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I am using Display Case to protect the ship from dust.
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My best wishes, Yury...

Gentlemen, thanks for your assistance!
Shapeways Loading exercise machine -
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Let me to report on the work.
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Looks like no cable reel on SB side, only coiled rope may be in basket
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Great job, Yury! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:




Bob Pink. :wave_1:

Yury,

Great looking build so far. This is what my translator came up with,


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So Dan and Timmy are right about it being a practice loader vs an actual gun.

Matt

Part C31 is likely a practice loader for the 12.7cm guns.

Regarding the funnel, you're probably right - even the paint diagram shows the larger oval hole to face aft.

On the "gun", it seems to be a practice loader.

Very nice thread ... booked to follow :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:

Kindly asking assistance from IJN funs. I don't know the purpose of this part. What is it? To my mind this is type93 13 mm machine gun.
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Thanks in advance, Yury...

[quote="gscott"]Very clean build so far. Looking forward to more updates! :wave_1:[/quote]
Thanks a lot! Hello everybody!

Looks like Assembly manual gives wrong position of funnel. It must be turned on 180 degrees (but I am not sure).
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My opinion based on sistership "Shioya" drawings
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...drawings of Japanese modeler with nick "hsn5656"
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... and the model of another modeler with nick "ddminekaze"
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Best regards, Yury

Very clean build so far. Looking forward to more updates! :wave_1:

Great subject, and excellent work so far!

Donald McNarry describes such a jig (but in wood) in his 1955 (!!!) book 'Building miniature ships', but for cutting gun barrels at identical lengths.
Now I see it actually works! :big_grin:
Have to try that myself...

That is a very, very smart jig for the hawser reels. Great work and paint.

Another small parts. PitRoad PE set gives only 10 of 12 cable reels. I used extra parts from North Star Models set NSA 700036.
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Drums. Copper wire fixed on styrene rod with zaponlack. Simple device made for cutting of drums with equal length.
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40cal. type89 12.7cm AA guns model A1 mod.1.
Turned barrels - ABER L-07. Ladders - ABER 04.
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Very nice!

[quote="warspite63"]Wonderful attention to detail - your work is excellent! :-)[/quote]
Thank you.

Paint job commenced. Deck - Tamiya XF-79 Linoleum Deck Brown. Ship's sides, superstructures - GSI Creos Mr.Hobby Color 50% H1 White + 50% H83 Dark Gray (2). Underwater - GSI Creos Mr.Hobby Color H47 Red Brown.
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Wonderful attention to detail - your work is excellent! :-)

Thanks a lot, Pieter. I shall try.

Japanese modeler HSN5656 (unfortunately I don't know his name) made great research for "Ashizuri"- and "Sunosaki"-Class Combat Support Ships here: [url]https://hsn5656.blog.fc2.com/blog-category-16.html[/url].
I made the account in FC2 Blog for communication with this Gentleman, got the explanation in English for one of his scheme. But my account was blocked and I did't save his messages.

So... Main particulars
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Very nice detail work here. About the fairleads, maybe you can flatten them a little (copper is quite flexible) and fill out the curves near the deck using either thick paint or Kristal Klear.
[quote="Dr. Livesey"]0,45 mm portholes and fairleads (0,18 mm copper wire). Another my mistake - fairleads must be closer to the ship's sides. And no idea how to make fairleads more realistic in 1/700 scale.
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That's some very intensive porthole work. I'm interested in how this kit builds up.