Hey,
Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been working on the main artillery for IJN Fuso. Below is a brief summary of the past three months.
In the first photo, you can see the barrels from Haliński's accessory set (I’ll talk more about the barrels later), along with additional parts that I designed based on elements from the model but printed on a 3D printer.
The next two photos show all the elements of the turret frames, plus the axes—already removed from the supports—on which I’ll mount the barrels.
I sanded down the clamps on the barrels that held the training mechanism mounts because, they would have interfered with fitting the skirts, which I wanted to print in resin.
Here’s an issues with the barrels: one of them was 0.8mm shorter, so I had to extend it to match the length. The barrels also had slight differences in diameter, which made fitting the skirts quite a challenge.
Ballast in the turrets—here, I admit I borrowed the idea from polish forum.
The next few photos show the underlayer and the assembly of the main components.
I also started assembling the rangefinder covers. To help with this, I designed and printed a small template to achieve the correct profile of the covers (probably thermal covers?).
Since the entire model was going to be painted, I wanted to add more texture, so I also printed the sheet metal joints with rivets.
AA gun platforms.
In these pictures, you can see a screenshot from a fabric simulation program (Marvelous Designer). If anyone’s interested, I can write more about it later. The advantage of this approach is the realistic-looking skirts; the downside is that the barrels can’t be elevated. You can work around this somewhat by printing skirts in different raised positions, but they’ll still be fixed in place. However, I find this solution interesting and worth considering.
Once I had added so many details to the turrets that handling them without breaking something became impossible (I think I broke the ladder railings about ten times), I finally decided to print a stand for the guns, which allowed me to continue working on them.
The guns assembled and painted.
After weathering.
and in place...
The next stage is the main superstructure—the famous pagoda. Enjoy watching!
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