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I am happy to post pictures to date of my first build. I chose Tamiya's 1/350 Yamato w/ Lionroar Set + some Voyager and Veteran Models upgrades. I only have base coat applied in most pics, brass unpainted as yet and awaits airbrush, wood deck and assembly. I will post more pics this week when i start airbrushing. oops in looking at the pics myself, I see some fine tuning that is required on some of the pe ... but its 99% done. Thanks for viewing my project and all comments welcome!

Welcome! Nice to see another Canadian Tim

Is this your first model completely or first ship model? Either way, VERY neat work!

Opposite coast to you, Tim...Maritimer here

Yes, first model of any kind in over 40 yrs...last model I built was a purple Godzilla when I was in grade 4.

Yeah good day mate and welcome aboard the happy ship That is one very large model to pick for a first build, any chance of more pix ?

thx for the welcome ... and i will be happy to post more pics. i am only working on some more of the (numerous) lionroar pe twin/triple AA's, so i will post an update tomorrow of them.

and thx again for the nice welcome to the forum!
Tim

My first ever model was a glow in the dark Godzilla when I was in the 4th grade!

Great work on the photo-etch. You make it look like your an old hand at it, or you have a blackbelt in Origami.

black belt in origami lol

Thanks Kym ...I've studied your ship builds while building mine, appreciate your comments

Wow! I am well past my first model and they are not as clean and neat as yours! Keep up the great work and keep the pics coming.

Matt

While this is a great looking build, and sorry to write, watch those corners PE as this is the only thing I can see letting this down.

hi alec. thanks for your comments

when you said "watch those corners PE" did you mean where the corners are positioned or how they are shaped?

thx, appreciate your input

Your photoetching is way above mine, and very good, the only place ''I'' believe you've cocked up is on several corners, there's no supporting stanchion, I tried to copy and crop one of your pix but they came out flat not square.
You have a wonderful rail meeting another straight rail, but where you made the 90% bend there's nothing in the corner. Like I said, your PE is much better then mine. Oh and the other thing was, you have no contact details. This Fuso Kym Knight is building at the moment, notice the corners (upright) your one missing, don't take this the wrong way, please.

WELCOME

that is really really nice work, cant wait to see more!

leigh

Welcome

This is remarkable PE work... it really is....

Hi Alec, thanks for clarifying and yes I see what you mean now.

In my partial defense .... many of the superstructure railings were not specifically made or provided for many locations by the lionroar set (ie I had to use generic railings in places where I wanted railings but which lionroar did not provide). As a result, any railing with more than one corner needed (many), it is possible to match ONE stanchion with a corner, but to get more than one to match perfectly is practically an impossibility using a generic railing. IF there is only one corner to match up as in your example, that would certainly be the preferred method (start in the corner with a stanchion there and trim both ends to length) but if railing has more than one corner...i dont know how one would get all the stanchions to match to corners without cutting/placing individual stanchions (and even then you would have a visual prob with irregular spacing between stanchions?) If anyone knows a method that otherwise works... I'm eager to learn so pls advise.

And, as requested, heres some more pics and a couple of updates:




























Thanks for viewing!

......}} it is possible to match ONE stanchion with a corner, but to get more than one to match perfectly is practically an impossibility using a generic railing. IF there is only one corner to match up as in your example, that would certainly be the preferred method (start in the corner with a stanchion there and trim both ends to length) but if railing has more than one corner...i dont know how one would get all the stanchions to match to corners without cutting/placing individual stanchions (and even then you would have a visual prob with irregular spacing between stanchions?) If anyone knows a method that otherwise works... I'm eager to learn so pls advise. {{{.....


The trick with railings in all these models is to use the short lengths only--thermal expansion of plastic and brass differs significantly--as a result they can sometimes 'ping' off or go 'snakey' when the model contracts. Short lengths of railing
with a eexpnasion joint' of white glue avoids this potential issue and allows the model to withstand typical UK temps

( bearing in mind the models may well be in car parked overnight en route to a show )

- 5 deg C thru to + 30 deg C in Sumner ....

This allows allows the making of 'cut and shut' railings to get a stanchion on each corner where appropriate


have a look in this thread....


viewtopic.php?f=4&t=37612








cheers


Jim Baumann

EXCELLENT illustration of the problem ...and solution

So...it appears there is no other method other than cutting/fitting individual stanchions? hmmmm

I also see from your pics that the visual effect of any irregularly spaced stanchions is realistic looking. I think I will try for that effect now too. Thanks for the great reply Jim!

had a couple hours on the w.e. to do a couple more things:






glued but not yet shaped


after shaping....7 parts per gun?


Thanks for viewing my post!

This is a beautiful build; good photography as well.