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Dan K wrote:Great job, Jose. Now you need to read A. Tully's new book on Surigao Strait and act it out

i've read good stuff about this one in the past i'd like to get my hands on "Japan At War" first but as soon as i'm done buying it i'll order Mr. Tully's book.

http://powells.com/s?header=Search+Form ... gao+Strait , thanks Dan



Jose

Yes another two great IJN builds Lars. I have a few questions on the flyhawk photoetch as well. I have the Fuso and the flyhawk PE in the stash. First, was anything left out of the set? It is so big It looks like it has everything except railing. Next, is it easy to work with and did it fit properly, were there hard sections?

ajkochev wrote:Yes another two great IJN builds Lars.

Guess who again

ajkochev wrote: First, was anything left out of the set? It is so big It looks like it has everything except railing.

If only I could�ve traded all those things I didn�t use for railings.. it could�ve saved me the trouble of buying extra ones. I bought Yamashiro�s set first and then Fuso�s, I finished up the railings on Yamashiro with some of the Fuso�s set then I had to buy Tom�s generic railings to finish up Fuso this is the only setback I see on the entire set, the small amount of railings. I used some things from these very same P.E sets on my newly finished Kongo. Some leftovers which I couldn�t find any use for them on the models were davits, catapult and boat cradles, swinging booms, some ladders too, anchors, jacktaff (I like to scratchbuild these ones) it keeps going and most of them I know what are they used for however there was something and do check the picture, #25 what in the world are those things? I could only guess these have to do with the rigging and if they do I still don�t know how to use them.

ajkochev wrote: Next, is it easy to work with and did it fit properly, were there hard sections?

Don�t forget my Fuso is the resin one from HIGH-MOLD and this makes it incompatible up to some extent though, I had to scratchbuild one of Fuso�s levels and fill up a couple of gaps with putty on the bottom level but it can most likely be used on this resin kit, now, if you have the new Aoshima kit I don�t see you going over the same problems I had, this set was solely designed for this kit.
Jose

however there was something and do check the picture, #25 what in the world are those things? I could only guess these have to do with the rigging and if they do I still don�t know how to use them.

Hi Jose,

those things are the pivots for the davits, maybe for the davids for the 9 m cutters. Both ends have to be bended by approximately 90� (depending on the inclination of the hull at this position.

An example can be seen on the page
http://www.flyhawkmodel.com/en/product. ... e=fh350002
on photo-2. Just above the quadruple torpedo tubes you can see one davit in such a pivot.

By the way: Your sisters are really breathtaking ! A very good job.
(To avoid misunderstandings: With sisters I mean Fuso and Yamashiro).

Cheers, Dirk

Dirk wrote:
those things are the pivots for the davits, maybe for the davids for the 9 m cutters. Both ends have to be bended by approximately 90� (depending on the inclination of the hull at this position.

i never, ever thought about that Dirk, let me put it this way that would've been that last place i would've looked for:


source: AOTS, heavy cruiser Takao
thanks Dirk

Jose

Excellent work Jose. I have Fuso and Yamashiro to build in 1/700 and I dare say that I will get nooooo way near your level of excellence.

Kudos.

Bill Keough

William J wrote:Excellent work Jose. I have Fuso and Yamashiro to build in 1/700 and I dare say that I will get nooooo way near your level of excellence.

Kudos.

Bill Keough

Much appreciated Bill!! all you need is a little bit of patience on the pagoda masts and i'm sure they will look even better than mine.


Jose

Thanks Jose

Bill Keough

Wonderful and very detailed work, Jose: you're one of the best.