Rebuilding the fleet by mikegr - 1/700 - restoring old plastic models

[Veszett Roka]

I think the torpedo tubes are bullseye hit. See them here

http://combinedfleet.com/torps.htm

[mikegr]

At my stash I had IJN catapults from Tom's Model works.

They were delicate and fragile to handle. After painting I test fitted them

 

Edited January 22 by mikegr

[mikegr]

On 1/22/2025 at 1:47 PM, Veszett Roka said:

I think the torpedo tubes are bullseye hit. See them here

http://combinedfleet.com/torps.htm

It seems that Takao class is using a different type of torpedo tubes and the shape of the room is similar. This confused me a bit

The Haguro class uses  a different weapon and the torpedo "cave" is just a rectangle

I ended up removing the wire and add some putty before paint it

 

 

[mikegr]

My PE set for triple AA guns are a nightmare. I designed my own, to replace the standard ones. That 2 cent coin looks so huge.

 

[mikegr]

I glued the AA guns, this model has 8 additional type 96 AA guns but these are double. I strip off almost anything to work better, some pieces left on hull need to cut them.

[mikegr]

The Funnel

 

I have some PE to enhance it but there are terribly delicate and hard to glue it, I'm not feel ready yet to use it

So I decide to use it 0.3mm wire both for sides and the cap. Some pieces were as short as 3 mm. Then I had to bend them slightly.

The final result after some primer application