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marijn van gils
PostPosted: Sat May 06, 2017 1:54 am 
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That looks great Wouter! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:
I like the varied and asymmetric position you chose for the guns (gives life to the model), and the paintwork is going in the right direction!
Nice color variation in the airbrushing already, and to me the filter is nicely visible, especially on the gun barrels.
This will be a spectacular moel when finished!

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Dan K
PostPosted: Tue May 09, 2017 6:52 am 
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Outstanding work on those turrets.


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Well, after all these years: Brett, Marijn and Dan: thanks for the great comments :big_grin:

Wowzee, 5 years already since last update. Well, luckily I started to feel the love for Yamato again. And although it's very hot at the moment, my hobbyrooms' temperatures are ok, so a bit of glueing never hurts.

I've been working on the funnel, superstructure and pagoda style tower on and off.
The funnel is nearing completion. One annoying thing is that one small part on the exhaust part of the funnel got eaten by the carpet monster. Not so funny but I'll try to find a way. Probably I'm going to cut a piece of paper in the right shape and harden it by soaking it in ca glue. We'll see.
Needless to say that a lot of swearing was involved :big_grin:
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The superstructure has been detailed as well, and I sprayed a thin layer of grey primer to check for errors.
A large part of the tower has been detailed as well. The ladder/stairs are a combination of kit parts and Pontos parts. The Pontos ladders look so much better but I folded some the wrong way around so I had to resort to the Tamiya pieces.
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The aft 10M rangefinder and Hoiban low angle director have been detailed with photo etch as well. Some of the supports weren't moulded on so I had to scratchbuild them with some sheet styren (the small triangular white parts)
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Next up: the 15.5M rangefinder ^^


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Wow! :thumbs_up_1: Excellent progress, keep this up!!

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GewoonWouter wrote:
Well, my wife gave birth to my second son (third kid) last tuesday, so modelling time will probably be a bit limited...but still, I managed to do a bit on my Yamato :big_grin: .

I completed the degaussing cable assembly. Most of it was glued in place again with Gators's Grip Glue. Except for the parts at the aft section of the hull. Lots of corners and all and it was a bit harder to get it stuck there. So superglue to the resque. I found something new recently, called the 'Glue Looper'. It uses cappilary action to add very thing ca glue in narrow nooks 'n crannies. Basically I loaded the Glue Looper with ca glue and held it to the edge of the degaussing cable.

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Other than that, as you can see in the photo above, I glued the gun platforms for the shielded AA guns at the edge of the hull in place.

On both sides a swinging boom was assembled and glued in place.

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Each side of the hull has some ventilation gaps. According to the model of Yamato museum at Kure, Japan, the port side has only 5 (starboard has 6). The Tamiya Yamato has 6 on each side, so I had to fill one on the port side. After that I glued the ventilators in place (Koppalakki's thread is most valuable!)

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The aft deck was finished as well (added some smaller bits and a ladder). As you can see I also made a start on the aft flight deck.

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And that's how the hull stands at the moment:

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Tsudzuku,
Taisa Wouter


Hi Wouter! I thought to comment here in this forum (instead of MHO) since you have the topic that is urgent for me. I am planning to mount PE degaussing cable on my Kagero ( though the original moulded one was quite ok). Question is: which kind of CA are you using? I have also the Glue Looper, but the thin ZAP CA seems to be having a bad bond. I get better results if I use gel type CA. What is your experience?
Thanks again
karih :wave_1:


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karih wrote:
Hi Wouter! I thought to comment here in this forum (instead of MHO) since you have the topic that is urgent for me. I am planning to mount PE degaussing cable on my Kagero ( though the original moulded one was quite ok). Question is: which kind of CA are you using? I have also the Glue Looper, but the thin ZAP CA seems to be having a bad bond. I get better results if I use gel type CA. What is your experience?
Thanks again
karih :wave_1:


Hi Karih, I use very thin ca glue and the glue looper. Gel ca makes too much of a mess. Is the bottle of ZAP CA you are using a fresh one or a bit older? Because once opened ca glue can lose it's qualities over time. In that case it's better to buy a new bottle and use that one ^^


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GewoonWouter wrote:
karih wrote:
Hi Wouter! I thought to comment here in this forum (instead of MHO) since you have the topic that is urgent for me. I am planning to mount PE degaussing cable on my Kagero ( though the original moulded one was quite ok). Question is: which kind of CA are you using? I have also the Glue Looper, but the thin ZAP CA seems to be having a bad bond. I get better results if I use gel type CA. What is your experience?
Thanks again
karih :wave_1:


Hi Karih, I very thin ca glue and the glue looper. Gel ca makes too much of a mess. Is bottle of ZAP CA you are using a fresh one or a bit older? Because once opened ca glue can lose it's qualities over time. In that case it's better to buy a new bottle and use that one ^^


Yeah, you are certainly right: my bottle is an old one, so better to purchase a new. Thanks!


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ModelMonkey and SG, thanks for comments chaps, great to read the effort is appreciated ^^

I've been working on and off on the 15.5M rangefinder and Type 21 radar array.
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It was less scary to assemble than I initially would have thought.

Though in comparison to a well known every day object it makes you wonder why we modellers are so bonkers :big_grin:
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Next update might take a while again (hopefully not 4 years lol, a lot of tiny fiddly bits to be added to the superstructure)


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Very crisp work.


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Thanks Dan.

Well, we're almost a year later, isn't it :big_grin: .
My fourth child has been born last Friday, april 7th. A babygirl...so, my girl being born on the day Yamato sank...that means...building time :big_grin:

Since I didn't complete the assembly of the 15.5m rangefinder yet, I thought it was a good starting point. I just needed to add the range of antennae on top. However, I did find out that I had glued the aft Hoiban low angle director in place (the small plastic cylinder on top). I was quite fed up and angry at myself.
So with a lot of patience, a sharp knife and some dread I tried to remove the wrong Hoiban unit. Luckily I managed to do that with little damage.

I glued the correct one in place, added the railings again, and after that I could do the antenna assemble. It scared me a bit, but the assembly was easier than I feared. So finally this sub assembly is finished ^^
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And as always, I bring in my giant pink lighter :big_grin:
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Hopefully I manage to do a next update a tad faster now :P


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Phantastic photo-etch work! That looks really sharp.

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