Jeff59 Posted March 14 Author Share #481 Posted March 14 Back to paint shop now. 😂 👍 Canute 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted March 14 Author Share #482 Posted March 14 Photo of guy standing in turret, whoever he is he got his spot on my model, don’t worry,not doing the rest of guys in the photo. 😂 ccoyle, Canute, Herby63 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted March 14 Author Share #483 Posted March 14 That’s turret painted now, no major disasters, leaves me with Ensign flag to work on, little people and what l think l want for water up the Starboard side, never done any of these before so shall be searching for guidance, trying to complete for end of April for model show with club, going to be a steep learning curve. 🤞 Canute 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted March 14 Author Share #484 Posted March 14 Canute, Haliburton, Tony Hunt and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted March 14 Author Share #485 Posted March 14 That’ll me for a bit before l get some more progress, hopefully successful 👍 Canute 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted March 15 Author Share #486 Posted March 15 (edited) This’ll be a laugh if it works, Decals of flags in kit not going to work for me, the Japanese ensign on the stern isn’t the rising sun and l checked with photos of Mikasa for scale and it’s to small, shall put a photo up, smaller flag is size of kit decal the larger one is my guess of size just with scaling against photos, probably not spot on but closer. Size l cut it at is 24mm x 18mm. Edited March 15 by Jeff59 Herby63, yvesvidal, Haliburton and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted March 15 Author Share #487 Posted March 15 (edited) Photos show scale of flag on staff and that the 1905 Mikasa had different hatches in turret roof the round ones seem to be the original ones that are on the 1902 build of ship, well that’s what l think, maybe some day in future someone will do a book on her, strange there’s not one already. Edited March 15 by Jeff59 Haliburton, davec, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted March 15 Author Share #488 Posted March 15 Just parallelogram the flag to get a droop effect, shall paint this white and let it dry before trying to hand paint the rising sun on to the white then let it dry again before starting to form folds into flag, hopefully the painting doesn’t crack when trying this. 🤞 Ryland Craze and Canute 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted March 18 Author Share #489 Posted March 18 (edited) Hi guys, there’s more to painting the rising sun flag than l thought, when you see where all the rays reach out to outer edges of flag it’s going to be a challenge to get this right. I looked carefully and tried to lightly mark this out with a sharp pencil, then picked a red that looked close to shade and painted it, like painting by numbers for youse old enough to remember this 😂 you also have to mind if you’re trying to simulate a drooping flag you have to turn your marking off square to the droop, all gets a bit tricky, then of course you have to do it opposite hand on other side 😵💫 Well since this was just an experiment. Painted one side then when dry tried forming flag on various diameters of bar or wire, seems to work reasonably well and the paint didn’t crack or flake off. Now got to try again and improve. Also made a canopy for above Bridge, made from thin foil from around the neck of Prosecco bottle, same as for flag, this is slightly heavier than tin foil from kitchen. Good excuse to keep stocked up with Prosecco 😏 Painted this white, asked Jaqueline what she thought, said it’s awful bright, so tried white grey with a touch of white added, think it’s a bit more subtle. This is just sitting on top not fixed, wondering if you think this works or not, opinions more than welcome as l have got to decide one way or other 🤛 Shall put some photos up now. 👍 Edited March 20 by Jeff59 GrandpaPhil, Haliburton, yvesvidal and 4 others 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted March 18 Author Share #490 Posted March 18 Shall hold flag in position while Jaqueline takes a photo. 👍 mtaylor, yvesvidal, Haliburton and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted March 18 Author Share #491 Posted March 18 That’s me for now thanks, hope you give me some feedback on canopy, was going to pose some figures under here if it looks alright, just a bit indecisive just now as the open bridge looks nice with wood and no canopy. 