Cap'n Snack Posted September 30, 2020 Share #1 Posted September 30, 2020 Welp, My IJN Yukikaze arrived! So I'll start with the 'whole shebang' image of what I have to begin with! Keep in mind this is my first ship model, and the first time I've ever worked with PE parts! Wish me luck guys! Canute, baskerbosse, lmagna and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted September 30, 2020 Share #2 Posted September 30, 2020 Okay: Luck You'll be weathering her, or build her as if new? Cap'n Snack, mtaylor, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Snack Posted September 30, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted September 30, 2020 1 hour ago, cog said: Okay: Luck You'll be weathering her, or build her as if new? I'd prefer to try my hand at weathering her a bit! Some rust and roughening! cog, Ryland Craze, Old Collingwood and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted September 30, 2020 Share #4 Posted September 30, 2020 You might have alook at RGL's builds. He did quite a number of builds which he weathered more or less intensive. Cap'n Snack, lmagna, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted October 1, 2020 Share #5 Posted October 1, 2020 Should be good! mtaylor, Old Collingwood, Cap'n Snack and 2 others 5 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtcurly Posted October 1, 2020 Share #6 Posted October 1, 2020 Looking forward to this build. Good Luck and enjoy the build. ~Jason Old Collingwood, Cap'n Snack, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Snack Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted October 1, 2020 17 hours ago, cog said: You might have alook at RGL's builds. He did quite a number of builds which he weathered more or less intensive. RGL? They quoted in the feed as well! I'll look 'em up! Thanks mtaylor, Old Collingwood, lmagna and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted October 1, 2020 Share #8 Posted October 1, 2020 Awesome, count me in on this one. I have the kit as well in the stash with I think the Infini upgrade set. Looks like it builds into a really nice model. Canute, Cap'n Snack, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: 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 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 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 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Snack Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share #9 Posted October 1, 2020 22 hours ago, cog said: You might have alook at RGL's builds. He did quite a number of builds which he weathered more or less intensive. Holy smoke, RGL's builds are just what I'm hoping I can get to! Thanks for the tip Old Collingwood, lmagna, RGL and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted October 1, 2020 Share #10 Posted October 1, 2020 You are most welcome. In the end we are here to help each other Old Collingwood, RGL, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Snack Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share #11 Posted October 22, 2020 So here's a first update: I had a bit of trouble with the hull pieces – not a Tamiya problem, but a 'my clumsy fingers' problem. I had to work to get the waterline and hull sides to match up without noticeable seams, so I was sanding and touching it all up. So far, I have the hull pieces together, and some initial deck elements added; also, for the first time, I airbrushed a model! I masked off the 'linoleum deck' sections and am relatively satisfied with the results. After years of relying on spray cans, I realized how delicate an airbrush coating can be, repeatedly leaving fingerprints and such on parts. Gloves on from now on! Also... I dropped the damn thing when removing the masking, and bent the cleat at the very front of the bow, and the stern a bit. ARGH! Next step is to detail the deck elements, TRY to add some detail to the 'ribs' on the linoleum deck areas, and move on to the superstructure parts. Any C&C is welcome (very welcome)! yvesvidal, cog, Landlubber Mike and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipman Posted October 22, 2020 Share #12 Posted October 22, 2020 My stash includes the 1:200 Nichimo kit. Now that's a big one! Looking forward to your progress. mtaylor, Old Collingwood, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted October 22, 2020 Share #13 Posted October 22, 2020 Well done so far. Your airbrushing looks very good. Put her on either a styrofoam or towel from now on, any hard surface will damage the bottom and you will have to repaint. Besides a towel gives you the advantage to slant her when working on her. Looking good mate Old Collingwood, mtaylor, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie da fly Posted October 22, 2020 Share #14 Posted October 22, 2020 You're off to a very good start, Cap'n. It'll be worth watching where it goes from here. Canute, Old Collingwood, cog and 2 others 5 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler FINISHED Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 https://modelshipworld.com/topic/36379-mistydeefer-by-louie-da-fly-finished-restoration-decor-yacht/#comment-1040663 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Snack Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share #15 Posted October 23, 2020 21 hours ago, cog said: Well done so far. Your airbrushing looks very good. Put her on either a styrofoam or towel from now on, any hard surface will damage the bottom and you will have to repaint. Besides a towel gives you the advantage to slant her when working on her. Looking good mate Oooh.. really? Good advice! Thanks! mtaylor, lmagna, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Snack Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share #16 Posted November 3, 2020 (edited) Okay, here's some more progress... I drilled out wee little holes in the gun bases for the 12.7 cm Fine Molds PE barrels I bought... not a great picture (sorry) but I'm happy with the results. The metal is primed and ready to paint. I wasn't too happy with the fit of the turrets; they are molded in 4 pieces (top, sides and bottom) so, using my limited skills, I filled the spaces with Tamiya putty and sanded them down... after a quick layer of primer, I fixed a few more edges as best I could, and am ready to airbrush them. I've applied the superstructures for the most part... I'm still coming to grips with CA glue (special thanks to everyone who helped out in my other post about that!!) so it looks rough in-camera, but acceptable to me to the naked eye. The PE ladders supplied with the kit looks great... except for the blob of CA glue I left at the base! Maybe some poor IJN crewman dropped a bucket of paint on his way down the ladder? The PE 'grill' under the forward superstructure went in nicely, but it 'tipped' out a bit at the top as it was drying. Ah well. I'm figuring I'll put almost everything on EXCEPT for the absurdly flimsy masts and towers and THEN apply the PE railings... then try my hand at some weathering