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[quote="gtb -red"]As always! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:[/quote]


Thank you very much Mardis!!!



Jose :wave_1:

As always! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:

[quote="Gilbert"]Very nice work overall Jose, rigging is very impressive in particular :thumbs_up_1:

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Thanks Gilbert! i used 2 sources for the rigging, one was the Classic Warship Pictorial #13 & the other Gakken 65. streched sprue requires alot of patience in the making.. :big_grin: waaaay too britle, if you add to much CA adhesive it breaks right there and if it's not much it won't glue as you want it requires the right amount of it and most of the time is a problem to get it right the first time but like i say all in good time.


Jose

Very nice work overall Jose, rigging is very impressive in particular :thumbs_up_1:

Gilbert

I’ve been pretty busy lately with the semester’s finals and i didn’t have a lot of time to do much on Kongo i shouldn’t even be doing this today instead i should be going over 8 Accounting chapters which will be in the final this upcoming tuesday but WTH i felt i had to do something besides studying, i’ll get back to it right after this. I got good news and bad news, goods news is she is almost done with the exception of painting the scupper pipes the bad news is i ran out of sasebo paint thanks to my inability of closing the container’s lid :Mad_6: . The rigging was done using stretched sprue and painted with black smoke acrylic. I read on her TROM captain Shimazaki was promoted to rear admiral on may 1944, here she is sailing under his flag while performing sea trials after her last refit, too bad she was wearing kure gray and not sasebo, big screw up from my part. Next time you see Kongo she’ll be done, enjoy the shots.

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Jose

Definately weird that you've had such problems, Jose. That would be a right pain. All my posted pics use Photobucket, and I learned about that little adjusted parameter to the upload when I started doing images on Shipbucket, to avoid the automatic resizes that would kill the designed scale for the images. I can imagine it's a right pain, I normally open the files manually when I'm cropping them in Paint Shop Pro, and then save them right back to the directory I downloaded them off the camera once they're cropped and resized.

She really is a beautiful piece of work though Jose, you did some awesome work with the PE on the ship.

[quote="Sauragnmon"] the trick with Photobucket is what filter you set on the uploads - they can automatically resize the images to fit a dimension, or else you can set it to the 1MB limit [/quote]


I really haven't payed any attention at that, lately i've gotten used to upload the pics using the "upload attachment" option from right here but adding those fancy red letters changed the entire picture's format so i had no other choice but to use photobucket this time it was kind of a hassle too i had to email the pics to my PB account something i never did before for some reason i couldn't find the picture file on my computer, sometimes i really hate working with Adobe photoshop..., thanks for the info though and a second thanks for the complement.


Jose

Jose, the trick with Photobucket is what filter you set on the uploads - they can automatically resize the images to fit a dimension, or else you can set it to the 1MB limit - I prefer to resize on my own, after cropping, and then upload them. Certainly, I've been watching the build and she looks great - I have my own Fujimi Kongo sitting on the shelf waiting for me to get around to her, and I plan on making some... modifications to her layout.

Thank you, thank you very much guys!!

[quote="Gilbert"]


I would like to put, with your permission, the picture showing the crest, in L'Arsenal catalogue.


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Gilbert the pleasure will be all mine if you do it, all these shots came through photobucket and i noticed something the quality is not the same as the ones i got saved in my computer. if you want let me know your L'arsenal email and i will email you the unedited copy which i think looks way more crispier in detail.

Jose

Wow Jose, wow!!! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:





Bob Pink.

Jose, as usual, awesome work on this kit :thumbs_up_1:

I would like to put, with your permission, the picture showing the crest, in L'Arsenal catalogue.

Cheers

Gilbert

Water still needs some work but its getting there, the awning stanchions are from Flyhawk just like i wrote on the picture however the P.E set doesn’t have that name it comes with the name of “CANOPY” they look pretty good better than the ones i’ve scratchbuilt in the past :nod_1: hehehe more money to spend though. The P.E chrysanthemum crest is a pretty little thing Gilbert. I took a better picture of the new window frame and also well is hard to see but i added a perforated bar right below the signal flag yard. Until now she looks pretty much done i still need to go over some paint mistakes and finish the rigging though.


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Jose

I was able to finish a couple of things today, i scratchbuilt the plane deck's crane it was a rather simple procedure i think the other crane was the thoughest one of them two :heh: i did some work on the davits too, i like the way these are molded to tell you the truth i've always liked plastic davits for being more sturdy than P.E ones i did replace a crude stick which was hanging from the goose neck with P.E reels.

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tomorrow i want to start tackling the water one more time i'll try to finish painting the white waves and foam just got to let it dry for now.

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I haven't forgotten about the crest Gilbert :big_grin: you'll see it on sunday.


Jose

[quote="Gilbert"]Looks very nice Jose :thumbs_up_1: . Awesome work on the pagoda tower too :thumbs_up_1:

Cheers

Gilbert :wave_1:

PS : Can't see the crest :big_grin:[/quote]


Thanks alot Gilbert !

i haven't gotten to the flower part yet :big_grin: i'll try to get on it and finish it next weekend


Jose

Looks very nice Jose :thumbs_up_1: . Awesome work on the pagoda tower too :thumbs_up_1:

Cheers

Gilbert :wave_1:

PS : Can't see the crest :big_grin:

Full speed sea trials are here :big_grin: i still got a long way to go with the water. i decided to take another aproach on the water what you are seeing there are foil paper for the water base and Dynaflez 230 ahhmmm i mean a latex sealant i've gotten great results so far and it's not even painted yet.
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I added perforated bars to the backbone support of the pagoda and changed the loop anthena support with a gusset, it looks more refined like this. if you pay attention at the first pictures you'll notice new windows on level 3 i believe, 2 levels after the air defense station ( top level) i went over some 1/350 scale models and this is the kind of window frame that needed to go there.


Jose

Much obliged guys!!!

[quote="Kym Knight"] After all the work your putting into this kit, you probably won't be interested in the 1:350 version. :big_grin:[/quote]


I'd love to get my hands on Hiei when it comes out in 1/350 scale, i really never thought about buying any of the other sisters in any scale though but after seeing that beauty in 1/700 scale i realized i needed to get it, it's been great so far i've had my fun and i must say it's been my best work on 1/700 until now i'm very happy with it and i'm afraid i won't stop here now i got plans for a 1/700 Nagato with that nice Lionroar set and after it maybe a Takao class cruiser i think i bit the bait after all :big_grin:


Jose

It must have been a tedious job working on that crane!!!

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Nick
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The crane looks very nice with all the rigging and your "customized" hook Jose. :thumbs_up_1:

Gilbert

This is turning into a little beauty, great work Jose. After all the work your putting into this kit, you probably won't be interested in the 1:350 version. :big_grin: