IJN Kirishima 1942 Guadalcanal 1/700 (Fujimi)

[taskforce48]

Words can not describe the attention to detail and the subsequent execution. I will be lucky if I could achieve a fraction of this detail or quality on my 1/350 Kirishima.

Keep up the great work!

Matt

[LE BOSCO]

HI Greg

always a nice work!!!the rolls hanged up are very convincing
keep the path
cheers
nicolas

[blacman]

thank you folks...

I started task with boats

17m motor pinnace:




will be rebuilt with such set :




very draft view of pinnace:




several details will be added ...


motor launch 12m, plastic details removed:






and detailing kit:




draft view of deck with open cage




and 9m cutter:




some details will join here...




in order to make assembly the gretings all internal volume had to be removed:




after first cutter I came to conclusion that much better is work with full frame Much easier to hold and control.




and effect of eviscerating




all error and inequalities will be cover by PE details. I decided to separate all boats into decks, hulls and others since I think it will easier to paint precisely. But slightly more difficult to assemble - it's going to be "clean" assembling - items already painted...

[Dan K]

I still don't have new words of praise, Greg. Gotta stick with

[J. Soca]

I'm dying to see how she looks together any chance we can see her dry fitted pleeeease! Awesome work though



Jose

[LE BOSCO]

Nice work Greg ! the plastic is very update with your PE parts
cheers
Nicolas

[blacman]

... here's what the ships were built for ...

152mm guns got new barrels:

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I made the sockets with 0,3mm drill




and ready:




it was worth to do it...




main artillery 356mm a bit detalized as well:




new barrels with supports for 152mm exercise devices




draft view of turrets (more details will come):










boats got gretings:






preliminary assembling looks not bad:






on motor boat slightly better than not bad... :



internal midship structure below the main pagoda and rangefinders platform also done:






and painted:





greetings from Poland...
Greg

[LE BOSCO]

As always Greg ,a great job
cheers
Nicolas

[Strategos Augustus]

Immaculate.

Thank you for sharing!

[blacman]

Let's begin the fight with water...

IJN Kirishima is going to be seated in quite rough ocean. That means underwater part of the hull might be exposed. I needed to recreate it. by 5 sheets of 1mm evergreen I made ca 4m of hull. Should be enough:






new hull joined with box one:






the plan is to fix only underwater part and completely create the ocean. Model will stay detachable to the end of the project. She will be placed on very end. I'm going to try technique shared by Chris Flodberg. Thanks Chris !




waiting red hull dry out I adjusted the rear 127mm support and main mast superstructure




I'm not quite sure if Fujimi didn't make a mistake here. I have my own PE set for Kirishima. But even using the Fujimi PE set it's imposible to place the midship parts properly. They are just to big




I made corrections by cutting out a part of deck and also remove thickness underneath :






ammunition boxes ready:




I designed also the deck searchlight. Box ones and even aftermarket ones are not very fine here. Look like one piece. Within PE set I can model them much delicate - even inside light source can be created....

... any chance we can see her dry fitted pleeeease! ...

you are very welcome Jose....

[Dan K]

She looks great. Beautifully clean and crisp. The pagoda tower is extraordinary. And, for once, the funnel grab rings don't bother me as overscale when viewed from further away, though I'm less certain about those on the aft superstructure. But, that's just me. It takes absolutely nothing away from your effort, Greg.

[J. Soca]

Thanks Greg!! she truly looks amazingly and she still missing plenty of things.. can't wait to see her all done.



Jose

[marijn van gils]

Stunning detail!
That's just crazy! I don't know if I should be envious of your patience or glad that I don't have it!

Cheers,

Marijn

[blacman]

Thank you for your nice comments....

....And, for once, the funnel grab rings don't bother me as overscale when viewed from further away, though I'm less certain about those on the aft superstructure....

Yes - I have the same feeling... I'm still looking for more appropriate solution...
For handrails on vertical walls (as superstructures, barbets) I think I found it. It's already aplied on Kirishima. But technical access rails ( I believe they were mounted around funels, in some areas of superstructures and near the observation platforms) seem to be with bigger offset since they were used for climbing and walking aorund. I'm trying to draw and etch shorter pins which hold the rails. But fixing them on plastic surface is not so easy... I'm still trying anyway...

Happy modeling in 2k15 !
Greg

[JimVarnellABH2USN]

Greg,
I just spent the last 1-1/2 reading this topic and viewing your build, as so many have already stated the work is very impressive, building the main superstructure out of PE as well as the main decks truly a work of art, designing PE is a very hard task in its self but to do what you have done here is remarkable and is something I would love to do but have really no clue how to do it. Again very impressive work and I'll be following this build and hope to see more of this type of work in the future.

[blacman]

thank you Jim...


I started working on water. I will be following Chris technique but use yellow thermo isolation foam.

I shaped the foam with lighter into ocean like surface ...











and here I have faced a problem. I tried acrylic gel, PVA glue, CA glue. Nothing grips strong enough to yellow foam. I could tear all of them quite easy.... I checked - it's polyurethane foam. Any advice please....?

[Kometa]

Hi
Great work

For the sea base, this material is not the most appropriate. It has many holes and presents difficulties for gluing.
The most appropriate is used by Chris Flodberg or styofoam porex.

see this:
viewtopic.php?f=60&t=129008&hilit=Kometa
viewtopic.php?f=60&t=156089&hilit=Kometa

[blacman]

thank you...

... this material is not the most appropriate....

now I know

Anyway I decide to keep it.
Nice water wake phenomenon study is here.
http://www.steelnavy.com/WavePatterns.htm

in general size and lenght of waken water strongly depends on speed. It's visible very much on flat sea or short small waves:


source- internet.


Rough ocean scatters the Kelvin effect very much


?r�d?o: SCATTERING ANALYSIS FOR SHIP KELVIN WAKES ON TWO-DIMENSIONAL LINEAR AND NONLINEAR SEA SURFACES
Progress In Electromagnetics Research B, Vol. 52, 405{423, 2013

in extreme conditions leveling it totally:


source- internet.

additionally my stand is short - not much space for Kelvin effect:




IJN Kirishima will be placed just after starboard turn, with speed of 24 knots. By this should be 3 waken waves. On starboard I will try to model bow wave by foam and cotton. Middle ship one will not be visible and stern is a mixture of wake water and turbulence due to turn. Port side is without any Kelvin effect since there is pressure of the hull on water volume. This is how I can see it. But I'm landlubber Any comments are very welcome !




Kongo class had very nice and slim hull. Then distortions of water at such speed should not be remarkable...


source- internet.


source- internet.

this is how it looks after first layer of PVA glue:






and this is after 3rd one...:










and spiders started to make a job on main pagoda...

[Dan K]

Man, fantastic work on those halyard lines! Are those your PE pulleys?

There are several photos of the Kongos generating wakes at speed. Do you need those?

[Goodwood]

Just knowing how tiny 1/700 really is makes the detail in your work effing phenomenal.