Azzoun Posted June 19, 2020 #1 Posted June 19, 2020 Greetings, As far as I can tell, I’m the only IJN Mogami build log on here. I decided to take this project on as I wrap up other projects which is very different from the stick and string models I usually like to build. I found this subject interesting because of the hybrid characteristics as an aircraft cruiser which she was converted into in 1944. Commissioned in 1935 and named after a river in Japan and was the lead ship of four of her self-named class of heavy cruisers. Served in numerous battles in World War II until she was sunk at the Battle of the Surigao Straight in October 1944. This is a 1/350 Tamiya kit and I’ll be using the Flyhawk detail photo etch kit. Below are some photos I’ve found, mostly courtesy of Wikipedia and my unboxing of the kit and PE details. Should be an interesting challenge. All the best, Joshua ccoyle, EricWilliamMarshall, king derelict and 12 others 15 Quote
Tony Hunt Posted June 19, 2020 #2 Posted June 19, 2020 Looks like it will be a fascinating build. Lots of detail to drown in! 😀 Enjoy! Azzoun, hollowneck, king derelict and 5 others 7 1 Quote
ccoyle Posted June 19, 2020 #3 Posted June 19, 2020 Hey, Joshua. I had the 1/700 scale Mogami way back in the day -- like 1982, if memory serves. I believe it was the last plastic kit I ever worked on. Never finished it, sadly. I look forward to seeing yours come together. hollowneck, Azzoun, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, TBD
Azzoun Posted June 24, 2020 Author #4 Posted June 24, 2020 One fun element to plastic ship modeling is you can have a hull together is pretty much one sitting, that's motivating. I really enjoyed how this model has gone together with metal fittings and screws. Worst part of it being this little lip at the bow. It's a little unnerving scraping off all this detail for the brass etch replacements, less sad for the overscale diamond plate on the aft deck. I drilled out the portholes. I'm going to start working on the propeller assembly and filling in the seams of the hull to paint. Any ideas on cleaning up the plastic "fuzzies" in the portholes? Ryland Craze, Landlubber Mike, lmagna and 14 others 17 Quote
mtaylor Posted June 25, 2020 #5 Posted June 25, 2020 3 hours ago, Azzoun said: Any ideas on cleaning up the plastic "fuzzies" in the portholes? I'd consider using a very small round file. Rotate instead of "in and out". Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor, Azzoun and 2 others 5 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)
RGL Posted June 25, 2020 #6 Posted June 25, 2020 Good looking ship and you can super detail it to a very high level. popeye the sailor, Canute, Azzoun and 4 others 7 Quote Greg
MikaH Posted June 25, 2020 #7 Posted June 25, 2020 19 hours ago, Azzoun said: Any ideas on cleaning up the plastic "fuzzies" in the portholes? A little bit of Tamiya Extra Thin in the hole will melt those fuzzies right back Landlubber Mike, Canute, Javlin and 6 others 9 Quote
Azzoun Posted June 25, 2020 Author #8 Posted June 25, 2020 11 minutes ago, MikaH said: A little bit of Tamiya Extra Thin in the hole will melt those fuzzies right back Sweet, I'll try that! Canute, mtaylor, hollowneck and 2 others 5 Quote
Landlubber Mike Posted June 25, 2020 #9 Posted June 25, 2020 Awesome subject and great start. Hope you don't mind me following along. popeye the sailor, Old Collingwood, hollowneck and 3 others 6 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)
Azzoun Posted June 29, 2020 Author #10 Posted June 29, 2020 Hello, Things are starting to get a bit fiddly with these companionway hatches and flight deck supports. I started using my daughter’s desk chair so that I don’t have to lean over to get in close to the work. This is my first go with PE at this level but definitely is worth the effort. Trying to figure out where some of the PE goes is a bit of a puzzle sometimes as FlyHawk doesn’t explicitly place every part. Requires time to go over the directions, diagrams and parts a couple of times to assess what gets replaced by the PE. The decks require a fair amount of stripping to prepare them for the PE detail replacements. Getting ready to be able to put the hull through the first round of painting with IJN Grey and Anti-fouling Red. I’m going to paint the bow plate separately because most of it will be brown for the linoleum. Puttied the seam in the middle of the hull, did some puttying at the lip of the deck plating to eliminate. I’ve been having a hard time stepping away from this one! I’m going on a camping trip soon, I’m trying to work out what I can bring with me to work on! Joshua popeye the sailor, Canute, Javlin and 9 others 12 Quote
lmagna Posted June 29, 2020 #11 Posted June 29, 2020 Great progress Joshua This looks like it is going to be a very impressive build. Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor, Azzoun and 2 others 5 Quote Lou Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence Currant builds: Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold) Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral) 1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin) Currant research/scratchbuild: Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes Non ship build log: 1/35th UH-1H Huey
cog Posted July 11, 2020 #12 Posted July 11, 2020 Good choice, one of the IJN ships I have on my list. I like the pagoda like style of the superstructure from most of the IJN ships. Although this one doesn't have that. You seem to be well on your way mtaylor, popeye the sailor, lmagna and 3 others 6 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ...
