The Ship Model Forum

Just wanted to show you a couple of pictures of Maya�s bridge I kind of finished it today I still want to add some figures I�m sure this will give it a nicer touch. I had to go over a couple of books AOTS, Maru Special I also checked a couple of models one of them was Claudio Matteinis�s Maya this one sure helped me a lot.

Excellent work so far!

Nice work. I'll be using this to help detail my 1/700 Maya.

It's looking very good, Jose.

Thank you very much guys, I�ve been trying to do my best but you always find something that�s not right either from the paint job to the details, I went over the pictures one more time and I found a couple of them . I also forgot about these:

Model looking very nice, J.

Thanks dude, Dan for a second there i thought Chokai had those holes, Chokai and Maya bridge structures were kind of identical in some aspects.

Hey guys


Got to finish all 4 turrets today and I�m halfway done with the smoke stacks, sorry for the low quality pics taking pictures in daylight is way better than at this time BTW the brass barrels are from Voyager.




I took these shots earlier

Hi guys

I�ve been kind of busy lately although I was able to do some work on the ship last weekend and this one. I remember saying once I wasn�t going to cut off the hull bottom of the ship well I ended up doing it I�m so used to work with waterline ships I can�t stop it now . I added some of the Type 89 AA guns and these little babies look awesome. I�ll post more pics next weekend.

Jose

Looking might fine, Jose. The Maya is my favorite of this class - she was very fierce looking with the added AA guns.

Thank You Martin, she's always been my favorite from all the 4 cruisers too

Hi guys

I hope to finish the rear mast by next week, I�ve been taking my time in doing this ship I�d say I�m more than halfway done with the whole thing but I don�t want to rush it I�ve got nothing else to model after this baby so I�m also killing time here . I don�t know if you noticed but I stopped using acrylic gel medium as water I got tired of using it mainly I just wanted to try something else I didn�t know where to turn to and then I remembered Bob Cicconi told me once he uses papier Mache so I just gave it a try and to tell you the truth this is best modeled water I�ve done up to date. BTW, I didn�t take any stern shots because I haven�t done much there besides painting the deck.

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Superb job! I didn't realise the difference between the ships of this class, totally different to the Takao.

Looks really good, Jose.

Thank you fellows!!

Jose, did you use the PE set supplied by Aoshima?

Jose, did you use the PE set supplied by Aoshima?

It was one those long sundays for me today , I went out fishing with my father and brother and even though I didn�t catch anything I did get a suntan . After I got home I kind of finished the rear mast, fixed i'd say rectify some things one of those was the bridge's wind baffle, I also added some partial railings and retouched a couple of things with paint. I think little by little she�s coming along pretty good.

Hey fellows

First of all happy Saint Patrick's day it's kind of late now but I didn�t want to go to sleep without showing you a couple of pics I took after I finished adding some things, the rear mast I�d say is done if I had to add something else it�d be some rigging but I think its looks decent like that, boats and davits are in place, wind socks are made out of paper in case you are wondering it was a real challenge painting and gluing them but I really wanted to add these so its just like the saying no pain no gain I did some work on the ship�s jackstaff, I also added some awning stanchions and even if its not accurate for the ship to have them on at that time I�d like to add more of them I like the way these look on her.

That ship just oozes power and grace. Great job!