Completed Models - IJN Heavy Cruiser Maya

[J. Soca]

Just wanted to show you a couple of pictures of Maya�s bridge I kind of finished it today I still want to add some figures I�m sure this will give it a nicer touch. I had to go over a couple of books AOTS, Maru Special I also checked a couple of models one of them was Claudio Matteinis�s Maya this one sure helped me a lot.

[Avery Boyer]

Excellent work so far!

[MartinJQuinn]

Nice work. I'll be using this to help detail my 1/700 Maya.

[Dan K]

It's looking very good, Jose.

[J. Soca]

Thank you very much guys, I�ve been trying to do my best but you always find something that�s not right either from the paint job to the details, I went over the pictures one more time and I found a couple of them . I also forgot about these:

[Guest]

Model looking very nice, J.

[J. Soca]

Thanks dude, Dan for a second there i thought Chokai had those holes, Chokai and Maya bridge structures were kind of identical in some aspects.

[J. Soca]

Hey guys


Got to finish all 4 turrets today and I�m halfway done with the smoke stacks, sorry for the low quality pics taking pictures in daylight is way better than at this time BTW the brass barrels are from Voyager.




I took these shots earlier

[J. Soca]

Hi guys

I�ve been kind of busy lately although I was able to do some work on the ship last weekend and this one. I remember saying once I wasn�t going to cut off the hull bottom of the ship well I ended up doing it I�m so used to work with waterline ships I can�t stop it now . I added some of the Type 89 AA guns and these little babies look awesome. I�ll post more pics next weekend.

Jose

[MartinJQuinn]

Looking might fine, Jose. The Maya is my favorite of this class - she was very fierce looking with the added AA guns.

[J. Soca]

Thank You Martin, she's always been my favorite from all the 4 cruisers too

[J. Soca]

Hi guys

I hope to finish the rear mast by next week, I�ve been taking my time in doing this ship I�d say I�m more than halfway done with the whole thing but I don�t want to rush it I�ve got nothing else to model after this baby so I�m also killing time here . I don�t know if you noticed but I stopped using acrylic gel medium as water I got tired of using it mainly I just wanted to try something else I didn�t know where to turn to and then I remembered Bob Cicconi told me once he uses papier Mache so I just gave it a try and to tell you the truth this is best modeled water I�ve done up to date. BTW, I didn�t take any stern shots because I haven�t done much there besides painting the deck.

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[Kym Knight]

Superb job! I didn't realise the difference between the ships of this class, totally different to the Takao.

[Dan K]

Looks really good, Jose.

[J. Soca]

Thank you fellows!!

[chuck]

Jose, did you use the PE set supplied by Aoshima?

[chuck]

Jose, did you use the PE set supplied by Aoshima?

[J. Soca]

It was one those long sundays for me today , I went out fishing with my father and brother and even though I didn�t catch anything I did get a suntan . After I got home I kind of finished the rear mast, fixed i'd say rectify some things one of those was the bridge's wind baffle, I also added some partial railings and retouched a couple of things with paint. I think little by little she�s coming along pretty good.

[J. Soca]

Hey fellows

First of all happy Saint Patrick's day it's kind of late now but I didn�t want to go to sleep without showing you a couple of pics I took after I finished adding some things, the rear mast I�d say is done if I had to add something else it�d be some rigging but I think its looks decent like that, boats and davits are in place, wind socks are made out of paper in case you are wondering it was a real challenge painting and gluing them but I really wanted to add these so its just like the saying no pain no gain I did some work on the ship�s jackstaff, I also added some awning stanchions and even if its not accurate for the ship to have them on at that time I�d like to add more of them I like the way these look on her.

[MartinJQuinn]

That ship just oozes power and grace. Great job!