Landlubber Mike Posted July 13, 2020 #13 Posted July 13, 2020 Great start! You're going to have fun with all that PE - that's a ton in that Flyhawk package. popeye the sailor, mtaylor, Azzoun and 4 others 7 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)
Azzoun Posted July 17, 2020 Author #14 Posted July 17, 2020 Hello All, Some progress on the Mogami - Painted the hull, applied the foredeck plating since it was now painted and had a wicked mishap with the glue dissolving a small spot! I managed to cover the surrounding errors for a passable light sand and quick paint touch up. Not perfect but it'll do. I was much more careful with the 2nd brown deck level application. I've got a couple small seams that I'm going to try and go back and fix/touch up. Installed the torpedo launchers - the spare torpedoes were also a glue-able part but I didn't bother painting, you'll never see them once the deck goes on. Only the completionism in me made me glue them in. This is my first real incursion with photo etch and learning lots of lessons. My first try at folding one of these triple AA guns was a disaster. It requires the folding and assembly of 5 separate pieces! Thankfully the detail kit give two extra to consume. Worst case is I use the plastic molded guns, or I get a set from Infiniti. The application of PE detail to the turrets went much better and enjoyed the result. Thanks for stopping in. mtaylor, cog, yvesvidal and 10 others 13 Quote
Tigerdvr Posted July 17, 2020 #15 Posted July 17, 2020 Doing very nicely. PE is definitely a love/hate relationship. Sometimes it's your best friend and then there are those other times. 🤪 Your work station looks well set up also. Cheers, Harley Azzoun, hollowneck, lmagna and 5 others 8 Quote Cheers, Harley<p Under Construction: USS Yorktown CV-5 1/200 by Trumpeter Completed: USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 1/200 by ILoveKit USS Atlanta CL-51 1/350 by Very Fire Liberty Ship John W. Brown 1/350 by Trumpeter HMS Spiraea K-08 1/350 USS Arizona BB-39 1/200 by Trumpeter/Mk1 Design HMS Sir Gareth 1/350 by Starling Models USS Missouri BB-63 1945 1/350 by Joy-Yard, 9/11/21 USS Indianapolis CA-35 1945 1/350 by Trumpeter USS Kidd DD-661, 1945, 1/350, on The Sullivans kit by Trumpeter USS Alaska CB-1, 1/350, Hobby Boss, Circa 2/1945 US Brig Syren 1/64 Model Shipways, Wood Started, On Hold: Frigate Confederacy 1/64 Model Shipways, Wood
cog Posted July 18, 2020 #16 Posted July 18, 2020 On 7/17/2020 at 6:49 PM, Azzoun said: My first try at folding one of these triple AA guns was a disaster. It requires the folding and assembly of 5 separate pieces! You must be thirlled not to be building up a tripple AA gun for Yamato or Musashi Nice work on the PE. Great spraying booth, got some width there! mtaylor, lmagna, hollowneck and 2 others 5 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ...
