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Dear Friends:
Here is a very nice little lady:
Laid down as seaplane tender. Rebuilt in 1943 into light aircraft carier. This is the version I would like to build. Painting as belov.



I would like to place my first WIP - so please be forgiving...

I wiped out the doors and some details and I trased the hull:



and added some supports:





Bow and stern deck is going to be replaced:





also main deck will go down as photoetched part:

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Looking very good.

I just wanted to throw out a little caution from someone who has scribed hull plates: Make sure that, post priming, they are as subtle as possible. My first attempt at this came off as horribly overscale.

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- Chris

1/700 Saratoga w/Pontos (Needs paint)
1/700 Potato w/Kurama (On hold)
1/700 Murdertorpedoboat Ooi

Nice, neat work. I like the flight deck planking of the kit. Why can't Fujimi get this right?

Where do the replacement PE decks come from?

Thank you for advice. Looking at them naked eyes they are almost invisible. I closed the grooves after the scribing.... Should be OK - we will see!


It's not aftermarket set. I made my own one for that project. Just scanned original plastic deck, made the drawings and etched.
Baby on photoetched sea...


and some details:




Since there is a very little references for that ship - it's a "suppose to be" design...


Any photos or source materials of Chitose in aircraft version would be very welcome....

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There's an excellent set of plans for one of the sisters as a CVL. I'll have to check which sister and publisher. I guess there's not to much on the CASF thread.

Maybe these can help

Something spectacular in the make here.

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WIP:
-1/72 Revell flower class corvette,with GLS PE and lots of Evergreen.
-1/350 Dragon Scharnhorst, Artwox wooden decks, CyberHobby PE, Master brass barrels.

Looking very nice indeed.Watching with keen interest.....Cheers mark

Thank you Dan...

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The publisher was a Japanese company named Pleiades. Not sure if they're still in business as I no longer see it carried on HLJ. The planset was for Chiyoda, issued in late 2004, ISBN4-7720-0893-4

HTH.

Pit Road kit is very nice molded. But there some simplify. I corrected sponsons & platform supports:







Deck fixed.


Some metaloplasty job ...





Air deck support :




Make the grating support took whole afternoon of big fun ...

Draft fitting...



greeting from Poland...

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i am very impressed
wish i could build one like this all etched this way
for me, its just a dream

Rainy morning brings always something good..:

I reshaped the bow's hawse-hole:


And also stern's one made:


Radiolocation technology ...




cheers!
Greg

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Are you using a soldering iron to bind the PE?

This looks like it's going to be something special.

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- Chris

1/700 Saratoga w/Pontos (Needs paint)
1/700 Potato w/Kurama (On hold)
1/700 Murdertorpedoboat Ooi

No. I'm using superglue for professional application
Thank you for watching

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Nice progress!




Bob Pink.

Linoleum laying down:

base color for whole area:



and after scribbing off from the brass fixing bars:





Main desk decking started !

to tone up the surface I made kind of "preshading":




preliminary main base colors:




and after draft oil filtering:






I consider to apply darken color into gaps to expose a bit more planking joints but I'm afraid it would go like "too much" ... I have no experience here...
What do you think ?

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I have zero experience with 1/700 kits, but i think it will look great with another wash.

Also...most wooden decks on models (painted and real wood) I see are way too yellow imho.
I vote for a more greyish finish, wood on ships doesn't lookt like a freshly cut tree.

Love your build!

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WIP:
-1/72 Revell flower class corvette,with GLS PE and lots of Evergreen.
-1/350 Dragon Scharnhorst, Artwox wooden decks, CyberHobby PE, Master brass barrels.

Beautiful. I'd like to talk with you offline about your PE deck, if possible.

Sure! Let's Skype over the weekend...
Greg

Very true...

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