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

[madtatt]

Many thanks, Roel. 😊

 

Next, I tackled the crane boom and the wind vents.

I’m actually installing the crane boom very early on, for two reasons.

First, this allows me to finish the work on the amidships deck, and second, I want to put the upper part of the masts in place as late as possible. On the Mikasa, they are much taller and more delicate than on the Bismarck, making the model quite unwieldy.

And so I got started.

First, I created a mounting for the pulley on the boat deck. This consisted of two deck eyes and a base plate. The nice thing about this was that it gave me a little more leeway when aligning the crane boom. The hook could be moved up and down a bit in the bracket, which simplified things.

 

 

Then I assembled the missing wind vents.

 

 

And without further ado, let’s get all that stuff onto the model.

 

 

The crane boom is placed on a support.

 

 

And the pulley system can be conveniently parked on the deck.

 

 

It’s a damn tight fit, but it works.

 

 

 

[madtatt]

Okay, a quick update for the weekend.

And here’s the material you’ll need.

 

 

Curtain up:

 

 

The crew folds up the excess tarpaulins for storage. An officer supervises the work from above.

 

 

Finally, my compass, into which I had put so much work, could also be placed on the model.

 

 

There’s not much to see of his brother in the wheelhouse.

 

 

And the first 12-pound naval guns were also allowed to take their places.

 

 

The front bridge is now complete, except for the searchlights.

 

[madtatt]

Hello everyone.

Just a few pictures of the aft bridge today. It's now been fitted with crew and interior details. The searchlights are still missing, as I'm waiting for the 3D print from New Zealand. Also, a signal flag needs to be hoisted, but for that I need the complete mast. 😁

 

 

It still annoys me a little that I didn’t show how to attach the tarpaulin here. But crying won’t help, so this is what I’ve done.

 

 

The crew is being trained on the 12 pound cannons.

 

 

Under the strict supervision of the officers.

 

 

That means I’ve now finished everything amidships. As always, following my crafting maxim, I’m working from the inside out.

 

 

And so I can now turn my attention to the bow and the stern.