IJN Kirishima 1942 Guadalcanal 1/700 (Fujimi)

[potchip]

Super effort very sharp

[blacman]

... platform around first funel in process:

main platform:






searchlights stations




in May 1942, during drydocking in Sasebo two double 25mm units were taken up from main deck onto 1st funel's platform:




and supports for platform ready:






draft arragements:








and completed - ready to be painted:

[Goodwood]

Holy crap dude, that is just simply stunning PE work!

As others have stated, you should go pro with your PE design and production work, you would be raking in the cash from all the AMS sufferers out there...

[tenacioustanaka]

Holy crap dude, that is just simply stunning PE work!

As others have stated, you should go pro with your PE design and production work, you would be raking in the cash from all the AMS sufferers out there...

I could personally put his next 6 children through 4 years of any Ivy League school with what I'm frothing at the mouth to buy from him.

[Dan K]

[blacman]

OK Friends....
This is still beta version of the PE design. I will try to make separate PE set with my Kirishima design and offer final version with some manual...

There is still some corrections and adjustments needed. I started with main pagoda tower:

to make it I decided to paint the elements before be assembled






first level ... and I found small mistake - walls are a bit to long... it's related to multiwalls structures with different and also concave angulations... Hopefully this part of covered by another. Lessons taken.... Design correction will be done.






And I know it for now that making whole main brigde from PE will be a challenging journey !!! Difficult and slow - but differences between plastic and PE details are worth it...







Greg

[blacman]

slowly going up...


level 1:








level 2:






level 3:











and overall view:







there will much more details added: railings ladders, etc

[davetwin]

Wow, that PE work is amazing, great work

[blacman]

we'a going up....

Level 4:









and level 5:




I started also to make railings. At level 2 I integrated railings with cage for signal flags:






and view of preliminary assembling - from level 2 till today.... :

[Joe Simon]

Fantastic work. My son is a big fan of your builds also!

[blacman]

Thank you!
Send him my warmest regards please...

Greg

[MartinJQuinn]

Holy Cow! That is amazing work. You have an incredible amount of talent.

[blacman]

Thank you Martin...


Stern brigde with second funel ready:








And first funel as well. It will be painted finally after installation of wooden platforms under the searchlights











Some details will be added but looking at it I'm a bit sad that I did not decide to cut off plastic heating screen and replace it by PE. Plastic looks far too big and having brass sheet around would give me possibility to place properly the steam pipes system. On Hiei I will do it for sure...


Building pagoda tower is like running up&down. Afer painting I went down to finish rails on level 1










All will be repainted once more...

[Joe Simon]

Very nice!

[Dan K]

To say the least.

[blacman]

I went down and now going up again...:

Level 2:






Level 3 with wind baffle



and railings:






Level 4: - another wind baffle








Level 5:








Level 6:








and beginning of 7:

[LE BOSCO]

HI Blacman

just one word ,stunning work
keep the way
cheers
Nicolas

[J. Soca]

I like a lot the running cables and boxes on bulkheads i think that's a hell of an enhancement to the model



Jose

[blacman]

thank you guys!

Finally - level 8. And on top of it - open deck and rangefinder...









have a nice weekend !

Greg

[j.mahieux]

Hello Mister "Blacman",
Fantastic work, really beautiful
I love it
In the crazy school, you have a first rate!
Jean