1/72 Yamato - or a steep learning curve!

[HvyCgn9]

Where are you off to Herbie?? And I hope it pays well!!

Cheers Bruce

[herbieham]

Just an update
have settled into new place to live, and construction re commenced - on the 25 mm guns at the moment, very tricky
Photos when something decent to show.
But this project is still going !

Lots of travel ahead, so thats why I will stick to little things

[Richard J OMalley]

Can't wait to see those 25mm AA guns .A club member is working on a 1/96 scale Mogami and he will have to tackle them too .

[herbieham]

to say its been difficult to do anything lately has been an understatement.
travel, no room, more travel, work, you know the story
Finally got a small area set up, and can poke at the job occasionally

The dream lives on

25 MM gun mass production, early stages...........

[Haanaya]

Great to see you back and posting, following with interest......

[herbieham]

my phot skills are poor, to say the least, but camera is crap too.

I have finished my template gun this week end, lots to go, but progressing!

[Ome]

I can not say anything Because whatever is done in this project exceeds the sentence that i say praise.
you have the patience it is very difficult for me to accomplish.


god job Mr.Herbieham

[Guest]

Stumbeled across this thread following the great battles of a little ship the Zuiho.
Just read the whole thread, great work. Will have to start following another storyline now.

Greetings from Germany.
British Exil

[herbieham]

opps, where did that post go

work still going on, 40 base supports finished, plus all the guns for the 25 mms

[herbieham]

I have no idea what the mechanisms are, but there are screw pieces going across the bottom, and three plates of another brace.
(all that makes no sence with out a picture of a 25mm gun to look at, but whatever, the pieces are there, so i am making them
again, photo is crud.
can't wait to finish some of these, take home interstate, get wife to photo with her camera

[Haratio Fales]

I hope this helps in Your endeavour to see how the mechanisms work, or at least how they would work.

[herbieham]

I have literally been around the world with work and travels these last few months, so progress has been limited, but I am now ramping back up again

It takes about a day to build 6 guns

16 done, other 14 about 50%

We continue on

wish i had a proper camera

[Richard J OMalley]

Your type 96 AA guns are looking great .Any photos of all the parts laid out ?

[ozpirate]

I see your forging ahead with your work on the Yamato. Well done. Last weekend in Wagga there was a show in which a Yamato was running. Looks great on the water. Hope to catch up again one day. It's a scale 1/72 also. More shots of the weekend can be found at this link https://picasaweb.google.com/117406019355179963375

[herbieham]

hi oz pirate

life is funny aint it!

I have, thank heavens, finished 41 25mm gun assemblies, each with about 80 pieces in each one
talk about a grind.........

[herbieham]

[Richard J OMalley]

I bet you are glad you are done with the 25mm guns .They came out very well .Did you make jigs to cut out each part ?

[nick_75au]

Wow Herbie what a project, fantastic job.

BTW I was around Waterhen up to 2003, we know each other

PM me if you want.

Cheers
Nick

[herbieham]

6 inch turret nears completion

[herbieham]

Hi Nick
Sorry, have not visited this sight for ages, missed your post



So one almost done, other one a lot to do yet

I have run out of glue!
And paint!

And plastic

its a long bloody trip to the nearest hobby shop now days.