IJN Mogami (Tamiya 1/350)

Dan K · Post by **Dan K** » Sun Jun 06, 2010 7:11 am

Just outstanding - great details.

Dirk · Post by **Dirk** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:11 am

Thank you very much, Dan!

Here now the first two Jakes on the "flight deck":

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Christian Bruer · Post by **Christian Bruer** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 1:51 pm

Dirk wrote:Thank you very much indeed, Dan and Christian!
How are you, Christian? Please keep me informed when you and the other Gamblers will go to an event. I am so lazy to search for upcoming events that I miss a lot (like Fuldatal).Dirk

Hi Dirk,

sorry for my late reply, but there is really a lot of real work to do at the moment. I will keep you informed for sure! But this year only Telford or maybe, for Guido and me Mol in Belgium. Shows in Germany not untill next year.
I was really impressed by the progress you have made in your Mogami. Your effort for all the small details is amazing

I'm also back with a new WIP, look for my HMS Shearwater

Keep on going mate

Dirk · Post by **Dirk** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 4:55 pm

Thanks Christian!

I am also planning to go to the Telfort event. I hope I can finish the Mogami until then and additionally build a ship model transport container.
You think that you can finish HMS Shearwater for the Telford show?
I kept on going and populated the "flight deck" with 4 Petes and 5 Jakes. Here the result:

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Christian Bruer · Post by **Christian Bruer** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 1:25 pm

Dirk wrote:I am also planning to go to the Telfort event...... You think that you can finish HMS Shearwater for the Telford show?

Hi Dirk,

good news, glad to hear you plan to go to Telford! Yep, Shearwater will be finished untill November, and I hope the one or other model too

Avery Boyer · Post by **Avery Boyer** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:14 pm

Fantastic work, Mogami's flight deck is looking appropriately busy. I admire your willingness to take brutal close ups, and admire even more the fact that your work is undoubtedly superb even when shown under such great magnification! I often have to remind myself that what I'm looking at is a mere inch or two in size!

Dirk · Post by **Dirk** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:31 pm

Hi Christian,
Looking forward for Shearwater and the rest of your new fleet

!

Hi Avery,

Thank you very much for your comments. Extra for you now a very brutal close up:

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This is one of the single AA guns I added in the last days to the floatplane handling deck.
In the next pictures some of them can be seen when you take a closer look.

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This is a combination of Master barrel and the rest from Veteran Models.
Dirk

J. Soca · Post by **J. Soca** » Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:10 pm

That is a beautiful work Dirk, you have done outstanding

even with all that detail you still moving at a fast pace.. can i ask you something what kind of lightbulb do you have? your shots are always crispy! i adjusted my camera's shutter and aperture but the lightbulb i got is not good enough i think. TIA

Jose

gtbred · Post by **gtbred** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:13 am

you are a master craftman.

Dirk · Post by **Dirk** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 3:24 pm

Thank you very much gtbred and Jose!

Jose, I just decided to stop my model activities for two weeks because I have to go to a Conference to Sydney, Australia and give a presentation there (Unfortunetely not about ships). And the presentation is still not prepared. So

you still moving at a fast pace

will be not true the next time. But I have an answer about the lightbulbs I using: "Many (see picure)". They are all of the energy saving type and I think thast especially the floor uplighter is very effective to reduce problems with shadows. Some of the bulbs give a more cold light, others a warm light. I am not shure if the white balance is absolutely correct.

: I use a lot of lightbulb (enery saving type) to take pictures

But another important factor is: I am using the Helicon Focus program which allows to combine several pictures shot with the same motive but different focus length. This is fantastic. Information are on
http://www.heliconsoft.com/index.html
It has a price but for 115 US-Dollar you get the lite version for lifetime with updates. For me this program was another milestone (like a Optivisor similar product or an airbrush). I just upgraded my licence to the Pro X64 version, because I am using this program all the time. I can highly recommend this program and when anybody has answers about it, I will try to answer it.
Dirk

Dirk · Post by **Dirk** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 3:53 pm

Sorry, in my last post there are a lot of spelling mistakes

. And I wrote: "...and when anybody has answers about it, I will try to answer it." This is nonsense

. What I wanted to state is the following: ""...and when anybody has questions about it, I will try to answer it." Dirk

Post by **JIM BAUMANN** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 5:39 pm

The model is looking very good.