Azzoun Posted March 10, 2021 Author #17 Posted March 10, 2021 Almost a year since I last touched this model, been busy on another project. Had fun building these hatches tonight. Remembered to anneal the metal this time, what a difference! ccoyle, Javlin, Canute and 4 others 7 Quote
Old Collingwood Posted March 10, 2021 #18 Posted March 10, 2021 17 minutes ago, Azzoun said: Almost a year since I last touched this model, been busy on another project. Had fun building these hatches tonight. Remembered to anneal the metal this time, what a difference! How can you heat up PE or am I just being thick. OC. hollowneck, Landlubber Mike, Egilman and 5 others 8 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
RGL Posted March 10, 2021 #19 Posted March 10, 2021 I only learnt about that (annealing) last year!!!! Damn it would have saved me some grief. Good to see you back. Landlubber Mike, Old Collingwood, Egilman and 3 others 6 Quote Greg
Egilman Posted March 10, 2021 #20 Posted March 10, 2021 4 hours ago, Old Collingwood said: How can you heat up PE or am I just being thick. OC. Annealing Brass PE.... Canute, mtaylor, lmagna and 5 others 7 1 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow"
Azzoun Posted March 10, 2021 Author #21 Posted March 10, 2021 9 hours ago, Old Collingwood said: How can you heat up PE or am I just being thick. OC. I just hit it with a grill lighter for a half of a minute, worked great, metal is much easier to bend after that and it takes away its memory! cog, popeye the sailor, hollowneck and 8 others 11 Quote
Landlubber Mike Posted March 10, 2021 #22 Posted March 10, 2021 Learned something new! Thanks guys! I do bonsai as another hobby and I've heard of annealed copper wire to wire trees, but didn't think about annealing brass PE. Good to know! Egilman, mtaylor, Old Collingwood and 4 others 7 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)
Old Collingwood Posted March 11, 2021 #23 Posted March 11, 2021 10 hours ago, Azzoun said: I just hit it with a grill lighter for a half of a minute, worked great, metal is much easier to bend after that and it takes away its memory! Sounds like me - "what were we talking about again"???😁 OC. mtaylor, Canute, Egilman and 1 other 1 3 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
lmagna Posted March 11, 2021 #24 Posted March 11, 2021 Is that how it happens? just go out in the hot sun without a hat? "Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun" Canute, mtaylor, Egilman and 2 others 2 3 Quote Lou Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence Currant builds: Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold) Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral) 1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin) Currant research/scratchbuild: Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes Non ship build log: 1/35th UH-1H Huey
Azzoun Posted March 15, 2021 Author #25 Posted March 15, 2021 Made good progress on the Mogami over the weekend. I'm almost confident enough to make another attempt at the AA guns. I've discovered that wax pencils for doing rhinestone work is amazing at picking up small details to glue on. The flight deck has been affixed with some persuasion, the PE had interfered with the kit designed assembly so some modifications which are livable. The PE details completely replace this lower bridge which was interesting to build but had some pleasing results. There were PE options for the aft AA gun stations on both sides of the flight deck but.... well, they didn't work out. Here's a couple overall status photos of parts that have been prepped and dry fitted to show progress. lmagna, reklein, Canute and 9 others 10 2 Quote
cog Posted March 15, 2021 #26 Posted March 15, 2021 That's some marvelous work. Considering the quantity of brass on those guns ... they might as well have made them all brass. How did you glue the "flight deck" on the kit (method, which glue)? mtaylor, Old Collingwood, lmagna and 2 others 5 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ...
RGL Posted March 17, 2021 #27 Posted March 17, 2021 You probably already have it but found this online Canute, Old Collingwood, Egilman and 4 others 7 Quote Greg
Azzoun Posted April 12, 2022 Author #28 Posted April 12, 2022 Good Evening, \\It appears I'm on my anniversary of working on the Mogami away from other projects. The triple AA guns demoralized me the last time but this time, I decided to take it up again and had a fair bit more success. Out of the 12 sets they gave me, only 8 survived the assembly which leaves me 2 short. Some parts succumbing to the carpet monster, which I recently taught my daughter about, others just didn’t make the folding process. I acquired another sheet of Flyhawk PE IJN triple AA guns to attempt another 12, pick the best 10. Really enjoyed the result so far with the photo etch. Started working on the aft aa bridge where I made a box with a door. It to mostly replace the plastic provided portion of the superstructure. Should be fun to do a compare later. Glued together the funnel which I’ll also focus on to get my PE jollies. More to come… Joshua mikegr, Tony Hunt, hollowneck and 10 others 13 Quote
RGL Posted April 12, 2022 #29 Posted April 12, 2022 Welcome back! Canute, mtaylor, hollowneck and 3 others 6 Quote Greg
cog Posted April 14, 2022 #30 Posted April 14, 2022 Good you picked p work again. I like the way your AA guns turned out lmagna, mtaylor, Kevin and 3 others 6 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ...
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