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

[madtatt]

My big towers took a little longer, but they’re finished.
So here’s another little update today.

 

 

Into the barbettes. With their wedge shape, they could still win a design award today, I think.

 

 

And towards the rear. Its unusual shape is truly impressive.

 

 

This completes the main armament and I can now focus on the bridge.

 

 

The Mikasa looks so cool from the front.

 

 

 

 

[madtatt]

Just a quick snack at my shipyard today.
Before I start on the bridge wing and the wheelhouse, I wanted to make a few neat handrails to simplify and make things safer.
For this, I made small, custom-made handrails out of a multiplex board.

 

 

Then cover the surface with BluTack.

 

 

And the two components were placed on top.

 

 

Now I can work on them properly without having to worry about tearing off the outer support struts again.

 

 

I always play it safe whenever possible.
That’s how my workstands, which I like to call dry docks, came about.
By the way, if anyone is interested, I’ve created a short construction guide on the IPMS website.

 

Dry dock

[Jeff59]

Hi Jolle, hope you’re keeping well. That was the first thing l thought, looks like chocolate sponge cake, immediately gave me hunger pangs 😂 you’re model is coming on a treat, sitting here having my super, hungry now 😂 Seriously though, certainly putting the hours in, that £150 kit certainly gets its moneys worth from us modlers, am looking at Bismarck beside me and glad it’s not the Mikasa 😂 think you know where lm coming from there. Must say your painting skills are phenomenal, looking so realistic. You’ll be so impressed with how totally crammed with detail this ship ends up, certainly not the £150 kit you started with 😂🤛 looking forward to your next post 👍 If you got paid minimum wage for every hour spent on this you’d have one fat wallet 😂 Catch you next time 🤛

[Jim Lad]

A clever solution, Ilhan!

 

John