Will you be bringing her to Telford - for the competition also?

Helicon eh....?

Must try that-- certainly seems to improve over f 36 ...!!

Tschuess

JIM B

Dirk · Post by **Dirk** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 3:31 pm

Thanks und vielen Dank, Jim!
Yes, my plan is to bring her to Telford and for the competition. How much of your models can we expect?
Concerning the Helicon: I use a compact camera (Canon PowerShot G9) with max. f 8. But with this software it is possible to increase the depth of field significantly (nearly indefinitely).
Sometimes this can reduce the three-dimensional appearance when everything is in focus. In the following picture from my Tone (see also viewtopic.php?f=60&t=45696) the Chokai in the background is out of focus on purpose to give some impression of width. No problem with the Helicon to have both models sharp.

: Tone in focus and Chokai out of focus

Probier�s mal aus.
Dirk

J. Soca · Post by **J. Soca** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 3:31 pm

Thank you so much DIrk i'll get me those white bulbs as soon as i can i almost dropped by Home Depot today but ended up at my LHS for some paint i needed. money sure goes fast once you get in that place hehehe i'll keep using my old Adobe photoshop program what i really need are those lightbulbs the one i got is not enough..

Jose

mstazz62 · Post by **mstazz62** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 2:11 pm

WOW WOW and WOW!!!! Man o man that is one beautiful build!! Dirk, thanks for taking the time to share your build (and techniques) with us mere mortals! Please, more pics!
Mark

P.S. This is all your fault!! I just picked up the Tamiya Mogami kit and I'm gonna use this thread as a reference! Can't wait to get started - but I am gonna finish my Maya first. This is state of her so far:

Again, thanks for great build log and the inspiration to follow!
Mark

gtbred · Post by **gtbred** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 5:20 pm

That is A BLUE RIBBON 1st PLACE BUILD.

Dirk · Post by **Dirk** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:32 pm

Thanks Jose, Mark and gtbred for your feedback!

Mark, your Maya looks already great. Very good work with the brass strips. How did you do it?
Now, that I am back from my Australia trip the start was not easy. Therefore, here only a baby step.
I produced another motor launch and motor boat for the port position. This time I covered the frame of the motor boat with a tarp imitation (Teflon tape).

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Process of adding needles (tie down chain imitation)

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I added the tie down chain imitations (airbrushed insect pins) before gluing the boats to the deck (Mogami139).
Dirk

MGB185 · Post by **MGB185** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:28 am

mstazz62 wrote:WOW WOW and WOW!!!! Man o man that is one beautiful build!! Dirk, thanks for taking the time to share your build (and techniques) with us mere mortals! Please, more pics!
Mark

P.S. This is all your fault!! I just picked up the Tamiya Mogami kit and I'm gonna use this thread as a reference! Can't wait to get started - but I am gonna finish my Maya first. This is state of her so far:

Again, thanks for great build log and the inspiration to follow!
Mark

Superb weathering.. I saw some modeller too concern with accurate small parts details of the ship that they ignore weathering which is the thing that really brings model to life.

I think yrs achieve it.

donalyah00 · Post by **donalyah00** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:05 am

Very good idea with tie down chains and tapes imitation. Small details but bringing model much closer to reality! I am very impressed with your bulid.

Regards,
Marek

Dirk · Post by **Dirk** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:52 am

Thank you Marek!

I have to admit that this is not my own idea. I saw this in several Gakken magazines on models of IJN ships made by Japanese modelers.
Some of them are in scale 1/100 with tons of details. Some of these details can be downscaled to 1/350.
Dirk

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