IJN Kongo+Veteran UltimateDetail-Flyhawk SuperDetail

Dirk · Post by **Dirk** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 4:44 pm

I did not completely finish my Mogami
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but I need a change now. Therefore I will work on Kongo and Mogami simultaneous.
The Fujimi Kongo is my first model in scale 1/700.
During this build I want to compare Veteran Models Ultimate Detail Set with the Flyhawk Super Detail Set.

Here the first turrets before painting. Flyhawk parts are good but Veteran parts a little bit better here. Therefore I used only Veteran parts for the turrets. Of course, the resin parts from Veterans are superb and without competition. I improved the plastic blast bags with a little bit of Teflon tape.

: Kongo001

: Kongo002

Turrets after air brushing (and paint brushing of the blast bags):

: Kongo003

: Kongo004

johndon · Post by **johndon** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 4:55 pm

Great start Dirk

John

Dirk · Post by **Dirk** » Sun Sep 12, 2010 3:57 pm

Thanks John!

I started with the pagoda and added two triple AA guns from the Veterans set.

: Kongo005

Using the Fine Molds AA guns would be quicker but the Veterans AA guns are better. To accentuate the details I employed a washing to the turrets.

: Kongo006

: Kongo007

: Kongo008

: Kongo009

: Kongo010

The Veteran set is the best set I ever saw and I fear it will make me addicted.

Dan K · Post by **Dan K** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 1:22 pm

looks good, Dirk.

Dirk · Post by **Dirk** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 6:33 pm

Thank you, Dan!

The pagoda needs some planning, especially for painting. There are a lot of platforms covered with linoleum.
I wanted an open hatch for the main gun fire control. I used a saw to open the plastic part (Kongo011(a,b)).

: Kongo011

After grinding with the Proxxon (Kongo012(c)) I cut 3 frames of 1/700 doors into U-shapes, gave them the appropriate curvature and glued them to the part (Kongo012(d)).

: Kongo012

I bended 2 segments of �brass sprue� and glued them into place by hiding all bases of the U�s (Kongo012(e)). In the Veterans kit there are four type 13 gun fire controls include and it would fit in here. But maybe a waste of such a nice resin part because it will be barely visible.

J. Soca · Post by **J. Soca** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 7:53 pm

Looking great so far Dirk!!!!

man those are beautiful barrels!

Jose

GTDEATH13 · Post by **GTDEATH13** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 9:31 am

Very very interesting... Thanks for sharing.

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