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Topic review - IJN Chitose Pit-Road 1/700
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J. Soca
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GMG4RWF wrote:
J. Soca wrote:
(shhh... don't tell anyone...the Navy Carrier Admirals don't want anyone to know that Super Carriers are obsolete :faint: )




Got ya :heh: thanks for chiming in!!


Jose :wave_1:
Post Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 2:40 pm
Quincy
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:thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:



Bob Pink. :wave_1:
Post Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 2:25 pm
GMG4RWF
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J. Soca wrote:
...I don't know if it was practical but it was somewhat cool to see the bridge in the hangar...
It greatly restricted visibility for the Helm, Captain & Bridge Crew making close harbor maneuvering more difficult. Also the lack of an Island restricts lookout positions (which need to be near the bridge/Captain to pass on warnings quickly) and aircraft deck controllers (basically traffic controllers for the aircraft) have no overview of the deck. (not to mention inconvenient signal/radar/radio masts) but mostly (for a conventional carrier) a lack of position for a funnel - the side funnel puts the hot gasses to the side of the ship below flight-deck level - they can still blow up & over into the path of landing aircraft - a vertical funnel put these gasses above the flight/landing path & rising. but true "flattops" do have an aesthetic appeal - I mostly like these for the light carrier concept. With modern (heavy) jet aircraft they were not practical (tough to land an F-14 on the Chitoose) but the F-18 may be able to operate from one & certainly the Harrier & the new F-35 JSF VTOL model.
(shhh... don't tell anyone...the Navy Carrier Admirals don't want anyone to know that Super Carriers are obsolete :faint: )
Post Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 12:18 pm
J. Soca
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I've always liked the simplicity of these carriers I don't know if it was practical but it was somewhat cool to see the bridge in the hangar just like the Ryujo class, Awesome job so far :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:



Jose :wave_1:
Post Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 10:56 am
PetrolGator
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Greg,

Those aircraft look fantastic. That PE set is just outstanding, man.
Post Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:31 pm
blacman
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I just applied matt varnish. Here's how they look now:

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I will take some final pictures and put them into gallery. Something like this:

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Greetings
Greg
Post Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 4:25 pm
PetrolGator
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I'm glad your Polish friends convinced you. Those little aircraft look GREAT.
Post Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 10:41 pm
blacman
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Friends from Polish Forum convinced me to make airplanes which was not intended ... anyway here they are:

Before painting:
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and after:
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Chitose after rigging:
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just to arrange the deck and ... done!
Post Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 4:33 pm
blacman
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thank you Dan.
IJN Chitose almost ready: just couple of picture from last stage of build.
Complete ship I will try to put into galery soon:


Some small parts:

limitation of movements of 127mm guns, mast holders, navigation lights:
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and additional signal lights :
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last striping:
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and of course the most important item already placed!

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Rigs of main mast :

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last update before final rigging and small deck fittings:

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thank you for following!
Greg
Post Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 6:21 pm
Dan K
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Fantastic work, Greg.
Post Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 11:28 am
blacman
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Today was important day. Shipyard has installed the deck!

fotoreport:
direction strips painted, decal hiragana Chitose "set down" very well
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navigation platforms mounted and stern technical platform as well
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support for deck fixed:
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antiaircraft 25mm guns mounted:
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... and deck set down very well too! I was a bit concerned for fixing it
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before shift ends some equipment also has been mounted...:
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Post Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 5:06 pm
blacman
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thank you...

bow and stern decks almost ready:

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I tried to apply rust effects - how it went - you can see. I'm not experienced in it at all.... Any suggestions are very welcome... :smallsmile:

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Post Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 5:11 pm
PetrolGator
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The level of detail that you are putting into this ship is unreal.
Post Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:56 pm
blacman
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... on Chitose general fittings just started:

Correction of the bow:
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Fitting of bow deck:

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I’m not quite happy with reels... but I will leave them. Next project will be improved. 


Optical equipment:

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Bow elevator is going to be down. I made a part of hangar:

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It’s not Fuldy build but looking from the desk seems to be OK... :D

Singnals platforms and positions lights. Lights not yet on…:)

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Antiaircraft staff ready! :

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And draft looks of Chitose:

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Post Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:31 pm
blacman
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ajkochev wrote:
Did you design this PE set and deck on your own?

Yes. For every project I'm doing special PE set. Since for Chitose there is no dedicated one I designed almost all parts exept very few generics parts - used from PE suppliers.
Thanks for comments :smallsmile:
Greg
Post Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 1:05 am
ajkochev
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Wow, is all I can say. :thumbs_up_1: Did you design this PE set and deck on your own?
Post Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 10:12 pm
Dan K
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Beautiful work, Greg!
Post Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 8:42 pm
blacman
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... small update.
I just upgraded 25mm guns:


PitRoad released very simplified closed stations of 25mm guns and I decided to detalized them:
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and stations ready:

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I will add railings and "calibrate" the barrels a bit and it's done :smallsmile:


that's my approach to open triple 25s:

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and guns ready:

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The barrels will be a bit adjusted to be straight before mounted on ship....

cheers!
Greg
Post Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 6:06 pm
blacman
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Hallis wrote:

Also, I see you're in Poland. I ate some Bigos and Kishka for the very first time a week or two ago. It was amazing. :p


I'm glad you liked it ! :thumbs_up_1:

Yes - bigos is very OK. Specially when my wife makes it ... :).


Small update after break: I mounted all supports for platforms and funnels

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Funnels supports need to be corrected by putty a bit...

Small ship but there's a lot to do.
Post Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 5:17 pm
Hallis
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You could probably sell PE sets for that now that you have a design. If it'd be profitable for you to do so.


Also, I see you're in Poland. I ate some Bigos and Kishka for the very first time a week or two ago. It was amazing. :p
Post Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:17 pm

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