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  1. IJNfan
    Thanks. With the pricetags these kits come with there wasn’t much choice but to bite through the pain at some point. I am aware of the aftermarket strategy, but these days if I buy a kit it usually also buy all possible bells and whistles in terms of PE, aftermarket resin and more so when the day comes I finish the Bismarck I will keep it in mind as one of the great IJN flattops will be my next build. I’ve been on the verge of buying colorcoats about 5 times now, every time the good old tamiya paint withheld me from it, maybe I will give it a try next build. Lastly a small update, working on another fire control unit.
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    You can be 100% certain that you do not need anything else. I do want to caution, the Pontos instructions on this one, as it is an older kit, are lacklustre in their incompleteness. I don’t understand why you d want to toss out the pe aa guns, the time spend on building = the fun of modeling. The deck itself is something i wanted to be very dark and smudged. I test on leftover pieces which look I want for a given model. This one was the one I went for. next model (likely an IJN carrier in 1/350 or a cruiser in 1/700) will see the use of abteilung oils. Main paint is still tamiya, and though Colorcoats are an attractive alternative, them being enamels and requiring primer, which tamiya, if done well, does not, makes it a toss up. Lifecolor does look good too though. Imo the pacing is pretty slow, seeing how 14 months have passed and what has been done. lastly, I know the Taiho, a great kit, I will deffo get that at some point.
  3. IJNfan
    Turned out to be quite doable indeed. Thanks for the advice, better late than never. 🫠 I fixed it first thing when I unshelved the build.
  4. IJNfan
    It is probably way too late to be of help for this instance, but I use Tamiya panel liners to stain the deck, the dark brown and black one to be precise for that dirty look. Otherwise the normal brown and grey can also provide interesting effects. If you want a cleaner but still dark look I would suggest tea a dark tea as coffee filters could leave residue grains behind, due to which i ind the use of it a questionable idea. Maybe it ll help in the future if you run out of oils again.
  5. IJNfan
    So after a while I resumed the build, and worked on the funnel and a lot of other stuff. It is too much to describe, those who would like to see the interim steps are welcome to check out my instagram modeling channel. The whole update consists of 89 pictures to be precise. They have been listed in the order that I shot them. I will try to keep this more up to date going forward. Sky out.
  6. IJNfan started following Trumpeter 1/700 Bismarck , 1/350 IJN Fuso. Fujimi , IJN Heavy Cruiser ATAGO 1/350 by Aoshima and 1 other
  7. IJNfan
    Great work on one of my favorite IJN battleships.
  8. IJNfan
    I haven't so thanks for that. as for the repairs, that is not easy at all, so this build is hereby shelved indefinitely.
  9. IJNfan
    You should, that d net you some hefty profits while this build continues
  10. IJNfan
    Hello everyone, sorry for the delay. Sometimes the motivation to upload the pictures is lacking, especially cause it is such a chore as you have to first put m in Imgur and then upload them one by one to the post. So here is a catchup for the last 6 week of work on the funnel and aft hangar. The fit is absolutely terrible as always till now in this build but it works out well enough.
  11. IJNfan
    I have started some work on the funnel. Putty work is very much WIP. Also the fit is not good at all, in line with the rest of the kit.
  12. IJNfan
    Your luck with getting this kit that way is monumental. It's been sold out everywhere as of the last 2 years over here. Envious. Looking forward to it.
  13. IJNfan
    its a bit late, but for people that are new ish with PE the use of CA gel can help. I use ZAP CA gel for everything I do with PE and it works wonders. The fact of it being a gel means its much easier to dose the application with a needle/toothpick than it would be with the thin ca glues generally sold in modelstores. The work however looks clean and straight so so far all good😄
  14. IJNfan
    highly interesting, I will keep this in my mind during my own paintwork decisions regarding that stuff. Yellow turrettops, an interesting choice, ll be interesting to see how it looks like once completed. Do you plan on making the funnel top aluminium color?
  15. IJNfan
    depends if you still want to use the preshading effect it will give through your paint or not. It will probably remain slightly visible as an effect, so if you want that panel effect then by all means leave it be. IF you do not want that then I would definitely put on a full black coat. My own instinct would say full black, but that is because I rely on postshading instead of preshading.
  16. IJNfan
    To put it shortly, it has been a while, a month and 3 days to be exact. A nasty covid infection axed me for 2 weeks and then Uni stuff had to be catched up. when I did work I did not take pictures simply cause ever since covid I have been very tired during the evenings. I worked on the superstructure and the weathering of the hull. The different levels of the decks have not been glued, just a dryfit.
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