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I don't like to write in English at anywhere.

And I am the one who believes there are Aliens somewhere.


I will take some photos of this with applied soon.


Thank you
Keumho Kim

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Ok, Ok... ya got me. But we need hobbies too, ya know, and crop circles are getting boring.



Kim, you have the patience of a monk. I would have stormed off the forum with a big *#&! you long ago if I got half as much crap as you get on your product threads. I'm surprised some people aren't demanding you fly across the Pacific to their homes and install their detail sets for them too!

Anyway, keep up the great work!

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-Jason Channell

Current Project: 1/200 Bismarck

I shouldn't have tried answering any questions from a "guest". From what I have seen, all of PONTOS sets are very good. I am extremely happy with this set and blue deck version is just as good as teak. The plank lines are there with magnifier and can easily be darkened. The color is perfect. So if your looking to get either the blue or teak version, this is the set to get! Looking forward to any more photos that Kim posts here. They help out a lot with building the model along with the great instructions.

Jeff York

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1/96 Scale
LPD21 USS New York, LCS1 USS Freedom, DDG97 USS Halsey, CG64 USS Gettysburg, USCGC 907 Spencer
1/200
BB39 USS Arizona, CV8 USS Hornet, BB63 USS Missouri

Come on guys, let's keep this on topic please.

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Timothy Dike
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To Kim and the team at PONTOS... this set is indeed a masterpiece! The more I work with it, the more pleased I am. Thank you for creating such an outstanding set. For anyone that has this 1/200 scale kit, the set from PONTOS is a must have. The turned brass parts are precise and incredible. Everything has fit perfectly in my process so far. While the parts can be extremely tiny, the way they were thought out by the designers, really makes the process of building a little easier. The jigs to drill holes really helps as well. For anyone that's waiting to receive this, you will not be disappointed! Sorry for adding to the thread again but I just had to give my kudos again to the team at PONTOS.

Thank you.

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1/96 Scale
LPD21 USS New York, LCS1 USS Freedom, DDG97 USS Halsey, CG64 USS Gettysburg, USCGC 907 Spencer
1/200
BB39 USS Arizona, CV8 USS Hornet, BB63 USS Missouri

The comments so far are very interesting. I ordered the basic set (w/o deck) yesterday. I have a question - In the instruction sheet - does it give (as I would think it should) the drill size to use for the hand rung patterns included in the set?

Hank

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HMS III
Mocksville, NC
BB62 vet 68-69

Builder's yard:
USS STODDARD (DD-566) 66-68 1:144, Various Lg Scale FC Directors
Finished:
USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) 67-69 1:200
USN Sloop/Ship PEACOCK (1813) 1:48
ROYAL CAROLINE (1748) 1:47
AVS (1768) 1:48

This is what we wish you feel a lot.
Many merits will appear during your work though there may be few demerits too.




Almost are 0.3mm Drill and all the size was noted on the manual.
And Hank, I would design and make some decks for Vietnam version users though this work will not be released formally.
Not perfect research, but you can work more easy to use WWII version deck or customized by yourself.
After arranging Advanced set, I will share this deck. But there is some extra cost for this specific version.

Thank you
Keumho Kim

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Kim,

Thanks for the reply! I'll note the drill size you gave and convert it to US size (inches).

As for the deck, the WWII main deck will not work due to the various small gun mount areas (20mm & 40mm) that are present. The 01-04 levels might work, but I'm not interested in spending the money for the entire deck set and only using the upper levels.

I do appreciate your keeping tabs on our discussions here.

Thanks,

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HMS III
Mocksville, NC
BB62 vet 68-69

Builder's yard:
USS STODDARD (DD-566) 66-68 1:144, Various Lg Scale FC Directors
Finished:
USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) 67-69 1:200
USN Sloop/Ship PEACOCK (1813) 1:48
ROYAL CAROLINE (1748) 1:47
AVS (1768) 1:48

Sorry Hank, I miswrote on the above note.
I would design and produce a few deck for Vienam version.
As this will also remove some gun mount areas and heli landing deck you wish.
So it is quite different deck from WWII version.
This will not be come soon but it will be very helpful who would apply for Vienam version NJ.
As mentioned above, this is not formal products but just for a few NJ fan who bought our 22002F1 set.