effects. Overall, this kit is exactly what I was hoping; a lot of fun, and a GREAT test bed for working with CA glue, TINY parts and PE parts. Edited November 3, 2020 by Cap'n Snack lmagna, mtaylor, yvesvidal and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Snack Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share #17 Posted November 23, 2020 (edited) Well, I guess I didn't make enough entries for my first Build Log... sorry about that. I finished the Yukikaze superstructure without any added details (or drama!) choosing to paint the gun mounts a lighter colour (Tamiya XF-75 Kure Arsenal) just to get them to stand out a bit from the rest of the model. After applying a quick wash to them, I think the effect is fine. CE glue was very difficult to come to grips with. I suppose I worried that I wasn't using enough when applying the PE railings, but everything seems to be hanging on fairly well... if something went on a bit crooked, I chose to leave it, for fear of having to do it all again, and possibly making a mess of the deck... I've fallen in love with PE parts though; they make all the difference, and I can see why many people insist on adding them in. Practice will improve my skills I'm sure. I used EZ-line 'fine' rigging, and in lieu of adding posts or hard points tot he superstructure or hull, I sort of 'winged it' adding them to approx. places on the ship. Not totally accurate, but for me it was an exciting add-on to the model. Again, my fear of CE glue kept me from being as careful as I should have been, but I think I was able to cover up the most egregious blobs of glue (again, to the naked eye it seems acceptable) Some very light dusting of Tamiya Weathering Master set 'B' (snow, soot and rust) picked out some highlights, and some experimenting with the AK Interactive Weathering Pencils sets (Greens and browns, the 'sepia' colour in particular) helped create rudimentary rust streaks... I also realized I'd glued the cross-braces near the forward stack backwards. D'oh! Finally, I attempted to give the paper flags that came with the kit a bit of dimension, so I used watered-down white glue to attach and 'wrap' the flag around a piece of kitchen tin foil... then simply shaped it a bit to look like it's fluttering in the wind. It worked fairly well! Overall, I realized I'd attempted washes and weathering before applying a semi-gloss coat over the base paint, and that made things a bit rougher than I would have like... also, CE glue was intimidating, but I felt like I was coming to grips with it by the end of the project... For my first ship, I enjoyed building this kit a lot and – of course – LEARNED a lot during the process. I THINK Santa is bringing me the 1/350 Hasegawa IJN Mikasa for the holidays, so I will hopefully be evolving my abilities even further. Thanks to all for good advice, encouragement, assistance and kind words! C & C very welcome!!! Edited November 23, 2020 by Cap'n Snack cog, ccoyle, Landrotten Highlander and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmagna Posted November 23, 2020 Share #18 Posted November 23, 2020 Congratulations Cap'n Hope you have somewhere to put it where years from now you will be able to point and say "That was my first." mtaylor, Old Collingwood, Ryland Craze and 4 others 7 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted November 23, 2020 Share #19 Posted November 23, 2020 Nicely done! Congratulations! Mikasa will be a good second one to work on Old Collingwood, Cap'n Snack, Ryland Craze and 3 others 6 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: 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 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 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 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Snack Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share #20 Posted November 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Landlubber Mike said: Nicely done! Congratulations! Mikasa will be a good second one to work on Good luck to you Mike whenever you get to your Yukikaze! Canute, Ryland Craze, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted November 23, 2020 Share #21 Posted November 23, 2020 Thanks man! Every time I see your log I'm so tempted to start my Yukikaze, but I'm trying to have only one plastic ship going at a time. Still need to finish my 1/700 Hatsuzakura destroyer which hopefully I can get done by the end of the year. The PE is just so small I need to be of a particular mindset - i.e., masochistic - to work on it Canute, mtaylor, lmagna and 1 other 4 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: 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 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 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 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted November 23, 2020 Share #22 Posted November 23, 2020 Thats a fine looking ship - you did a fine job on here, looking forward to your next. OC. Canute, lmagna, Ryland Craze and 2 others 5 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryland Craze Posted November 23, 2020 Share #23 Posted November 23, 2020 Congratulations Cap'n on finishing your Yukikaze. You did a good job on building this kit. I am looking forward to seeing your Mikasa build as this is one of my favorite ships. mtaylor, Cap'n Snack, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Ryland Member - Hampton Roads Ship Model Society - Ship Model Society of New Jersey - Nautical Research Guild Current Build - Armed Virginia Sloop, 18th Century Longboat Completed Build - Medway Longboat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted November 24, 2020 Share #24 Posted November 24, 2020 Turned out rather well, especially for a first time build. Next one will be easier, if you do not have to much PE Old Collingwood, Canute, Cap'n Snack and 2 others 5 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Snack Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share #25 Posted November 24, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, cog said: Turned out rather well, especially for a first time build. Next one will be easier, if you do not have to much PE ... well, I AM considering the wooden deck and PE parts for the Mikasa, which seems much more involved. However, another thing I will do differently is attach the PE details tot he hull and superstructure before painting it. Maybe I'll have more luck that way? Thanks very much! Edited November 24, 2020 by Cap'n Snack mtaylor, cog, lmagna and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted November 25, 2020 Share #26 Posted November 25, 2020 Nice and tidy mate! lmagna, Cap'n Snack, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted November 25, 2020 Share #27 Posted November 25, 2020 Yes, try to get the PE glued to the plastic not the paint. It will make life easier on you! mtaylor, Cap'n Snack, Ryland Craze and 2 others 5 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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