IJN Amatsukaze by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:200 scale - CARD and Brass - WW2 Japanese Destroyer -

[Dan Vadas]

5 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

it must have been a little tough to line up the davits to the deck slots...wasn't it kinda flimsy?

Not really Popeye. I drilled two shallow holes for the short bracing wires at the rear of the davit legs (their positions were marked on the deck), inserted one wire and CA glued it on, inserted the other wire brace and CA glued it as well, then glued down the card davit legs.

 

As far as "flimsy" goes, the (double thickness) card davits were given a coat of CA along the edges after cutting them out. This wicked a fair way into the legs. They were probably stronger than wood .

 

2 hours ago, maaaslo said:

I remember you ,Danny, telling me that it will take you a year to finish her... i knew you will be faster, but this fast?

I surprised myself too Pav . Tomorrow will be exactly 3 months since I wrote my first post on this model . The only time I didn't do much on the model was a couple of weeks ago when I was bed-ridden with the 'flu for a few days.

 

  Danny

[Dan Vadas]

I was about to start the Rigging when I found that I'd missed fitting a Railing - and it HAD to be in the worst possible place, the aft end of the bridge platform . It took me about half an hour to fit, but it turned out better than some of the easy ones (still unpainted when I took the pic) :

 

 

The Rigging Thread I'm using is a fairly thin Elastic one. I wouldn't use this on a wooden model (unless it was in a small scale one) as it has no definition at all. Initial testing came up with some observations :

 

1. It's extremely strong and flexible. I stretched out a test piece to see how far it would go before breaking - it went to 4x it's relaxed length and still didn't break, so I still don't really know, but that's a lot further than I'll ever have to stretch it. The further you stretch it, the thinner it gets.

 

2. CA glue is the preferred one - I used a simple overhand knot and a tiny dab of CA. It held without a problem even under 2x tension.

 

3. Excess line can be cut easily with a PE Side-cutter or sharp scalpel.

 

4. It's paintable with Acrylic (at the least - that's all I tried) and it won't flake off.

 

5. It's reasonably easy to manipulate and manoeuvre into a knot, even with tweezers.

 

6. As it's stretchy it doesn't sag - the main reason I'm using it.

 

7. All in all I'm quite pleased with it :

 

  Danny

[ccoyle]

I remember someone speaking about some kind of similar stretchy rigging line, especially made for rigging steel navy type models, although I thought it was black. If it works as good as all that, I might have to give it a try. Has it got a brand name?

[gjdale]

Chris, I think the material you are referring to might be Ezy-line - Greg Lester uses it on his magnificent builds. I believe it comes from the model rail road community.

Edited September 14, 2017 by gjdale

[Dan Vadas]

7 minutes ago, ccoyle said:

Has it got a brand name?

I'm not sure Chris. It has nothing on the reel. I bought it from GPM along with all my PE etc. I don't know what the 200mm in the link refers to - I think it was supposed to be 200 METRES. I know there's a LOT of thread on the reel .

 

EDIT - thanks Grant. I was searching for the Link as you posted .

 

  Danny

[cog]

Ezy-line is used a lot on model airplanes too. Greg used it on his Dreadnought and Yamato builds, both for rigging and railings. His areal on the former really looks magnificent, I just do not know if it extends 4x its size. By the way, it's available in other colours than black too

[Dan Vadas]

50 minutes ago, cog said:

it's available in other colours than black too

Grey would have been nice - save a lot of painting. It's working OK though . I think GPM only have it in white/translucent, at least that's what they gave me. Doesn't seem to be a colour option on their site.

 

Here's a LINK to another site I just found. The same thread is usually also available from BNA Models for Aussie builders, but out of stock at the moment.

 

  Danny

[CDW]

I wonder what the commercial application is for that elastic thread. If we knew that, it might be more easily obtained than buying it from GPM. GPM's price for it is reasonable enough, but it seems like it takes forever to receive it. Ez line is readily available by mail order in the USA, cost is between 10 and 15 usd for a 100' roll. 

[cog]

Got mine from the UK, a wee bit closer, Dan

 

Bungee Jumping Mr Bunny

[ccoyle]

EZ Line -- that's the stuff I was thinking of. Gonna have to remember that. Post-It note on my forehead or something.

[Dan Vadas]

The Rigging is all finished, it only took about 3 hours .

 

The last thing to be fitted is the one I usually try to leave to the end - the Ensign, or whatever the Japanese equivalent is . I just noticed that the railing at the stern is bent, good thing I took this pic or I may have missed it :

 

And here are a couple of pics of the finished ship. I'll be putting more into the Gallery :

 

Total time to build was exactly 3 months, about 6 months less than I was expecting it to take . Next up will be Bismarck, starting tomorrow.

 

  Danny

[Captain Slog]

Let me be the 1st to congratulate you on a very nice build.

 

Well done it looks fantastic, look forward to following the Bismarck.

 

cheers

Slog

[cog]

Dan,

A truly wonderful paper build. You expected a pregnancy, but it turned out to be a jiffy ... 

 

I am so looking forward to the Bismarck build ... a year this time, which you will do in 4 months ...

Edited September 16, 2017 by cog

[KeithAug]

Dan. Remarkably good looking finished model.

[gjdale]

Great work Danny, and as always, instructional too. Looking forward to following your Bismarck build.

[BANYAN]

So, a little easier than Vulture (but not much)   Nice work Danny.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Fernando E]

Dan, a great quality build. Have picked up some ideas for my Norfolk build and am looking forward to your Bismarck build log. Have already booked my front row seat!

Cheers...........Fernando 

[ccoyle]

Wow, Danny, she looks awesome!

[Jack12477]

Very nice, Danny! Enjoyed following your build

[Canute]

Well done, Danny. Excellent work and many nice tutorials. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to your Bismarck build.

[popeye the sailor]

looks fantastic Danny!  congratz on another stellar build!  

[Reg]

Great work!  Your innovations and explanations are much appreciated.  Now to catch up with your current build.

 

Greg

[bakendrid]

some tips for bismarck, hood, sharnhorst, tirpitz, yamato, fuso, from czech republic

http://www.papirovemodelarstvi.cz/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1021

[maaaslo]

Bakendrid, you are a bout a month too late with any tips. our dear Dan Vadas have passed away after a long fight with illness

 

And for me was a great shock that Martanek41 have passed away too...

[ccoyle]

2 hours ago, maaaslo said:

And for me was a great shock that Martanek41 have passed away too...

Aw, man ... 😥.

[maaaslo]

On 6/21/2020 at 2:40 PM, ccoyle said:

Aw, man ... 😥.

i thought the same. and  great disappointment we will never see his huge project finished... that fleet would be mighty. and Tirpitz in scale 1/100... this year sucks...