1/700 scale IJN Ships make over

[rtfoe]

Thanks Jim, no I have not but it looks good. I have the Finescale on ship modelling as that covers everything from wood and plastic sailing ships to resin and modern plastic to the latest with PE. Its a bit like the Shep Paine books that show old school techiques and new stuff.

Cheers,
Richard

[Wouter]

Hi Richard, to me the bedrolls look good (never read anyone call them that way :smiling2. Looking forward to see you tackle the rigging in a while. I did a testcase with the finest wire from Ushi van der Rosten and man that wire is so thin you can barely see it. It was much easier than I thought, though I haven't found out how to trim the ends. We'll see how that goes ^^. Looking forward to see the little choo choo being painted as well (you brave man )

Cheers

[rtfoe]

Thanks Wouter, they are actually rolled up thin mattresses that the Japanese sleep on the tatami mats. They still do in congested Tokyo homes where they are folded away iinto cupboards and the room could be converted to either a living or dining room.
If you watch Tora Tora Tora, they have great scenes of the Akagi bridge festooned with these bedrolls.:smiling2:
Looking forward to see your testcase on the rigging.

Cheers,
Richard

[Steve Jones]

Boy oh boy you learn a lot reading your blog. I have a lot of searching to do on the tinternet to find all this wonderful floaty stuff. Thanks for all the info guys

[Wouter]

If you watch Tora Tora Tora, they have great scenes of the Akagi bridge festooned with these bedrolls.:smiling2:
Looking forward to see your testcase on the rigging.

Cheers,
Richard

Tora Tora Tora is still one of my favourite Pacific Theatre films. From the days when they knew how to make proper war films. So much better than that recent dreadful Midway debacle :smiling2:. Never realized they were actually tatami matts.

Cheers

[rtfoe]

Hi Guys,

Steve, you could try this or this one if you like floaty things.

Wouter, even the older Midway version was better although they borrowed some scenes from Tora. Tatami mats are actually the flooring in Japanese traditional home rooms. The hallways are polished wood and the rooms are separated with wood and paper. The bedrolls are thin mattresses stuffed with natural fibres or cotton. They are quite tough when compacted.

Cheers,
Richard

[Neil Merryweather]

On the subject of bedding rolls on ships, the Royal Navy(and presumably other navies)of the 18th &19th century had wire netting racks above decks for rolled up hammocks which provided rudimentary protection from flying splinters.
cheers
Patrick O'Brian

[rtfoe]

On the subject of bedding rolls on ships, the Royal Navy(and presumably other navies)of the 18th &19th century had wire netting racks above decks for rolled up hammocks which provided rudimentary protection from flying splinters.
cheers
Patrick O'Brian

Neil, looks like the Imperial Japanese Navy just carried on the practise and improved on it. Seem to only notice only the IJN doing this in WW2. :smiling2:

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Hi guys sorry no trains yet but some updates on the ships...

Good thing I left the superstructure unglued. I made some alterations to the bedrolls as I wasn't satisfied with the first application...



The Hatsuyuki gun tubs were also re enforced with the bedrolls as well. These were the mid raised gun tubs.



Besides that the torpedo tubes recieved their white markings...



I corrected the sag of the crane rigging on the Haruna flight deck and also added the long missing rigging for the Kuma so now no one needs to ask how the crane worked without the cables.



The Kuma also recieved foul weather white canvas coverings on some of the railings. The torpedo tubes also got their markings. This area looks a bit too tidy and needs ropes and stuff lying around.



The bridge front got the customary batch of bedrolls. I will be checking if the bridge roof was permanent or stretched canvas as I can recall Kuma had an open bridge in her early days.



I painted the gun breeches black and will dry brush with graphite. Thanks for looking in.

Cheers,
Richard

[Wouter]

Nice adjustments there Richard!

Cheers

[Steve Jones]

Ditto. Well worth the extra effort. Thanks for the links. They are very helpful

[rtfoe]

Thanks Wouter and Steve,
With all this time now I can look at the builds differently and make the corrections and work on the little stuff. Glad to have helped with the links. Would like to see more ships done here as !/700 is starting to pick up. Brands like Fujimi and Hasegawa are upping the level and churning some really good kits. Unfortunately you only see them marketed in Japan. We do get them here as one LHS brings them in. We even have HMS Hermes in early and late variants. Then you have from Trumpeter the Queen Elizabeth class battle ships in early and late configurations. Basically spoilt for choice and for me opening a can of worms...how am I to concentrate on the other genres that I like. :confounded::smiling6:

Cheers,
Richard

[boatman]

HI Richard ive only just got round to lookin through your thread an im amazed at your build dio an how you build such small ships really brilliant you are a true moddeler
chris

[rtfoe]

Thanks Chris for the kind comment and so are you as we both build at the two separate ends of scale. Mine though is glued down and don't move which is less of a headache but does strain the eyes. :smiling2:

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Hi, took myself away from the monotenous gluing and highlighted the row of rail cars, engine and trucks with a spray of white. This will help me see details to paint.

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For those who have just come into the thread, the above will be featured on the harbour dock side in the diorama.

Cheers,
Richard

Hi Guys, I know it's been nearly 2 years since I touched this dio. Even sadder is that the late Simon was waiting for the above train to be painted. Well today while pondering the USS Constipation, North Africa dio, Malayan Emergency and its monkeys, I decided to destroy my eyes and paint the train and trucks. These are 1/700 if you guys remember. Took me 3 hours and I haven't gotten to the wheels but here's the progress shots...



Ow!! My eyes...need a rest before more detail clean up. Hope it was worth the wait.

Cheers,
Richard