Hasegawa 1/700 IJN Haguro - building from Myoko - COMPLETE

[J. Soca]

Model is coming along very nice





Jose

[SilverGhost]

After finishing lacquer

[warspite63]

This fantastic build continues to amaze me - outstanding work, Andrew! BTW: how's the temperature in Moscow? We have had wind-chill in the minus 30's here. Lovely.......at least my dogs love it

[SilverGhost]

This fantastic build continues to amaze me - outstanding work, Andrew! BTW: how's the temperature in Moscow? We have had wind-chill in the minus 30's here. Lovely.......at least my dogs love it

Thank you!
In Moscow very cold, sunny and snowy - nice russian winter
Minus 30 outside, plus 30 inside
"Global warming"
No one on the street, 9-days New Year holidays
All celebrating the Orthodox Christmas. Only husky want to walk

[warspite63]

Very similar here....sunny, bright.....and cold...
I have a husky and a malamute - I have never seen the weather too cold for them.....wish I was as tough as them

[SilverGhost]

Install some fixing rings on the hull (Rainbow), PE propellers fences and fairleads (Flyhawk)




And screwed the hull to the stand using screws.
The hull is complete!

[SilverGhost]

This week, I made the following things:
- Installed chrysanthemum
- washed fairleads
- installed handrails and tubes on funnels (using photos)
- bought Rainbow PE 7023 handrails, because Flyhawk's didn't have all necessary handrails (top handrails were missing in the Flyhawk detail set). This PE is 37th aftermarket detail set for my model. Total cost of aftermarket for my model is 400$.

Rainbow handrails much better, accurate and thinner than Flyhawk's
You can see the giant difference between them


Unfortunately, I installed all Flyhawks handrails before buying Rainbow handrails.
So, the current condition of funnels is...
Not better for me, but it's macro. 19 hours I spent making them.




Today I want to paint them and wash some details.
And after that - install funnels on the deck!

[SilverGhost]

Complete funnels
Not bad, but not good for me

[Pieter]

Looks good to me Andrew, even though I'm always a bit sceptical about doing the funnel railings this way.

[SilverGhost]

Looks good to me Andrew, even though I'm always a bit sceptical about doing the funnel railings this way.

Thank you Pieter!

Complete searchlight platform


Install funnels and searchlight platform without glue.

[Dan K]

They're pretty good. Did you hand paint the grab rails on the funnels?

[SilverGhost]

They're pretty good. Did you hand paint the grab rails on the funnels?

Thank you Dan!
Yes I did, using very thin brush

[SilverGhost]

Complete AA-gun platform, directors and rangefinders
Install with glue all these superstructure.







some bugs will be fix later

[SilverGhost]

Paint 114 mantelets (from Genuine detail set) and blast bags
Color mixed with white, Kure Naval Grey, Deck Tan
Install small platform between directors near second funnel

[SilverGhost]

Install first 8 test mantelets at AA-gun platform
Wash with MIG Neutral wash. I think need more wash...

[Angeliccypher]

This continues to impress

[SilverGhost]

Wash mantelets and 127mm AA-guns blast bags with neutral MIG wash



Complete aft AA-guns platdorms
Install mantelets at 25mm AA-guns platforms
Make from wire davit at searchlight platform
Install without glue aft superstructure, main mast and 2 aft AA-gun platforms

[SilverGhost]

Complete and install:
- aft superstructure
- 2 aft AA-guns platforms with Finemolds 25-AA guns
- forward searchlight platform with Finemolds searchlights
- 4 ladders between funnels
- wire from 127-mm rangefinders (made from 0.2 mm wire). Made like Nachi.
- rigging of davits and their hooks at searchlight platforms (davits made from 0.2 mm wire, rigging - from Spandex, hooks - from Flyhawk PE davits)
- 2 ventilators and some boxes between funnels
- 127mm AA-guns
- 6 timbers for mantelets to protect 127mm guns servants (made from 0.3 mm wire)

Good weekends

[SilverGhost]

Install half of mantelets to protect 127mm guns servants





At these photos from Haguro you can see these mantelets protecting 127mm and 25mm guns servants

[SilverGhost]

I translate from Japanese to English text under many photos from Gakken and over japanese books
And I find interesting photo, dated in February 1942
This photo from video, which taken from Nachi, and we can see Haguro. There was at Staring Bay (Sulavesi), close to the south-east from Kendari
Map of this bay - http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=-4.03 ... -Wawosungu



Using this history http://www.combinedfleet.com/haguro_t.htm
we can explain that Haguro was at this bay only 2 times in February 1942:
6-10 february before landing at Makassar
21-24 february before Battle at Java sea

I think that this photo was taken at 21-24 february
Why?
Because we can see deck canopy between superstructure and 3rd gun turret. I think it's a bad idea to install deck canopy when there were battles on the island and it is not all occupied.
Sulavesi Island was all occupied 10 February 1942. So, calm anchoring at Staring Bay (Kendari) may be after 10 February.

And at this photo we can see:
- mantelets at AA-guns, superstructure
- Aichi E13A1 Jake in IJN Gray (Mitrubishi) paint!

And this photo of Haguro was taken 6 March 1942 at Makassar after 2 battles at Java Sea


So. My model will represent Haguro in the period 21-24 February 1942 on anchor at Staring Bay before Battle of Java Sea