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  1. Hi mates! Today 1st August is my birthday, so I prepared myself a memorable birthday present: the 1/700 Minsk heavy aircraft cruiser. This is a joint work by my friend Yang Liu and myself, which Yang made most of the built while I added more details/modification later. Back to 30 years ago, when I was still an elemental school boy I read a fictional military novel by a Japanese author Takio Kurushima called <Minsk Strikes Out> from a series of novels “World War III", I have been so fascinated by this mysterious ship, the mighty flagship of Soviet navy pacific fleet. It was indeed a threat to far east countries such as China and Japan, at the time being. In November 2007, I had a chance to visit Shenzhen before going to Hong Kong with some friends so finally I boarded the famous Minsk. Unfortuantely it was not in a well stored condition, with lots of equipment damaged and stupid aircrafts lay out... But it brings back the old good memories. In last year, I asked my friend to build one 1/700 Minsk for me. The base kit is the 2001 released Trumpeter one, by using donated parts from Hobbyboss Baku which is relased in 2013 with better quality. AKA Model Baku PE set and spray sheet, his own customized PE parts were also added. In addition, I also specially drew/printed the customized decals for 1/700 Minsk ship and aircrafts. After I got it, I made some improvements and optimizations, including: adding carrier-based aircraft (Yuegao's Ka-25 and Youfeng's Ka-27), adding deck auxiliary vehicles (3D printing + etching), adding figures (Northstar 3D printing ones), adding signal flags/navy flags, remaking the top antenna, resetting the naval aviation badge at the bow, correcting the color of the details, adding spoilers and other details, etc.
  2. Thank you all! Hi Andrew You asked a very good question. Yes we know the history very well especially as a scale modeller, and maybe you have heard that the political restriction/atmosphere is still very obvious in China mainland. Right or wrong, I think everyone has his own opinion on this but as a modeller, my view and my joy is to replicate the history by model works, fairly and transparently with no political view or too much personal feeling invovled. But to be honest there are still some Chinese modellers refuse to build WW2 Japanese items, and most Chinese manufactures avoid to make WW2 Japanese item model kits by using their own brand(sometimes they use another minor brand to cover it). So that is the truth and fact, as long as I live in China, I have to live with that. Meanwhile the good thing is that most modellers in China are open minded to these WW2 Japanese items. Just like the old saying: something even forgivable but never forgetable. We critize what Japan did in China during WW2, but building Japanese items is another different story. That's my view. Thanks. Yufei
  3. Thanks all for your nice comments! And wow, you guys pump it out again. Actually you can find the information at the beginning of the thread here: Reskit 1/48 resin FAB-250M-64 bomb*12 Reskit 1/48 resin MBD3-U6-68 multi bomb racks*2 They are very good resin stuff.
  4. Thank you again for your nice comments! Yes I love to add figures on the ship and the reason is exactly what you said, to bring life to the vehicle. Believe me only patience is the trick. Turn on some soft music, calm down and spend you time, finally you will achieve it! And it will well worth the time and effort! Yufei
  5. Thanks all for your encouragement! I updated the Yukikaze by more accurate research based on Mr. Yukio Mizuno's painting, and retook the photos. "The painting of Yukikaze during the operation "Ten-Ichi-Go" refers to the paintings of IJN master, artist Yukio Mizuno, which was published on the cover of the 45th issue of the Pacific War History series "The Real Ship History of the Imperial Navy" by Gakken. When Yukikaze escorted Yamato Special Attack, she was the only ship that did not paint the Kissui Emblem on the chimney, but retained the original triangle logo, and the second chimney was painted with two white lines symbolizing the Second Mine Team. The reason is that the Captain Terauchi hoped to return to base safely as usual, which is also a silent protest against the special attack itself." Hope you enjoy watching it and have a nice day! Yufei
  6. Thank you all for your nice comment and encouragement! To be honest, it was unimaginable to archive this result back to say 10 years ago. Really thanks to so many ship modelling accessories now available by Chinese domestic brands, AND more importantly they are CHEAP. A deluxe super set including PE, resin parts and metal parts for a 1/700 destroyer is around 10-12 pounds here in China. So if you have a chance to visit(hope the board will be re-opened soon), do grab as many as you can. Talking about the rigging, sorry I forgot to mention that I used the Modelkasten metal rigging 0.047mm. I think it's the champion among all similar products: accurate diameter, very fine texture, easy to cut/glue, difficult to distort, etc. I highly recommend it to any ship model builders. As for the catenary, it was same metal rigging by jelly type CA glue, you need to hold it for 5-6 seconds by a tweezer so that the angle will be fixed. For those on tunnel, I used fatter metal rigging 0.06mm. Drilling a small hole say 0.15mm on the tunnel surface will help you to glue the catenary into it more easily. Nothing special but a little patience indeed. I may update some in progress pictures later which might be helpful. Have a nice weekend! Yufei
  7. Finish. Thanks for watching! (The ship of World War II is too tiring, next time I will change to a modern ship...)
  8. This is the same Kagero-class destroyer, Hamakaze which I built back to 2004. It is the Aoshima 1/700 "Deluxe Edition" kit, with a very tasteless stainless steel etching film-but there were almost no domestic brand etching parts in those years in China, and imported etching parts were rare and expensive, and they were definitely luxury products to us. Today I overturned the ship model I built 17 years ago, repaired it (it was smashed by myself a few years ago), and put it together to take a photo to memorize the 17 years revolution in ship model building.
  9. The custom-made lifting wooden base, with the nameplate, can enhance the presence and sense of luxury of the small destroyer.
