you have your deck furnishings all installed, will there be a lot left to be seen. It's a black deck, smudges and things will be hardly visible ... when you add all the fittings, guns, etc do you really require to stain it ... I would give the pastels a go if I had to weather it. You might "warp" it with paint ...

[BANYAN]

Hi Greg; why weather it?  if it was only painted black for its last mission it would not have had time to weather?  The deck replacement piece looks great!

 

cheers

 

Pat

[popeye the sailor]

who would have thought that a black deck would look so good     awesome!

[CDW]

The deck looks fantastic as it is. Are there any scrap deck pieces you could experiment on without taking a chance on the main deck, first? Some very light work with pastels might be the ticket, but would hate to try it on the main deck without experimenting on scrap. 

[vossy]

super build, can I ask what medium you are using for airbrush thinner and cleaner?

 

chris

[RGL]

Strait off the shelf, the windex works really well as a cleaner. 

[RGL]

Smaller spotlights, Tamiya make some nice featureless little blobs in Clark glass. This is why I like aftermarket as it is so detailed. When you compare the two you can't go back.

[RGL]

When attached, they are so damn tiny no one but me will know. 

[BANYAN]

Tiny perhaps Greg, but anyone giving a close look will notice.  The detail and finish you are putting in will attracty people to look so I am sure you will get plenty of comment on the smaller details.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[RGL]

So, I am now in the position that I can glue down the main superstructure. 

[cog]

she's coming together quite nicely, Greg. A hole lot more AA mounting points compared to the Musashi. It is astonishing how much they added in 1945 to the Yamato. By the way, I love the dark deck, I might consider adding it, as It was used on the Musashi as well. Still working on hte hull, found some more PE to add ...

[Paul Jarman]

Astonishing build. looks amazing Greg.

I am building the 1:200 Missouri and don't have the kind of patience you have with phototech. keep up the great work you are doing.

Paul

 

[CDW]

I've followed build threads for the 1:200 Missouri and Iowa kits with Pontos sets added. Intimidating and huge projects.