IJN Isuzu 1945 by RGL - FINISHED - Aoshima - 1/350 - PLASTIC - Light Cruiser

[cog]

Ohhh ... Impressive ...

[BANYAN]

She looks great Greg; she should take pride of place in your display area.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[RGL]

Thanks, but no where near finished yet. 

[DaveRow]

Very nice craftsmanship Greg.

How's your eyes doing with the small scale ?

 

Dave R

[popeye the sailor]

the difference in the deck alone is something to admire.......hard to remove all that molded crap!   you've really made some superb progress since I last looked in    I wish I had your weathering abilities.........just green with envy.   very nicely done!

[RGL]

I've just put the guns together and I think my eyesight is going! The next tranch of stuff is ready for painting. The Flyhawk provided 12.7 guns are just poor copies of the Veteran models ones, I put them together and the tolerances were soo poor I gave up on them and ordered new ones. 

[CDW]

Greg

Curious if you have tried any of the Infini Models detail pieces yet. I just bought various IJN and US gun mounts and other accessories from them last week. They look real nice but haven't put any together yet. They are designed by Park, the same fellow who did the Pontos sets. I guess he left Pontos for greener pastures.

[RGL]

Yes mate, watch this space......

[RGL]

Primer added to the next bits, and I've died the 6 splinter shields amidships for the triple 25mm's. I have to weather them yet, and some kind of gutters that run along sides as well. 

 

I have seen 1 video on Utube where a bloke weathers a ship's deck using pastels, so it's my turn. A mix of soot, rust, burnt umber and a touch of white ashes. It's filthy. Just the look I want. You can see contrast from port to starboard. 

[RGL]

A major part of the build complete, 13 triple 25mm's and 17 single's. I used blackener to do up the 56 individual barrels and magazines and made up and painted the housings separately. 

 

I had had a plethora of ammo boxes left after my Yamato and this sucked up a LOT of them. 

 

Also added are 6 davits and the jackstaff and 2 smoke generators on the stern that I got from a very rare Japanese set. 

[CDW]

Overall it looks superb. Those guns you just finished are great, too. The 25mm singles are particularly nice. But it's easy to recognize the potential eye strain they present when building. 

Have never seen a set in person, but the Fine Molds injection molded guns look quite nice from pictures I've seen. Not easy to find in this country, unless ordered directly from Japan through Ebay.

[RGL]

I think that the aftermarket only gets better and better, and this is the latest, the turned barrels are fantastic but it's a lot of work. The resin is actually more expensive. The camera does not really show how tiny it is. 

[cog]

With all the weathering, this lady looks like a tramp next to her hughe sister. She should be in dry dock for an overhaul ... Those guns look astonishing mate, I wouldn't be surprised if your eyes need a holiday after finishing those.

[RGL]

Off to hospital for a week tomorrow so that should do it! Won't be getting anything done for a while. 

[cog]

Hope it isn't anything serious, Greg. At least you can get rid of those screwed up eyes Take care!!!

[BANYAN]

She certainly looks like she has done some 'hard yards', some nice techniques there Greg.  Good luck with the procedure.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[RGL]

Just a bit of plumbing 

[popeye the sailor]

good luck Greg....hope everything goes well and the recovery is quick  

[cog]

Hope your plumbing is better than that in my kitchen ... had to redo the lot. Take care and as Dennis wrote, wish you a quick recovery ...

[Papa]

The detail is amazing!  I've never been able to get a plastic model to look this good.

[src]

Yikes Greg! That looks amazing. My eyes hurt just thinking about all that. Well done.

Wishing a speedy recovery.

Sam

[CDW]

Just now realized you are going into the hospital. Wishing you well and a speedy recovery.

 

[Canute]

Greg, great detailing of Isuzu. Best of luck with your "plumbing repairs". Hope it's a fast recovery.

[RGL]

Well, 20cm less intestine, a few things ordered for my next build. Thanks for your support, I hope to be home in a few days where I will burn up some of my accumulated year of sick leave. Might do some ship modelling! 

[CDW]

Wow, that was some real overhaul right there. Glad you are back and hope you mend quickly. Don't over do anything and get plenty of rest.

Regards

CDW

[cog]

20 cm and they take orders for your models I've got to get downunder ... Hope you are doing fine, Greg, and as Mr Bunny wrote: "Don't over do anything and get plenty of rest." We are used to waiting ... although somehow I never get used to it!

Take care mate!

Cheers

Carl

[BANYAN]

Great to hear all went well Greg; see you at the modelling desk again in due course.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[RGL]

I'm home. I did up the focsle deck equipment before I went away. The deck comes from Flyhawk but r ally offers nothing else. The Capstans, brakes hawser covers etch are all from Crysanthum, a very obscure Japanese company which has first rate resin and PE but I think has probably gone out of business as it's so hard to find. The anchors themselves are just stick on things that will do for the build. 

 

Weathering, then chain, chain stoppers and throw the anchors on. 

[Kevin]

Wow

 

what a lovely build

[cog]

Nice details again Greg. It seems you coudn't sit still anyway ... that "subtraction" doesn't seem to bother you a bit! Appreicate your urge to update

 

Take care now

Cheers mate