🤛 Canute, mtaylor and davec 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted March 18 Author Share #492 Posted March 18 Just finished cutting all the men from spruce, one fatality and one injury, guy lost his head and another a hand, shall find the guy that lost his hand something to do, the other got buried at sea 😂 put a photo up, 73 men, don’t look that many does it 👀 set of four to the side are scrubbing the deck or they will be when on ship 🤛 Herby63, yvesvidal, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted March 18 Author Share #493 Posted March 18 Don’t like the dry draught marks so going to remove them, noticed decals for draught marks actually on kit decal set, didn’t notice these till looking at the sheet, that’s something else to fix, seem to spend my life fixing things. That’s me up to speed again 🤛 mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted March 19 Author Share #494 Posted March 19 Hi guys, just showing we’re l am with new flag, and the source of material, managed to get this without opening the bottle 😂 Haliburton, mtaylor, Tony Hunt and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted March 19 Author Share #495 Posted March 19 Next task is to spray it white 👍 Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted March 20 Author Share #496 Posted March 20 Managed to get flag painted white and left to dry, so lined up the two pieces of decal and drew a cross through the centre of sun on two planes, this let me get a better idea how to try marking up the rising sun, was about cross eyed by the time I finished. Followed on by some delicate hand painting, red then white then red white till I got it as good as able, it’s drying now, next stage is to form it up again with ripples in flag, don’t want to muck this up cause don’t want to do another one 👀 Herby63, ccoyle, Ryland Craze and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted March 21 Author Share #497 Posted March 21 Hi guys, another small piece of progress to put up, got the flag formed with ripples in it and glued on flag staff, turned out better than I hoped it would. Think painting the ensign onto foil gave a good result in the end be it a bit of a pain, can’t see trying to do this with decals would be any easier. Next mission is painting the small figures and trying to remove the dry transfers, not quite happy with them. That shall be me for a wee bit, put some shots up of model as it is now 👍 Tony Hunt, Herby63, GrandpaPhil and 7 others 6 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgstakes Posted March 21 Share #498 Posted March 21 Love all the detail, rigging for the life boats railings, just a very nice job. Every time I get on this forum I see great models and it inspires me to do better with my modeling. Thank you for sharing! mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted March 22 Author Share #499 Posted March 22 On 3/21/2024 at 1:33 PM, kgstakes said: Love all the detail, rigging for the life boats railings, just a very nice job. Every time I get on this forum I see great models and it inspires me to do better with my modeling. Thank you for sharing! Thanks very much for compliment 🤛 At the end of the day it’s about enjoying making something, so it’s good to help others down the same road 👍 Trust me I’m still learning 😂 Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted March 22 Author Share #500 Posted March 22 Hi guys, managed to get the dry draught marks removed, turns out l slid sharp part of tweezers under decal and gently peeled it of, just about got of without damaging paintwork, small bit to touch up. Shall try the normal decals see if l can get a better result. 👍 mtaylor, Canute, madtatt and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted April 5 Author Share #501 Posted April 5 (edited) Hello gentlemen and fellow modellers, hope all are well. Not a great deal to show as yet, still trying to tie everything in at end off build. I tried the draught mark decals from the Hobby Boss kit using Vallejo Decal Fix, thought this would give me time to slide the decal into position and then blot out with tissue, minute it was on surface stuck like a limpet mine, tried easing into position gently only to watch the decal disintegrate 👀 accompanied by 😡 been a long time since l worked with decal’s, maybe lost my touch, but these ones seem extremely fragile, tried again few days later, this time using Microscale Liquid Decal Film, same result, Decal didn’t like being moved into position, just to fragile, never had this problem with Airfix. Not given up on this yet, have ordered water slide draught marks from another source, fingers crossed this has better results when they arrive. In process of painting and fitting small figures, really happy how these are turning out and how it changes the overall effect of model, sort of brings it to life and gives ship a better sense of scale as well, seventy three figures don’t half vanish though 😂 have had to back order some more, these must be selling like hot cakes, if they don’t come in time for model show shall just have to add them later 👍 l have also ordered up materials for attempting sea on starboard side and waiting on this arriving as well. Edited April 5 by Jeff59 madtatt, GrandpaPhil, yvesvidal and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted April 5 Author Share #502 Posted April 5 (edited) Shall try and put a list up of things l didn’t do that l would if doing it again, corrections and details. Tim Moor did a clever thing with his build with trying to replicate hull plating, since the model has no details on hull this is a excellent idea and adds a lot to appearance , well done Tim, you need to get that model fixed and complete her. 