The Ship Model Forum

I began working on this project on thursday i just wanted to have some progress before start taking pictures. This intricate Lionroar P.E set will most likely give me nightmares throughout the entire pagoda assembling step the KA model�s wooden deck is IMO way better than Shinsengumi�s and waaaaaay cheaper too it even comes with its own adhesive tape sweeeeet!!! i really wanted to get ahold of the other Aoshima kit (AOSWL115) since i 'm modeling her in a 1941 refit too bad when i visited the Orlando Modelpalooza i couldn�t find it however i did find this one and after going over it looks to me is practically the same with the exception of the 1944 fitted radars, extra gun tubs for the turrets and some deck shields.


Jose

Oh, YES, another IJN Battleship

Looking awesome already another masterpiece is on his way.

Keep up the good work Jose and good luck for your "pagoda nightmares"

Cheers

Gilbert

I have one of the Aoshima new Nagatos in the stash as well, Jose, of course as with Kongo, yours and mine will look Vastly different. Looking forward to seeing your artistry at work, man - she'll be a beauty I'm sure!

You picked up right where you left off of your Kongo build Jose.
Simply fantastic stuff.




Bob Pink.

Way to go Jose

Bill Keough

damn! and they talk about me pumping them out. i'm gonna get you to build a 1/350 Supercarrier some kind kind way.

Can�t thank you enough guys i�m glad you are enjoying the buildup so far, i woke up early today and went right ahead to finish another level i planned to go to see Terminator Salvation but before heading to the theater i did manage finish this other level , thought it was going to be a disaster thanks to all those reviews i read on Yahoo, not true. Watch it if you can is not as bad as they wrote. Lionroar P.E set is not everything as you can see on the shots i�ve scratchbuilt certain things nevertheless the set itself takes the price home. The biggest problem i've seen until now is fusing the levels together, here is where the real problem lies. I�m not only talking about gluing them together but correcting a lot of gaps that are left open, then as i was using the liquid mask i thought why not use it to seal these remaining gaps? i gave it a try an it worked nicely. I bought the liquid mask as a replacement to Tamiya�s tape however Tamiya�s is way better when you have to deal with edges an corners, liquid mask not soo good it does saves a lot of masking time though. still is a pretty good stuff for correcting gaps. I first thought about adding all the pagoda leg supports at the end and this is something i would�ve done some time ago but i�ve learn the best way in working these pagodas is doing it level by level even if it means cutting and adding leg supports every time i get to a level. i�ll have another update next Sunday.

Jose

I had to change my game plan completely when i noticed the following P.E level was too flimsy and not sturdy enough to stay leveled i had two options though, either scratchbuild the level or use the one provided with the kit and try to modify it the best i could. I chose option 2 as you can see, however another problem arose, for not doing it by the book when i got to the level above this one i uncovered another hole . This other level was smaller than the one beneath it luckily only in length so i had to remind me again of the options from before, i�ll show you what i did next sunday..

Jose

Beautiful work! Lots of details to look at, and very highly detailed bridge decks!

Thank you Anthony, this wasn't really much of an update i'll have a better one next sunday night.. stay tuned


Jose

J. Soca wrote: this wasn't really much of an update i'll have a better one next sunday night.. stay tuned


Jose

I will for sure

Gilbert

Great detail work, Jose. I'm tempted to start mine but, I would really like to see how the new Haruna kit looks. THe casemates make me crazy.

Dan K wrote:Great detail work, Jose. I'm tempted to start mine but, I would really like to see how the new Haruna kit looks. THe casemates make me crazy.

Thanks Dan, i haven't seen the casemates on the 1/350 Haruna but the 1/350 and 1/700 Kongos are practically the same and is very likely it'll be the same thing with Haruna. Getting rid of the extra casemate's roundtables wasn't that bad i think the worst was thinking about doing it..


Jose

If it helps, Hobby Search has posted pictures of the 700 Haruna:
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10088567

Fujimi themselves, too: http://www.fujimimokei.com/prod_syosai/haruna700.html

What can I say, Jose: you're the skilful master! Hope to see the finished work very soon.
Phil

philman62 wrote:What can I say, Jose: you're the skilful master! Hope to see the finished work very soon.
Phil

Thanks Phil, "Skillful Master" i don't really deserve such recognition, i'm merely an average modeler trying to get there


Well guys another level done 3 to go now. I lengthened the level then i drew it on a sheet of styrene, cut it and voila. i'm sure there are other ways in doing it so i just found this one less complicated.

Jose

Looks fine. The good news is there are less pagoda levels on Nagato than on Fuso

Keep up the good work.

Gilbert

Thanks Gilbert!



Jose

damn those school summer semesters.. sigh. good thing i�m almost done with it it sucks knowing there is another one coming after it .
yesterday i got around in changing something i didn�t like and finished up one of the levels halfway. These last levels are probably the most detailed of them all it should be a breeze knowing the pagoda level scratchbuilding is over though. I had to replace the 4.5 rangefinder the ones provided with the kit looked rather small, maybe these rangefinders from the Leviathan sprues are a bit overscaled but i�ll take these any day of the week over the others. I think, like i wrote before one of the most tedious things i�ve experienced with the entire pagoda has been the nonstop procedure of filling up gaps from one level to the other by far that hole you are seeing on the shot is the biggest one i�ve encountered yet and i don�t don�t if the liquid mask is going to work this time.. i got some tamiya putty and i�ve been thinking about using it but i don�t want to put to much stress on the structure when i get to the sanding step..

Jose

i just got the Nagato set from lion roar and the wooden deck from KA Models.Seen yours coming together here makes me want to abandon all other obligations i have as far as model building goes and start with the Nagato.