Nanond Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 My WIP of 1/700 IJN Aboba. The work on the bridge was started in 2019 and halted for almost a year. I recently resumed the work on her and managed to complete the foremast and fore funnel. The hull was cut to the low tide level of her sunken state at the end of WWII. Nanond 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Gidday Nanond, as usual exquisite workmanship. I thought these cruisers were quite graceful ships. Regards, Jeff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Always nice to see what can be achieved in this scale. Good work. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanond Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 On 12/24/2020 at 2:08 PM, ArnoldAmbrose said: Gidday Nanond, as usual exquisite workmanship. I thought these cruisers were quite graceful ships. Regards, Jeff. Thank you. Yes, me too, these 2 classes of smaller heavy cruiser have rather beautiful lines. Even in this sunken state, Aoba still possessed that menacing looks. 7 hours ago, Courageous said: Always nice to see what can be achieved in this scale. Good work. Stuart Thank you! More progress with the aft superstructure. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 The metalwork is adding some nice detail. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanond Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 I did some more work on Aoba during the new year. It turned out that the stern was more visible during low tide than I thought. So it has to be added. I also redo the bow damage to better capture the appearance in reference photos. The damage to the port side torpedo bulge was quite substantial as well as a piece of deck surface blown to the side. Nanond 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanond Posted May 24, 2021 Author Share Posted May 24, 2021 Slowly but surely, my Aoba has reached the painting stage. The hull is the first to go through various painting steps to recreate the appearance of the real ship. Nanond 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Very nice indeed 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vytautas Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Stunning detailing! Until I saw the photo with the lighter, I thought the ship was much bigger. Vytautas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanond Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 2 hours ago, vytautas said: Stunning detailing! Until I saw the photo with the lighter, I thought the ship was much bigger. Vytautas It appears you've found that I have another unfinished work hiding in here Nanond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vytautas Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, Nanond said: It appears you've found that I have another unfinished work hiding in here I looked at everything, tracked down all the clues Vytautas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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