How about the Tamiya Ibuki

[Dan K]

Nice job.

[mmaresm]

Thanks Dan.....there are a few things I need to improve on like working w/PE, watch how to place added accessories, but more importantly......Test-fit!!

I would like to make an small announcement, in that I will be working on JMSDF-ships Hurana DDH-141 & Shirane DDH-143. I will be doing Hyuga DDH-181 & Kaga DDH-184.

M

[mmaresm]

A new video is on YouTube and I have a couple of videos on that site (hope that it is okay to announce and re-direct). Just copy the link and paste.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOuqe7ssPB0

If you have a YT account, please make a comment on my video.

M

P.S. My final photos might of the rigging on the mast, a resin-casted hull, and maybe some weathering around the ship.....we'll see

[mmaresm]

An BIG Update on the photo-etch for Tamiya "Ibuki" ship (aka Izumo-class+ski ramp) .

It looks like Tetra Models has a photo-etch set for this kit and It LOOKS

The set includes All rails for the galleries (boat deck and accommodation ladders), ladders going onto the FD, rails around the top of the island (bridge + flt bridge), PE for weapons (CIWS and machine guns!!), Including the refueling deck (the hole on the island starboard side). As well as netting around the FD, A/C and helo PE, it even includes brass antenna......I must admit this looks like a SWEET PE set

The Only Thing missing are the hull vents, but...... check it out!!

http://tetramodel.com/?act=shop.goods_v ... 02&GC=GD03

If I have not seen the Artist Hobby set, I would have like to build that Ibuki with this set....or Maybe not buying that Hasagawa PE set for Izumo-class kit from Pitroad.....

M

[mmaresm]

So a few things that I want to share pix with and ideas on the Ibuki kit, but first, even though it is a completed model, I want to show a few more things like doing rigging on masts, weathering, and a lower hull.

I do want to do rigging on the masts, radio antennae using such rigging, but have never done it before . So I purchased a couple of different brands, one way of doing rigging, that I heard of, is using fly-fishing line, so I purchased some (ehh)expensive thread, I also bought Mig rigging to compare, but saw a YouTube video of somebody using Ulschi (sp) line. The thread is Veevus at 16/0 and 8/0 thickness (don't know what that means, but seller says it was the thinnest), the Mig rigging is @ 0.02 and 0.01mm, the Ulschi, I'm holding off to see which I prefer.

I also wanted to use the AK International weathering 'paints' (?), I want to do those for quite awhile. And I have AK has the Naval Weathering in sets 1 & 2, with various 'solutions'. I do have a couple of 'test "hulks"' that I have from previous builds that I will test the on. Hopefully, I can show both on this side of the site.

Lastly, I want to mention that Tamiya 1/700 Ibuki kit is a GREAT kit...to add more detail adding the PE for this kit (that I have already mentioned) adds A Lot, but in lacks the lower hull for the ship. Thanks to 'Spejic' who sent me several lower hulls for some of the ships I'm building, so here are a few pixs of the hull....





I also added brass rod to the struts, I have always had those plastic struts Break on me!! , the brass color is a combo of gloss black undercoat follow-on by Model Master - Brass (enamel).

I do want to, again, thank 'spejic' for the assistance with the lower hull, but in addition those hulls were all wrapped separately, with associated gear....rudder, screws, fins, and a few hulls with sonar domes.

I will continue to show the rest of the updates...soon.

M

[mmaresm]

A short update, first, I have done the rigging on JS Kaga, my current build. I must admit it Was a bit of a bear, just making sure it was not tangled TOO Much, which it did in the end. But even more so..... I added a few pennants on the lines! There are two (2) different lines MIG rigging was used on the sig flags & ensign and ModelKasten was used as a radio lines. More can be explored in the JS Kaga DDH-184 build, listed here....

viewtopic.php?f=59&t=309348

But the bigger news was this............ I been posting my builds online on YouTube, just a collection of photos of WIP & short videos, when I ran into another modeler of a Hygua-class vessel. This other modeler 'J. Head' does mostly 350 scale ships, and He has Quite a collection!!! But the big thing I want to introduce is an EV-22, an AWACS-type on-top of an MV-22 Osprey!!!



He had something very similar with a 'triangle' rad-dome..... which Would make sense, since the circular one could 'interfere with those Big Rotors' on the Osprey!!! ( Besides, it Looks cooler ) 'J.Head' says hes mentioned it to the Navy/Marines { not sure if true }, but it would make More of a better platform, instead of flying helos around like the Brits do...... I don't know, but What I do know is .... on a "fictional ship such as 'Ibuki' It fits!!!" Here are some more picts, not painted just let, but I was thinking painting it with VF-111 tail colors!!!







So.... we'll Try to get with the rigging on Hyuga & maybe 'Ibuki' and MayBe some more photos of EC-22 painted....

M

[Timmy C]

It's an interesting concept, though it'll make it impossible to fold the wings for storage!

[mmaresm]

Yeah....I thought about that, also...... So What I thought was, placing a "Box" where the E-2C mast would sit on...... That "Box" then would rotate with that WHOLE structure!!!!

AND.... MayBe ..... That same "Box" can pan-down ( KIND-a like that turret that was on the APC from the movie "Aliens" )

I mean......... It is a 'Fictional Ship'!

M

[mmaresm]

Hello all...... even though it has been a LONG Time since I have posted on this page....here's an update...

Although 'Ibuki' is a fictional ship of an Izumo-class DDH, she JUST deployed, for testing/evaluation of the FIRST F-35Bs onboard deck.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MKSgb-gq9I

And although the link is in Japanese, you can get the idea.... the First F-35Bs from USMC onboard JS Izumo DDH-183!!

So, my build is partially correct!

Mario

[mmaresm]

Hello, 'Ibuki' followers.... well here is another video of F-35Bs and JS Izumo ..... https://www.dvidshub.net/video/816439/u ... s-js-izumo

Even though 'Ibuki' IS a Fictional Ship.....and Izumo will Probably not have that 'ski-ramp' that many people are SO Fond of ..... I might have to buy another Izumo-class ship to make this modification, at least on the deck.

Mario

[mmaresm]

This is my culmination Project of my Fleet of JMSDF ships!!

Thanks to many of you who commented or gave me tips on my builds......could NOT have done this without Your help!!!

Enjoy my YouTube video of Phase I & II of my Fleet, but it will not be my last of JMSDF ships!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36vLBXdJzmM



Mario M. Mares