  10. Some details. This time I tried to use Evergreen's 0.13mm clear plastic sheet to reproduce the bridge windows, which looks more refined than a simple etched window frame. At the same time, the smooth surface of the transparent plastic sheet is closer to the texture of glass, unlike white glue which after drying the transparency is too crooked and distorted. The turret and the torpedo launcher are fixed to the deck with 2mm miniature magnets, which can be rotated very smoothly, but not too loose to fix the angle.
  11. Hi Mates This is the third work I completed this year (the second ship). Construction started on May 3 and completed by the beginning of July. Kit: Pit-Road Flyhawk W213C 1/700 Kagero-class destroyer (new version) The completed state was transformed into the 1945 state Aftermarket parts: Five-star deluxe set (for Pit-Road old version kit) Sea soul deluxe set(for Fujimi, Pit-Road old version kit) Star model resin kit(only etching sheet used) Sea soul, five-star, rainbow, and Yongxin all kinds of general etching sheets/3D printing Northstar 1/700 3D printed sailor figures When I visited Flyhawk in late June, I received a set of official deluxe PE/metal parts set for Kagero, but unfortunately I was almost finished by then, and the set was designed for Kagero early stage, so I didn't use it in the end. If you want to do the early version Kagero class, I strongly recommend waiting for this set of super set, the coverage is quite comprehensive, and one set is satisfactory. (Poor my purse. I bought so many general-purpose pieces and I don't know by when I will used them up......) The figures are painted in the gray-green Type 3 uniform of the late war. In addition, in order to highlight the feeling of dead end at the end of the war, a lot of messy supply boxes and the like were added on the ship. IJN ships are all mouse-grey, and the deck is also brown, so it could look quite dark and ugly indeed. So we must add some elements of different colors to enrich the visual effect. The signal flag is the JZGA combination, which is the name of Yukikaze. Flyhawk kit detail is as excellent as ever, and the fitting is also very good. The boss of Flyhawk said that the anti-slip pattern was actually more delicate at the beginning, but Pit-Road strongly urged to change the size and thickness, which I personally think such a waste! But despite this, the various relief effects are still pass, there is no need to shovel and change PE, and some reliefs are even better than PE details. The painting of Yukikaze during the operation "Ten-Ichi-Go" refers to the paintings of IJN master, artist Yukio Mizuno, which was published on the cover of the 45th issue of the Pacific War History series "The Real Ship History of the Imperial Navy" by Gakken. When Yukikaze escorted Yamato Special Attack, she was the only ship that did not paint the Kissui Emblem on the chimney, but retained the original triangle logo, and the second chimney was painted with two white lines symbolizing the Second Mine Team. The reason is that the Captain Terauchi hoped to return to base safely as usual, which is also a silent protest against the special attack itself.
  12. Thank you! I used 0.067mm metal rigging, the glue was gell stype CA reinforced by liquid CA as well. I use extremely thin stretched plastic sprue to attach glue, by the way. Hope it could be helpful.
  13. Thanks so much. My real daily job is a banker, so totally an outsider of aviation industry. I live in Shanghai.
  14. Thanks a lot for your nice moments mates! So today is the 80th anniversary of Bismarck’s sunk, 27th May 1941. Let us memorize the lost lives in that incident 80 years ago. Thanks again for your watching.
  15. Thank you all for your encouragement and nice comments! Yes it was not an easy job to do, especially considering the size as of 1/700 scale. But thanks to Flyhawk kit's high quality and lots of useful references around, much of time and effort has been saved. I highly recommend Flyhawk kit to any one who is interested in Bismarck, especially in 700 scale. In my view it's even more detailed than the Trumpeter 350 scale kit. Thanks David! I'm sure by using correct tool and skill, you will definitely get there. I used stretched plastic sprue rods to apply super glue, with a very fine tweezer. Have a try and you will find it not so difficult, just patience will do the trick. Thanks Jeff and yes, you read my mind! I selected the date to tribute the historical story behind her. Hope it will remind different memory for different people. I was recalled watching National Geographic documentary telling how Dr. Robert Ballard found Bismarck wreckage with lots of old veteran's comments. It was so impressive that I still feel some of their voices wandering around my ears sometimes. I believe that is the true charming point brought by a model work, to me. Yufei
  16. I also used some newspaper when Bismarck was sunk, downloaded from Internet as background to take photos. Hope it will remind you about the history and story behind this ship... That's all. Thanks for watching! Yufei Mao
  17. Sorry I just took too many photos... The overall look on the customize order wooden base.
  18. Some close up shots. You have to admit she is such an elegant ship. More close up shots.
  19. Hi mates Here comes my latest collection, a collaborate work by my friend and myself, to memorize one of the most famous WWII battleship, KMS Bismarck which was sunk 80 years ago. The model was mainly built by my friend Xiaohui Mu, retouched/modified/rigging and photoed by me. Kit: Flyhawk 1132S 1/700 Bismarck deluxe ver. Aftermarket goods: K2 studio 3D printed Bismarck barrel canvas YX model 3D printed anchor chain Shipyard Bismarck PE & metal parts full set Shipyard Bismarck metal badge Flyhawk metal barrels (shorter ver. to fit canvas) Northstar 1/700 Kriegsmarine sailor figures Modelkasten 0.06mm metal rigging Customize ordered wooden deck & acrylic clear cover It took us more than 4 months to finish it and hope it will match the 80th anniversary of Bismarck's short voyage in North Atlantic. Thanks for watching.
  20. Thanks and yes, a great sorrow and loss. Wish him R.I.P.... The IDF has some quite unique shape and it is actually the first originally desgined 3rd generation fighter in Asia. So it worth a good kit and a good built too. Thank you all mates for your encouragement!
  21. The joint photos by the twins. That's all and thanks for watching.
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