1/700 IJN Yahagi 1945(Tamiya)

Land_shark · Post by **Land_shark** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 11:53 am

Are the masts scratch built?
The set on ebay from ss-model doesn't seem to show any PE for the masts

ajkochev · Post by **ajkochev** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 12:24 pm

Land_shark wrote:Are the masts scratch built?
The set on ebay from ss-model doesn't seem to show any PE for the masts

Yes, masts are scratched out of .010 brass rod and various sizes of copper wire.

ardon2 · Post by **ardon2** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 4:58 pm

Anthony, you have inspired me to dust my old kit off the shelf and build it, after all these years. Great work!!

ajkochev · Post by **ajkochev** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 11:54 am

An update. Yahagi08 shows the torpedo launchers before the aircraft deck is placed overhead. It was detailed and slightly weathered now since it would be impossible later. I made a small dio of figures loading a torpedo into one of the launchers, I didn't realize the deck would cover so much. It really cannot be seen. =(

Vlad · Post by **Vlad** » Sun Aug 31, 2014 8:31 am

Well, it's nice to know it's there

you put a lot of detail in there, it's looking very good!

ajkochev · Post by **ajkochev** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:14 pm

Progress as of Oct 3. I loved Jeff Lin's recent build with the spent shell casings on the deck from the Type 96 AA, That I decided to try and do it in 1/700 since I was going for part of a action dio with this build(Need a Yukikaze to go next to it). Not near as good as Jeff's casings in 1/350. I still have a flat coat and weathering of the ship to do so maybe I can make them more realistic in the end. Live and learn.

Harpy · Post by **Harpy** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 10:22 pm

Very nice

Vlad · Post by **Vlad** » Sat Oct 04, 2014 6:59 am

Looking good!

pingjockey · Post by **pingjockey** » Sat Oct 04, 2014 6:51 pm

Looks good!

Joe Simon · Post by **Joe Simon** » Sun Oct 05, 2014 5:14 pm

Looks great!

LE BOSCO · Post by **LE BOSCO** » Sun Oct 05, 2014 11:27 pm

very nice job ajkochev ,well done

cheers
Nicolas

Dan K · Post by **Dan K** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 12:46 pm

Very, very nice.

J. Soca · Post by **J. Soca** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 12:17 pm

Beautiful class but i've always despised the looks of those turrets.... so unattractive. keep it up Anthony!

Jose

Pagodaphile · Post by **Pagodaphile** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:41 am

You have me drooling like Pavlov's dog Anthony.

blacman · Post by **blacman** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 1:11 pm

Great job.

Looking for final fittings!!

Pagodaphile · Post by **Pagodaphile** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 1:54 pm

ajkochev wrote:
Land_shark wrote:Are the masts scratch built?
The set on ebay from ss-model doesn't seem to show any PE for the masts
Yes, masts are scratched out of .010 brass rod and various sizes of copper wire.

Hi Anthony......Where are you getting your .010 stock from ? I'm not having any luck locally, K&S and Free-Time have a $25 minimum order for it.

blacman · Post by **blacman** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 7:23 pm

Pagodaphile wrote:Hi Anthony......Where are you getting your .010 stock from ? I'm not having any luck locally, K&S and Free-Time have a $25 minimum order for it.

Try to use string from electric guitar. They have wonderfull straight shape and are far stronger than brass. Diameters from 0.28mm up to 0.5mm. Work perfectly for masts and sailings. And they are cheap...

Pagodaphile · Post by **Pagodaphile** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 8:15 pm

Interesting idea blacman....... I wonder if it would hold a tune

Allan McBeath · Post by **Allan McBeath** » Thu Nov 06, 2014 12:51 am

Rod and tube not hard to find. Do search for albion alloys, sold all over the place. try aircraft and armor shops. shops like lucky model . bna modelworld. Hannants. for a start

ajkochev · Post by **ajkochev** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 8:11 pm

I used to get my .010 Brass from a LHS that had it but they ran out and haven't stocked in years, I was starting to get desparate. Recently I found my local Hobby Lobby has a K&S brass section! They have .010 and .020 but not .016 so when I run out of it I'll have to move to something else.

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