Dan K wrote:
I'm sorry to hear that about Mr. Takumi (?), the Miyukikai guy. I wonder if that's why we haven't seen any new plan sets from him in a while.
I happen to agree that nearly every photo etch version of the brass strips is overscale in 1/700.
Even the best of them, from Gold Medal Models on their IJN Ultra Fine railing set, is still .003" wide. In 1/700 scale that works out to 2 inches/50mm, which is certainly a big improvement. But, of course, those are very difficult to glue in place.
He has another issue abt original plans;for ex. good,comprehensive,full plans of cruiser Kako/Furutaka, Aoba/Kinugasa 1944/1942,Chokai 1944 in 1/96 or 1/100 do not exist, so he can not convert them into 1/200 to initiate rendering processes at all. I´m sort of in a position to help create them into workable plans for Hyuga/Ise,Kako cl. Aoba cl. in 1/100 from year-long researches and models of mine,the thing is he and me are in a different business agent connection...
Pr your mention I can feel the ones from Gold Medals will be very close to the width of real brass stripes. Being closer to 2.5 inch/50mm is super fine for small scale kit models. I can only manage to cut stripes out to 0,5mm with expression of bolts. If I fumble, it tends to become 0,6mm or more,it is too wide,if too thin,it is liable to bend, breaks open,I have to throw them away.
This is a compromise I have made on 1/100 Chokai.
When finished,the model is going to be a mind-blowing one with new discoveries & interpretations,I can not afford losing eyesight yet.
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mucho,