🤛 Here we go on missed corrections, on part 6 of kit instructions, part V1 main deck, the fixing points for six inch guns are out of position, l feel they could be moved outboard 2 to 3mm, this will put the gun more in centre of casement and let the gun transverse parallel to side of bridge as it should, take a photo of my model and you’ll see what l mean. Edited April 5 by Jeff59 yvesvidal, GrandpaPhil, madtatt and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted April 5 Author Share #503 Posted April 5 Photo of instructions from kit. Canute, GrandpaPhil and Herby63 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted April 5 Author Share #504 Posted April 5 Just have to remove raised plastic mounting and reposition using kit parts as guide, might possibly have to insert some plastic here to get new fixing point. 👍 Herby63 and Canute 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted April 5 Author Share #505 Posted April 5 While we are on the guns, twelve pounders on main deck and the two either end of boat deck, the ones on the Bridge structure seem good to me, so we are talking about twelve guns needing altered here, don’t know exactly where the problem is, guns are slightly to high, 1 to 1.5mm my best guess, certainly something amiss here this is why the steps from boat deck up to Bridge structures are to short and the main deck steps up to boat deck half way along are to high, you see this in my earlier build logs how l had to trim these and how l added plastic to deck and painted green on the other steps at Bridge, it’s like if the whole deck was raised it would line up with elevations of guns and steps also lining up the notches in side superstructures for twelve pounders when stowed, problem is deck is at right height ties in with all the inner superstructures. Certainly needs looking at, shortening the pedestals think would work. Put a photo up, you can see how l had to point my guns down to try and disguise this.🤛 Canute, madtatt, yvesvidal and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jeff59 Posted April 5 Author Share #507 Posted April 5 (edited) The other thing l would investigate is the mounting points for masts, when you make the brass and etched masts they are fairly heavy and delicate with all the details, l fixed mine in with white glue and this wasn’t strong enough due to rather short point of contact in deck for strength, wobbled loose due to weights involved, trust me using Gorilla Glue a bit scary 😂 ten second rule applies. Better making a more substantial fixing point to support the heavier mast that would allow white glue to be enough for purpose. 👍 Hope this helps. 🤛 Well that’s me till l get some deliveries, thanks for reading. Edited April 5 by Jeff59 Canute and Herby63 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted April 11 Author Share #508 Posted April 11 Hi guys, can do a short update, received some parts in post to allow progress, also purchased a piece of wood for display case bottom so have cut this to size and dressed for what l have in mind, shall have to remove model from this when it comes to making the top, needs grove cut in it to suit class when l get to that stage 👍 Made the small alteration to rib running along waterline at bow, just using a piece of styrene stock and dressing it down to size, not a hard thing to do this but since l noticed it thought fixing it would show difference, this is only for the 1902 Mikasa as by 1905 this was as the kit already is, was only killing time looking for things to do 😄 c Canute, madtatt, GrandpaPhil and 5 others 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted April 11 Author Share #509 Posted April 11 For the sea at waterline on starboard side l game up with this idea and solution, hope it all works in the end, all a first for me, the metal square bar was something out of stash in garage 5x5mm, the idea is glue this to underside and it will stop distortion, used gorilla glue here, incidentally this is what might have been better than my 10 second option for the masts 🙄. Shall drill holes into this to insert rods as supports 👍 Also using same solution as on supporting the torpedo net booms. 👍 madtatt, yvesvidal, GrandpaPhil and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff59 Posted April 11 Author Share #510 Posted April 11 This now lets me cut the 5mm thick PVC foam, all be it carefully, this is where lm at just now. Still waiting on draught mark decals, another 50ft pinnace from Micro Master and more figures for crew. 🤛 Herby63, ccoyle, madtatt and 5 others 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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