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I am making a fiberglass hull of the IJN Heavy Cruiser Mogami for a friend .He will be making the late war seaplane carrier version .Here are a few photos of what he and I have done so far .

I made the plug the same way as the T3 Tanker .







Installed the dam and sprayed on PVA .



Started the mold .Three 8 mil layers of tooling gel coat then a layer of matt .Each side will have six layers of matt .



Stan has started the superstructure .

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good start

I now have six layers of matt on the port side . Used five qt of resin to do it .



Getting ready to seperate the dam from the mold .



Starboard side ready for PVA then matt .

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That's looking pretty sweet mate An interesting subject vessel too!!

Cheers Bruce

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Mogami running trials as a light cruiser .

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WOW Richard looks fantastic matte.
i like the pieces you are doing.

You simply got to love the sleek hull of those cruisers, Nice job on the superstructure Any progress on your Tone Richard?




Jose

Hi Jose
I still have to fix the Takao and Tone masters .Not sure which one to do next .Looks like your vote would be Tone .

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Hi Richard Great subject and superb hull . In photos these IJN cruisers always seemed to be racing through the water with a very pronounced bow wave . There is a model maker over here that builds only IJN warships .His latest model is the Tone at 1:96 scale.
Dave Wooley

Hi Dave
Thank you for your comments .I have always thought IJN cruisers were cool looking .
I just installed the last layer of matt on the mold .Next I'll install the wood and drill the holes for the bolts .





Stan has been buisy on the superstructure .This is what he has so far .

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Hi Richard!
It's a interesting project. personally I like a light cruiser of her.
Song.

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Hvy Cgn9 ,Norbert and Song
Thanks for looking in .I hope you enjoy this build .
I removed the top part of the dam .Love her shape .

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My mext modelship(in the future LOL) i pretend make use of GRP.
and i am learning a few from you
super job Richard

Norbert
Good to see you have started you hull .
Clamped plywood pieces , backed with resin and matt along the plug for the bolts . I use bolts with shoulders so they act as guide dowles at the same time .



Trimed the excess matt on one side .This is the thickness of six layers of matt .



Seperated the mold to remove the plug .



Bolted the mold back together .




Note torpedo blister .



The O-1 level is part of the mold .Hulls will have this level already there .



It has to sit a few days then polished with release wax .Then the first IJN Cruiser hull .

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Washed the mold then waxed it with hi temp release wax .



Clamped the mold halfs to the table to polish with release wax .



Bolted the mold together then sprayed on two coats of PVA .



Sprayed on about 25 mils of gel coat



Laid up the hull







Have to let it sit in the mold for five days

This is the first and only IJN Heavy Cruiser made in USA .

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Richard i will make one folder about your explanations on GRP.
i don't know about that so i am very interested to learn about.
Magnific

Norbert
Your Bismarck is a masterpiece .

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Impressive work!


I am watching!

JIM B

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Allright!!!


Beautiful work all around Richard !! superstructure is looking insane man!! I Take it you are going to scratchbuild all the optic equipment?? any ideas for the bridge itself? is there enough space to add the plotting map table and stuff like that?


regards

Jose

Hi Jim and Jose

Thank you for looking in .I am only making the hull .Stan Helper is doing the real work on building the Mogami .As you can see by his superstructure he is a first class scratch builder .I will ask him to answere questions on the build .

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