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

[RGL]

As you can see I have also added the kits supplied scupper pipes and replaced the two big ones from the Pontos set. I have not attached these yet as they will get in the road of the painting. 

[RGL]

Next is applying the forcastle so I can add the fairleads. Once that is complete I can replaced the deadlights that fell off and a couple of eyelets, then it is ready for painting, but I will start off other stuff first. Back to work this afternoon so delays expected.

Edited October 28, 2016 by Greg Lester

[Old Collingwood]

nice.

[BANYAN]

That's some impressive detail for a ship at that scale.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[amateur]

Delays in work?

 

Just kidding

[RGL]

I slide out the drawer to my desk and put a tea towel on it. Yes, some pieces occasionally go off but it saves a LOT of them.

[cog]

Marvelous details, Greg. So you've been running around with 350 meters of cable on your back and a blowtorch... must be devastating on your physique ... it does look great though ...

 

I won't be working with a carpet underneath when working with these small items. Either a sheet, or concrete/wood

[amateur]

My 'carpet monster' even lives under (between?) the bathroom-floor tiles

 

Jan

[popeye the sailor]

truly awesome progress Greg........I use the same method of extrusion with filler.......tiny nozzle    so neat to have the extra hull......you can try your ideas before you commit them to the original ship     I'm just lov'in the extra detail,  the etch lends to the hull.   such a great build   

[RGL]

Moving on to something different, the main guns. Lots of internal (irrelevant) detail, and Tamiya provides some etch as well. Goes together very simply. The kit supplied AA guns on the roof will be replaced with Pontos.

 

There is a heap of detail I will not add until after painting, such as ladders, stanchions, AA guns, but first up I had to add the exercise aiming device which is provided by Tamiya but not referred to in the instructions but in every other reference book. I used stretched sprue as the cables.

 

The handrails were an absolute nightmare as they are 1mm high, and were a full days work to add then 50% of them full off. Luckily Pontos gives you extras.

 

The blast bags, there are some provided with the kit, but are very bland. 1 is the tamiya barrel and blast bag, 2 and 3 are the pontos provided bags being elevated and flat.

 

For anyone building this kit, there are lots of extra provided if you stuff up, but the secret is to drill out the front of the bag, the widen the back end as much as possible so the barrels will slide into the breach and allow you to keep the base of the bags within the correct area on the hull piece.

 

There is a heap of detail to go, but I will not even cut the off the fret until I am ready to paint. The local supermarket's cheap tupperware is now their home for a while.

[BANYAN]

Those Pontos blast bags look a lot better Greg; although the Tamiya turret details look reasonable sharp also.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Captain Slog]

Looking great Greg.  Brass/metal barrels look so much weightier and more realistic than the plastic ones.

 

As Pat says the blast bags look good.  There are no aftermarket blast bags for a future build of mine and looking into different methods of making them from putty, tissue etc. Not looking forward to that as I imagine it will be difficult to get them looking as good as aftermarket resin ones.

 

Cheers

Slog

[RGL]

Try using Lindt chocolate wrappers around a wooden mold

[Canute]

Greg, the aftermarket details really give Yamato some added pop. And the turned brass barrels look super. Looking good.

[cog]

 

There is a heap of detail I will not add until after painting, such as ladders, stanchions, AA guns, but first up I had to add the exercise aiming device which is provided by Tamiya but not referred to in the instructions but in every other reference book. I used stretched sprue as the cables.

 

Since you are going to airbrush, you don't need to wait, you can put your details on, unless they need a different colour ...

[RGL]

Its a matter of access Cog, I don't want t lose detail under paint. I did up the gun tubs that go on top of the main guns. The Tamiya piece is 1 piece. The pontos is 14pieces.

[popeye the sailor]

awesome progress........such nice detail  

[Beef Wellington]

Just amazing what you are doing Greg.  The detail on these is incredible, not sure how you keep your sanity!

[RGL]

One bite at a time. Big bloody elephant

[Old Collingwood]

Its a matter of access Cog, I don't want t lose detail under paint. I did up the gun tubs that go on top of the main guns. The Tamiya piece is 1 piece.gun tubs 3.jpg The pontos is 14pieces.gun tubs 2.jpggun tubs 1.jpg

Any idea what the scale length of those taupe rolls would be - you show on the edges of the gun mount shields ?

 

OC.

[RGL]

Do you want the measurements?

[cog]

Not really, but if you do, give them in cm also

[RGL]

I only think in metric as imperial left Australia in 1965, before I was born

[RGL]

The secondary guns come with large superstructure, and the AOTS and the Tamiya instructions differ. According to Tamiya this is where the Paravanes are stored, but the AOTS states they are in closed magazines, which I expect the quad doors are for.

 

The door and the ladder configuration is different between the kit and reference, so I went with the reference and sanded down the door and will move the ladders and again add stanchions later.

 

I have also included extra rivet strips and handrails around the bottom of the turret ring from a set of cut down hand rails from spares.

 

The red things are a panel that is included by Tamiya as a decal, and there are two hatches no mentioned by tamiya. When painted it won't matter.

[RGL]

Next are the paravanes. The kit ones are basic, then the resin ones that got thrown in with the deck equipment are nice, but the Pontos ones are amazing. They come with a complete set of extras for the carpet monster, of which I lost none.

[cog]

Incredible detail, well done ... glad you didn't feed your carpet monster

[BANYAN]

Hi Greg, unusaual for paravanes to be stored inside a turret?    Some nice detail there.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[RGL]

It said a magazine, are they heavy things? I just don't know how they would get them from the storage spots on the base of the secondary turrets to the side of the ship.

[Old Collingwood]

Do you want the measurements?

Geag what i was thinking was - on photos I have seen of Warspite at Dunkirk she has a lot of rolls of what look like possibly sand bags in in quite long rolls, I wondered if what you have put around the gun mounts are similar.

 

OC.

Edited November 7, 2016 by Old Collingwood

[RGL]

I expect they are bedrolls used as splinter shields.