Tamiya New Tool 1/350 Yamato +MK1/Pontos PE

[davetwin]

Great etch work. This is looking superb.

Thanks for looking in and the nice comments, still a few more months left on this I reckon.

Well look at you go with your etch work - impressive !!

Cheers Kev

Thanks Kev, I am really starting to enjoy myself with the PE, its very time consuming but so satisfying when you get it on there

[Guest]

That's impressive P.E.,excellent work

[davetwin]

That's impressive P.E.,excellent work

Thanks Chewitt, really appreciate it

[davetwin]

Is anyone getting bored of photoetch pictures yet

Finished off the smoke stack.

Started with these to make the cover

Then these had to be added

To make this, hold and fold being useful just holding

And done, I had to trim the plastic grate off of the kit surround to stick the PE on instead, I left this till the end until I was sure I could assemble the PE cover

Thats the smoke stack pretty much wrapped up as far as PE goes, just the walk way around the bottom to assemble with some railings and ladders and its all done

Edited July 15, 2014 by davetwin

[Riggers]

Oh Lordy?? How much PE???

Looks blooming good Sir! Bet you can't wait to get the airbrush out & get some colour on there?

ATB

[foxy]

Nice PE work Dave.

Thought I had a lot on mine but this beats all.

Love the radar work.

Keep it coming.

foxy

[longshanks]

Funnel looks like a spiders web . . .good job!

Kev

[snapper_city]

That smokestack is looking great. Giving me shudders though as I have the Missouri with Pontos update in the stash. I will have to set aside a year maybe to get her done.. Fine work again and agreed with the looking forward to paint.

[davetwin]

Thanks for all the comments

I must admit the other day I had a what the hell have I let myself in for moment, with all the railings and ladders still to do

After having a little break to make a start on my Chibi Maru Akagi I got right back on it and put some more railings on. SWMBO was very impressed with all the brass and was trying to convince me to leave it unpainted as it would be a shame to hide all the brass

A bit of primer splashed on some parts too

[longshanks]

Looking good !

You might suggest to SWMBO that she keeps them polished

[davetwin]

Been at the PE again, more railings, ladders added as well as some sandbags too

Using macro zoom as usual, this camera mode has its benefits as I have just spotted some rails that need straightening

[davetwin]

After some slow but steady progress I finally finished all te PE on the island super structure.

Here it is all primed and done, along with some other little bits that have been primed. Some joints need a little attention, not quite as bad with the naked eye as with macro zoom.

I have also switched from the Vallejo Primer I was using to Tamiyas Fine surface primer straight from the rattle can.

Parts for smoke stack

Parts for the tower structure

Parts for Island Super structure

Bent railings on rear part now straightened

Main Island super structure finished, I will spray the whole thing Kure Grey and then tackle the sand bags and nav lights with a brush. If you look really closely there are some cobwebs showing up, these have all been removed now.

This ladder was a bit of a challenge, you have to bend the railings and then each individual step had to be bent the angle they are at now otherwise it would have effectively been a slide.

Edited July 25, 2014 by davetwin

[Ex-FAAWAFU]

PE cobwebs is just taking accuracy to a whole new level!

[davetwin]

Sat in the garden today and got the compressor out, I finally have the hull sprayed up with soe other parts too.

I originally stuch the achor chain down to be paint kure grey as it is in a reference book I have but I am now wishing I hadn't. Its a bit late now to do anything about it so I am thinking of perhaps doing a black or steel dry brush on it, what are your thoughts on this?

Im sure you can imagine how much paint is need on a hull this size. I made up a while pot 10ml pot of Tamiya Kure Grey with the addition of 5ml of Ultimate Airbrush Thinner.

I just kept going with the spraying and other parts until they had a nice coating (several light coats) and I ran out of paint.

I actually managed to work my way through 3 airbrushes, Due to the heat they get clogging up. I have a H&S Ultra 2-1 and 2 cheap chinease generic airbrushes, 1 with the side cub and one with the bottle that goes under the end of the airbrush, the latter being the one used for most of the hull due to its size.

Edited July 26, 2014 by davetwin

[davetwin]

Everyone seems to love PE shots so here was I have been working on this morning, SWMBO is away at her sisters until early evening, time for a spot of lunch then back to it before she gets home

20 sparate parts to make this up, oh and bent reailing spotted after pictures which has now been straightened

Dry fitted

[foxy]

Lovely jubbly work there Dave.

Smashing work on the PE.

Cheers foxy

[davetwin]

Thanks foxy

It was tricky doing that bit

A bit more to feast our eyes over, I have had to stop now as I am exhausted ​ You will notice I have one of the kit silver etch ladders in place of where one of the small 4mm ladders goes, this is because I broke that and the 2 spares

[Riggers]

STUNNING!!!

ATB

[davetwin]

Thanks Riggers

Short update as I have now finished the PE on the tower, a few more ladders and railings added. You will notice that 3 of the Tamiya's own etch ladders have had to be used due to breakages.

This was possibly the most diificult part of the build to date, if you look closely at the brass ladders you will see that they have nice steps, each one has to be rotated 90 degrees individually after the ladder railing has been bent.

[Riggers]

This is just about the most bonkers amount of PE I have ever seen! Total inspirational build....truly!

And there's me reading over your initial posts regarding PE!!! Lol

So enjoying this build.....keep 'em coming!!

ATB & thanks so much for sharing.......

[davetwin]

Here is a small update, some primer sprayed on some parts and PE doors added to the rear of the 25mm gun turrets, all 26 of them

[davetwin]

As SWMBO works in a school she is off for the summer holidays so been her and the step daughter I am just doing what I can when I can.

Here is waht I have done since the last update, making the catapult trolleys;

Thought I would do something different and do a build log within a build log [biggrin].

We Start with this

Then the 2 hardest folds

Next ones are easier, just closing it all up

Fold the sides up

Two done

Thanks for looking

[Billydick]

Wow ..... how exquisite is all that !!!!!!!!

BillyD

[foxy]

Love it Dave.

The close ups are fantastic .

She is coming on very well and the detail is stunning.

Keep it coming mate.

foxy

[davetwin]

Thanks Billydick and foxy

I havent had much time of late due to the school Holidays. My fiance works in a school so is off work during all the school holidays meaning lots of family time when not a work.