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Dry fitted parts:

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Looking good, Joe. She'll be in San Marcos next year?

Amazing!

Continued beautiful work, Joe.

Is that just primer on the main directors?

Thank you Martin, Steve and Dan! Martin not sure about Texas. Dan yes primer on director.

Good to see Yamato back. Nice work Joe!

Thanks Gewoon! Here is the aft flight deck ready for installation. Also a comparison between the kit boat crane tracks and the Lion Roar replacements:

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It's looking very pretty!

I've always loved those two linoleum walking strips on the aircraft deck of the Yamato types. A very pleasing visual cue and your rendition is smashing!

Love that photo-etch work. Very sharp.

Thanks to both of you gentleman!

Aft deck finally installed. Still have to touch-up and blend it. Some prior in-progress shots are included:

IMG_3596 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

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Hello !

Very niiiice work !

I got the pontos kit and I wonder how did you join the rails together and the rails on the dock ? I used thin CA but it�s very very fast, impossible to correct and I put to much of it which made some small �mountains� on the joints... visibles after painting... so messy

I use this tape cut in fine strips to secure my small items:

3M 301PLUS-1/2 Masking Tape, Performance Line, 12mm x 60 yd.

It is an automotive masking tape. To remove the tape I use BSI-151 CA kicker with a small clean paint brush. The tape slides off and leaves no gummy residue. That's why I use that tape.

The rails were sandwiched together with tweezers and thin CA was applied with a fine wire before installation.

The photo etch is painted first with automive etching primer then the main color.

After I glue the rails to each other they are lightly resprayed to hide glue marks and metal that shines through.

I dry brush them afterwards but before installation.

The deck has already been painted before the rails go on.

I tape the rails in with fine strips exposing the contact points.

I use a fine brush to paint Elmer glue on each contact point.

After drying for 24 hours I remove the tape with the CA and brush.

With a fine wire I apply small amount of CA to random point for reinforcement.

I then hand touch-up the paint to hide the glue. Hope this helps.

kudos that you glued the two part rails together. I gave up in the end and used a single part.

Nice update chap.

Cheers

Really nice, Joe.

Screws and rudders in. The shafts are the stainless ones included in the kit. I did not like the look so I metalized them with MM Steel after a gloss black coat. The boat rack is in process of being installed also:

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Some new shots of 1/350 Yamato, entire hull and flight deck:

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Superstructure update. The lower section is painted (some touch up still required) and is ready to have the funnel installed next. Ass maintenance railing and red/green running lights:


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It looks great, Joe.

Thanks Dan!