Mikasa by madtatt - Merit International - 1:200 - PLASTIC - pre-Dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) - appearance after 1905

[madtatt]

Today, it was all about properly securing the masts to the deck. I’m always a little nervous before such important steps.
That’s why preparation is key to ensuring everything goes smoothly. That’s how I did this small plate that serves as a support for the stop angle.

 

 

By placing it on the bridge house, I can quickly check the angle of each side of the mast. This is important because the time window is very small. I use superglue with a long setting time, but it still has to be done quickly.

 

 

I won’t keep you in suspense, but it worked. I laid some more rope next to it and had a sailor check the ropes.

 

 

And everything went smoothly at the rear as well. Phew…

 

 

The deck amidships is slowly filling up.

 

 

Now I can continue working on the bridge houses.

 

 

 

[madtatt]

Good morning everyone. Another question for Jeff.
You left out the small handwheel on the square mushroom structures and changed the height. I also think it's a ventilation duct and not a hatch.

 

 

You took the height of the ventilation duct from the picture of the museum ship. However, there it's also positioned a bit further forward.

 

 

And now to my thoughts. I found an original photo where the bridge houses are clearly visible and brightened it up a bit. However, I can't see these structures at all in the photos. Whereas the wheelhouse is quite clearly visible.

 

 

Could it be that the height of the ventilation ducts on the museum ship was only subsequently changed?

Otherwise they must be visible from the front view of the bridge house, like here, again on the museum ship.

 

 

And another question that occurs to me, Jeff.
Where did you get the information that these cable drums were installed on the bridge houses?

 

 

I've carefully reviewed all my photos of the original ship, but I can't find her on any of them. 🤔

Edited May 18 by madtatt

[madtatt]

Hi Jeff, it's me again.
I discovered something else interesting about the pretty good and well-known picture of the Mikasa at the Vickers shipyard shortly before its completion.

 

 

I enlarged the bridgehouse and discovered the gratings of the accommodation ladder. See green arrows.
Since I want to show the ship at full speed, I need them stowed. What I can't find, however, are the drainpipes you added. Is it possible that these were also added to the museum ship later?

To prevent tourists from slipping when its rain? 😁

 

Edited Tuesday at 03:17 AM by madtatt

[madtatt]

Now that the lower part of the masts is firmly anchored to the deck, I can turn my attention back to the bridgehouses. First, I soldered more attachment points for the rigging. It simply holds best.

 

 

As mentioned in the previous post, I noticed two dark squares. I believe these can only be the gratings of the  accommodation ladder. Since I'll be showing my ship at full speed, as usual, they'll have to be stowed there as well on this model. But that won't happen until after I've attached the bridgehouses to the deck.
What I'm already doing is attaching the corresponding davits. I've identified them in the following pictures. Rear bridgehouse....

 

 

And the implementation by me.

 

 

And at the front. Strangely, my image editing program didn’t allow a green arrow. So a white arrow points to the davit.

 

 

Note that the davits point to the right and left.

 

 

Great, I love searching for details like Sherlock and then adding them. 🔎

 

 

Edited yesterday at 12:40 PM by madtatt
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