Lanmi Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 (edited) This is my first excursion into ship building since my primary school days. Built OOB just to see if I would be interested in it. I used decals to represent wood decking For the base I used styrodur base, watercolour paper and vallejo pacific ocean acrylic and vallejo water foam. I like to look to model ships but I am reluctant to use those big PE sets. Edited November 1, 2021 by Lanmi multiple pictures 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Gidday Lanmi, she looks very good. I work in a similar scale (1/600) and I don't use PE either, although other modelers do a superb job with it. I haven't done a Japanese carrier yet but would like to. If it turns out half as good as this I'll be happy. Well done. Regards, Jeff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Derbyshire Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Greetings Sir Nice one sir especially like the sea which is tricky to get half decent. Be lucky, Cheers Brian. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Hi Lanmi, for a first ship and 1/700 at that, you've done a lovely job. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adm Lord De Univers Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Hopefully this has piqued your interest, as for a first attempt and oob build, it is excellent! You'd be depriving us of some truly stunning future builds otherwise. That seascape is quite something too. David 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goji308 Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Lanmi, keep up the great work. Your efforts paid off and your project looks solid. I hope we see future builds from you too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanmi Posted November 2, 2021 Author Share Posted November 2, 2021 Thank you guys, I appreciate your feedback. I still have two more carriers in my stash one is Fujimi Akagi and second is Tamiya's Zuikaku. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Gidday Lanmi, looking forward to seeing them. Regards, Jeff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Very nicely displayed and finished Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Wow, this is great! Finally someone who builds the Pearl Harbor carriers - thank you. What did you use for water? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanmi Posted November 6, 2021 Author Share Posted November 6, 2021 7 hours ago, Toryu said: Wow, this is great! Finally someone who builds the Pearl Harbor carriers - thank you. What did you use for water? Thank you, for the water I used Vallejo Pacific ocean acrylic effect. For the waves I used Vallejo Foam effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liizio Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 Very neat building and painting, and that seascape along with weathering really brings the model to life! I'm not a huge carrier guy, but the wooden decks with colorful markings really set these IJN ones apart. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Well done. You obviously have the knack for the ships. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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