1/700 IJN Fushimi Gunboat - first try Scratchbuilt

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Re: 1/700 IJN Fushimi Gunboat - first try Scratchbuilt

by JIM BAUMANN » Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:53 pm

What a cool looking little ship of a less well known navy .


:thumbs_up_1: Jim Baumann

Re: 1/700 IJN Fushimi Gunboat - first try Scratchbuilt

by MichelB » Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:31 am

A well-deserved first place! :thumbs_up_1:

Re: 1/700 IJN Fushimi Gunboat - first try Scratchbuilt

by DanCinSD » Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:57 pm

Beautiful!!

Re: 1/700 IJN Fushimi Gunboat - first try Scratchbuilt

by Quincy » Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:45 pm

Great job!!! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:







Bob Pink. :wave_1:

Re: 1/700 IJN Fushimi Gunboat - first try Scratchbuilt

by AC Studio » Thu Feb 17, 2011 5:36 pm

I totally forgot this post until today when I reviewed all my previous posts...! My last post was nearly one year ago!

The Fushimi Gunboat has long been finished, this came 1st place in scratch-built category in Australian Model Expo last year:
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Anyway, this is the end of my first scratch-building project and now I am looking into scratch-building a Japanese wartime mechant vessel. This is the very end of this post ... thanks for viewing!

Cheers,
Alan

Re: 1/700 IJN Fushimi Gunboat - first try Scratchbuilt

by Sparrow » Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:25 am

She�s a beauty!

A bizarre one, ok, but a true beauty.

Keep up the good work. :thumbs_up_1:

Re: 1/700 IJN Fushimi Gunboat-1st try Scratchbuilt 90% complete

by AC Studio » Sun May 31, 2009 7:34 pm

The following photos shows 90% completed Fushimi. You can see the finished turrets. The observation post at the front mast is actually cut from the body of 1/700 plane, because it is a curved round shape, with smaller diameter at the bottom (like a basket...). Then I drilled a hole in it and done!
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Re: 1/700 IJN Fushimi Gunboat - first try Scratchbuilt

by AC Studio » Sun May 31, 2009 7:20 pm

The photos below show how I scratch-built the gun turrents. Bascially I cut a runner, then used knife to the cut and trim into the turret's form, then I used drill to drill out the hole and hollow backside of the turrets (as seen in the photo of Fushimi, turrets are not fully enclosed) and used knife again to scribe the backside. These turrents is about 4mm in width and 2-3mm in depth. I used 0.25mm copper wire to make the guns of the turrents.
Cut a small strip of runner, cut and trim it to turret's shape.
Cut a small strip of runner, cut and trim it to turret's shape.
Cutting the hole in the turret for the gun
Cutting the hole in the turret for the gun
The hollow backside of the turret.
The hollow backside of the turret.

Re: 1/700 IJN Fushimi Gunboat - first try Scratchbuilt

by Pieter » Fri May 29, 2009 6:27 am

Looks very nice.

Re: 1/700 IJN Fushimi Gunboat - first try Scratchbuilt

by J. Soca » Thu May 28, 2009 2:06 pm

ajkochev wrote:Not ugly it is just odd shaped. It reminds me of the old time steamships on the Mississippi river for some reason.

Great build still. :thumbs_up_1:
yep the term paddle wheel comes to my mind. keep it up AC :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:

Re: 1/700 IJN Fushimi Gunboat - first try Scratchbuilt

by russclark » Thu May 28, 2009 2:01 pm

it is sort of like the boat in the" sand pebbles", a movie about a sailor (steve McQeen) rescueing chinese people on during a war ,i can't remember which one.

Re: 1/700 IJN Fushimi Gunboat - first try Scratchbuilt

by ajkochev » Thu May 28, 2009 11:53 am

Not ugly it is just odd shaped. It reminds me of the old time steamships on the Mississippi river for some reason.

Great build still. :thumbs_up_1:

Re: 1/700 IJN Fushimi Gunboat - first try Scratchbuilt

by AC Studio » Wed May 27, 2009 6:10 pm

haha.. many thinks it is an ugly ship!!.. :big_grin:

Anyway, just finished the masts yesterday night, I used 0.5mm, 0.3mm & 0.2mm brass & copper wire to build the mast. Using superglue to attach parts together. Very easy to build. Photos below show the model with masts.
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Re: 1/700 IJN Fushimi Gunboat - first try Scratchbuilt

by AC Studio » Wed May 27, 2009 6:03 pm

Timmy C wrote:Such an odd-looking vessel!

How did you make your hull? Just a few layers of thick plastic card and then shaped?
No, actually just one layer of 2mm thick cardboard, the one that you can get in artshop or newsagency.

Re: 1/700 IJN Fushimi Gunboat - first try Scratchbuilt

by moomoon » Wed May 27, 2009 5:42 pm

Not a beautiful ship really, but very nice built :thumbs_up_1:

Re: 1/700 IJN Fushimi Gunboat - first try Scratchbuilt

by Quincy » Wed May 27, 2009 11:08 am

That is one impressive little scratchbuild you've got there Alan. :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:




Bob Pink.

Re: 1/700 IJN Fushimi Gunboat - first try Scratchbuilt

by Gone Asiatic » Wed May 27, 2009 6:54 am

Most impressive and quite impressively methodical as oppsed to me own scratch builds! :thumbs_up_1:

Re: 1/700 IJN Fushimi Gunboat - first try Scratchbuilt

by MichelB » Wed May 27, 2009 2:08 am

Impressive scratchbuilding!

Re: 1/700 IJN Fushimi Gunboat - first try Scratchbuilt

by Timmy C » Tue May 26, 2009 7:34 pm

Such an odd-looking vessel!

How did you make your hull? Just a few layers of thick plastic card and then shaped?

Re: 1/700 IJN Fushimi Gunboat - first try on Scratchbuilt

by AC Studio » Tue May 26, 2009 6:08 pm

More photos of the construction progress, u can see I have put in photo-etch railings, and added additional details according to the photo and drawings. Yesterday night I began to build the masts. So far so good, have not encounter any problems. Click the photos to enlarge and u will see all the details I that I have added if u like. Cheers!
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