IJN Yamato, 1/350, 1945 - COMPLETED

[Joe Simon]

The last entry on page 6 has 10 more photos and an explanation of the work


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[Surfsup63]

Just caught up with this Thread. Superb Job. Watching with Interest as I have this Kit on the Slips next.....Cheers mark

[Joe Simon]

Thank you Mark!

[Dan K]

Wow. Exquisite.Crisp. Excellent shaded blast bags.

[Joe Simon]

Thank you Dan! See you in Tennessee?

[Dan K]

Yep.

[Harpy]

Really nice Joe.

[GewoonWouter]

Turrets and secondaries look good mate, and very neat and tidy glueing of the railings, well done. What do you think of that Tamiya 'etch'? I personally found it dreadfull, especially sanding down the attachment points gave me headaches

Keep up the good work!

[Joe Simon]

Thanks Gewoon! I snipped them with a sharp razor on a hard surface. It worked well.

[Joe Simon]

I had done some work on the main AA observation platform months ago, and have just completed it. I used K&A brass for the wooden overlay and Veterans binoculars:

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[Dan K]

ditto.

[GewoonWouter]

That looks very good indeed!

[Joe Simon]

Thank you guys!

[alex791]

Wonderful execution, as usual...

[Harpy]

Really nice Joe. There is a good "Nazi Mega Weapons" on the Yamato on PBS. What thinner are you using for the Colorcoats, and what ratio? I get some grain when spraying them.

[Joe Simon]

Thank you Alex and Harpy! I use laquer thinner. I put the thinner in the air brush and scope some paint in and mix it up. Do not let the thinner get in the main paint or it will spoil. I mean to try their thinner at some point.

[Joe Simon]

Some deck progress. Once I'm done with the highlights I will mist coat it to tone down the pencil:

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[Joe Simon]

Funnel progress:


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[GewoonWouter]

good to see some progress, well done mate.