Thank you
Kim

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I'm sorry but you are incorrect. The waterways are not there.

We tried to realize almost Watrways on the edge of decks.
Almost green edges of deck are the PE parts for Waterways.
http://pontosmodel.com/manual/23002f1-page1.pdf

Can you let me know what waterways were missed?

Thank you
Keumho Kim

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Hi Mr. Kim,

I can't see a waterway on any of the pictures, but I do see the green on your instruction sheet. What I was looking for and hoped you could capture was an absence of deck. A waterway is simply a channel or gutter. On the main deck, they are the width of a chock and come right to the front edge of deck bitts. I hope I can see one of your sets first hand. I hope you can post more pictures soon.

Right now, I am trying to work on a 1/350 Iowa, and I am attempting to print my own decks without decking where the waterway goes. Can you sell me some deck material or tell me where you get yours?

Please do not take this the wrong way. Your stuff is amazing! Please keep up the good work and consider making conversion kits for all four Iowa Class during all of their operational periods. I'm sure you have a huge hit on your hands.

Regards,
Sergio

Should the waterways to be painted deck blue 20B on the blue deck version or were they navy blue 5N like the side of the hull? Today they would be gray like the hull but in 1945 when the deck was blue, were these waterways also blue? How about the bow area on deck as well? Deck Blue 20B or 5N? This being the parts pained 5H gray on the side of the bow. Seems that should remain haze gray but trumpeters color guide shows everything blue on the deck although it's extremely hard to tell if it's 5N or deck blue 20B on the guide showing the decks.

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1/96 Scale
LPD21 USS New York, LCS1 USS Freedom, DDG97 USS Halsey, CG64 USS Gettysburg, USCGC 907 Spencer
1/200
BB39 USS Arizona, CV8 USS Hornet, BB63 USS Missouri

Kim,

I am missing a page from the instructions. Your website is very hard to follow and I can't even find the 1/200 Missouri sets on there at all. Do you have a link to the instruction sheet so I may print out the missing page? Also, any luck with that close-up picture of the brakewater?

Thank you.

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I have another question I can't figure out... One page 1 of the instructions http://pontosmodel.com/manual/23002f1-page1.pdf

At the stern just in front of the right side gun tub, you have "J" and an "H" in a red circle. I assume that is where you are instructing us to add the vents "J" and "H". The only problem is, the kit does not give you any extra "J" and "H" parts to make those vents. All of the "J" and "H" vents were used elsewhere on the model. So unless I'm missing something, that leaves two round cut-outs in the wood deck, with no parts to put anything in them. ?

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The kit gives you 4 of part "H" and 3 of part "J" which is enough for all of the holes on the Pontos deck.

All of "H" goes on the quarterdeck and one of "J" is on the foredeck and the other two on the quarterdeck.

The vents are in different spots on the Pontos deck than in the kit instructions though.

Hope this helps

Lloyd

As you might have searched already, the following two links show all the Instruction manual as PDF file able to be printed.

http://pontosmodel.com/html/23002f1.html
http://pontosmodel.com/html/23003f1.html

And if we've missed any contents in your set please email to me for After sales service.
some stacked in shipping mainly because of end year seasons, we start main work from tomorrow newly.

And as Lloyd mentioned, our vent instruction is a little different from Trumpeter kit's.
They missed 5 vents so we added these 5 vents as scribed brass parts "Brass 07" based on our researching.
So some H and J are located as different ways.

And please note No 820 circular PE parts are not used for our detail sets (23002F1/23003F1 or 22002F1).
This 820 part is for our wooden deck sets(20002WD1 or 20003WD1) that are not included Brass 07 extra vents).

Anyway Happy New Year!

Keumho Kim

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I see where I goofed, You have to use PE parts 874 instead of the vents the kit instructions say to use. That gives you the 2 extra vents, though as you state you must follow the Pontos instructions very carefully as the vent layout does differ from the kit instructions. Thanks Lloyd!

And thank you Kim for the PDF instructions, I don't know why I can't find them on your web site.

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Ah Yep.
Two 874 at inner shields of grouped 20mm on the quarterdeck and one 873 on the stern are just hatches not vents.

Thank you
Kim

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Kim

Where is resin part R07 used as I can't seem to find it on the drawings?

Lloyd