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Make 127mm AA-gun turrets using Flyhawk PE and a little scratchbuild (ladders, breechs of guns)
Barrels from Master


And I don't cut through the back of the AA-turrets
Maybe it's mistake

Complete 127mm AA-gun platforms using Flyhawk PE and Hasegawa details
Aft pair of guns were at the wrong place and I correct them


make some details: doors, portholes, ventilators, ladders, grilles, lamps

Assemble aft searchlight platform using Flyhawk PE
Make new portholes and doors

Really nice work so far. Great progress.

That looks great!

In a word: wow

Thanks to all!

3 nights I spent on the assembly of funnels:
- remove plastic grilles (replace by Flyhawk PE)
- scratchbuild details inside funnels using Evergreen plastic 0.15mm
- scratchbuild pipes from wire
- fixing rings on pipes from Rainbow PE
- drill 0.1 mm holes on the funnels
- over grilles and details from Flyhawk PE
- remove 1 pipe from each side of forward funnel (Haguro had only 1 pipe on each side of funnel, Nachi - 2)

Total number of details at funnes (without PE railings) - 70
PE Railings on funnels will be install after painting.







Andrew

Yesterday, I bought North Star Models resin crew
"Japanese Navy Parade" and ... "Imperial Russian Navy in working position"
It's not a joke
North Star doesn't make Japanese Navy in working position in this scale, and I needed a way out
So I bought Russians
In 1/700 scale nobody will be able to distinguish the Japanese from Russian
Because they have similar uniform
Unfortunately japanese uniform isn't for tropics...



The height of figures equal to 2.5-2.7 mm
I have headlight magnifier, super thin brush size 10/0 and much experience (when I paint in January 143 resin crewmens in 1/350 for battleship Sevastopol)

Your incredible attention to detail will result in a truly magnificent model. Well done and keep up hte amazing work!

warspite63 wrote:Your incredible attention to detail will result in a truly magnificent model. Well done and keep up hte amazing work!

Thank you!
In detailing funnels I use Takao schemes (Nachi-class funnels had similar construction)




Pipes on funnels were made using these photos of Haguro






Nachi had similar pipes (1 pipe on each sidewall of first funnel)


Myoko and Ashigata had 2 pipes on each sidewall of first funnel
Myoko

Ashigara

Aft 25mm AA-guns platforms
Standard Flyhawk PE, new portholes, additional doors


Nose 25mm AA-guns platform
Standard Flyhawk PE, additional fenders first shots






Additional wiring on first funnel

Those funnels and AA platforms look great!

Cheers,

Marijn

Amazing work!

ArizonaBB39, marijn van gils
Abram, Marjin, thank you guys!

some differences "Before-After"




Nose searchlight platform
Flyhawk PE, copper rod/wire, additional ladders, scratchbuild davits from steel wire, Rainbow 0.3 fixing rings

Complete aft superstructure
New portholes, doors, ladders and Flyhawk PE


Next will be crane for Haguro from Rainbow PE

Top notch work here. Looks great!

great work?

Stunning work Andrew, thank you for sharing.

Really excellent PE work in such a tiny scale, but...they aren't going to make you sling multicolored paint at this thing for some sort of ARP ship promotional stunt, are they Andrew? :p

(Yes, I know the Haguro is one of the new anime ships WG will be offering soon.)