1/700 Amagi diorama

[hypno7]

wow... VERY nice! the detail work is incredibly clean!

The hose reels, is that coiled copper wire? I have to try that.

I am still conviced that you have a giant match for your pictures.

[Aphres]

Superb work?

[marijn van gils]

Many thanks Erick and Aphres!

The hose reels, is that coiled copper wire? I have to try that.

Yes it is 0,1mm copper wire, coiled around plastic rod. It is easier than it looks. The tricks is to:
- take a long piece of plastic rod;
- glue one end of the copper wire to it so it stays put;
- coil the copper wire over enough distance to do all the hose reels you need to do (a couple of centimeters?), plus some extra to allow for mistakes;
- apply some thin CA glue to one side of the coiled copper wire to fix it in place;
- then slice of the correct lengths of coiled wire with a fresh sharp scalpel blade;
- glue it in the PE hose reel part. Usually I do that after gluing the P part to the deck, so I don't have to handle the small PE part, and can see better that everything looks square in the final position.

Cheers,

Marijn

[Dan K]

It looks fantastic, Marijn.

[dafi]

Just discovered, and to make it short: simply Marijn

XXXDAn

[Joe Simon]

Outstanding as usual!

[marijn van gils]

Many thanks guys!

Meanwhile, I slowly move forward while detailing. A fun part I just finished was the battle damage along the rear elevator.
More railings need adding later.

I used some parts from the Lionroar PE set for the Unryu I'm using, and one part from Bruno's custom set (the star-shaped centre part of the 5' gun mount), generic PE perforated beams and gussets, but also quite some brass and plastic sheet, stretched sprue and brass rod and wire to cobble together the details.









And of course with my giant match :




And some images of the real thing:






Cheers,

Marijn

[Goodwood]

[Dan K]

Brilliant damage work.

[Joe Simon]

I love it!

[n1njaloanthi]

I watch your progress and keep telling myself "Someday I will be THAT good". Its really amazing

[James M]

I love when you show the model and real ship comparison.
Your rendition is very accurate.

James

[Milan Kuliffay]

I know how difficult is it, so I have to say : Marijn fantastic job and turn it well."

Milan

[SilverGhost]

Amazing!!!!

[marijn van gils]

Many thanks guys! Your kind words encourage me a lot!

Your rendition is very accurate.

James

Thanks James! The small scale sometimes necessitates little compromises, but I'm doing my best on this one. And I'm having a lot of fun with it!

Cheers,

Marijn

[Angeliccypher]

I see another book in the future........ Amazing work Marjin

[Brett M]

Wow, that's some impressive work you're completing. Can't wait to see this progress further.

[marijn van gils]

Many thanks guys!

I see another book in the future........

First the model, at my own pace, and then we'll see about that...

Cheers,

Marijn

[MatthewB]

My god that is beautiful work.

And seeing the photos of the real ship makes me want to cry at the tragedy of that.

It is a very conflicted feeling:

That such beautiful and powerful ships were built.... Yet their purpose was to kill others, and that the war for which they were built took so many lives, and caused so much suffering.

This diorama is a powerful statement to that tragedy, and waste.

MB

[medicmike]

Amazing work Every time you post an update it just gets more incredible!