Ironclad IJN NACHI 1943

[BattleshipBob]

Labelled the sprues. All the deck vents etc are separate and small. Makes painting easier but will have to be careful that I lock up the carpet monster. Can see some pinging off!!

[adt70hk]

Excellent!!!

Do I need to open a book on how many of those small parts ping off into the void!?!?!?

[Tim Marlow]

Something you’ll know better than me Bob, but wasn’t the idea of those pagoda bridges an attempt to see further “over the horizon” before the Japanese had effective ship radar? It certainly made them stand out from the crowd….

[BattleshipBob]

Excellent!!!

Do I need to open a book on how many of those small parts ping off into the void!?!?!?

How dare you, ok what odds on me jumping out of the window!

Something you’ll know better than me Bob, but wasn’t the idea of those pagoda bridges an attempt to see further “over the horizon” before the Japanese had effective ship radar? It certainly made them stand out from the crowd….

That's right as far as I know, Fuso and Ise had massive ones so looking forward to that.

[BattleshipBob]

Right, we are off

Started on the main battery turrets


Good fit and detail but plastic a bit soft, need to take it easy with the sanding!

Another 3 to go

[boatman]

HI BOYO gun turrets lookin good ar you goin to drill out the gun barrels for that extra bit of realism ?
chrisb

[BattleshipBob]

HI BOYO gun turrets lookin good ar you goin to drill out the gun barrels for that extra bit of realism ?
chrisb

Already done Chris

[boatman]

Already done Chris

WOW well done my freind lets see a frontal shot of lookin down the gun barrels then ?
chrisb

[rtfoe]

Labelled the sprues. All the deck vents etc are separate and small. Makes painting easier but will have to be careful that I lock up the carpet monster. Can see some pinging off!!

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Something tells me with all the rice and tofu consumed, the number of air vents help to prevent internal implosion.:tears-of-joy:

Cheers,
Wabble

[Ian M]

WOW well done my freind lets see a frontal shot of lookin down the gun barrels then ?
chrisb

Should have gone to spec savers Chris. I can see them in the first photo.

[boatman]

Should have gone to spec savers Chris. I can see them in the first photo.

WELL Ian i only had an eye test last wk an the young lady said ive very good eyesight an lookin back at Bob's gun turret pic to me on my laptop the gun ends are a bit fuzzy but really studyin them yes i can just see the black drill out so need for spec savers lol
chrisb

[BattleshipBob]

WELL Ian i only had an eye test last wk an the young lady said ive very good eyesight an lookin back at Bob's gun turret pic to me on my laptop the gun ends are a bit fuzzy but really studyin them yes i can just see the black drill out so need for spec savers lol
chrisb

I could use a 3mm drill lol

[BattleshipBob]

In between getting mums house ready for sale and de cluttering ours, found a bit more time at the bench

Main turrets finished, built the 4 torpedo tube launchers and started on the bridge



Bit more done

[Jim R]

Coming on a treat Bob. It may be just a trick of the camera but the turret on the right centre in the first photo looks to have gun barrels of different lengths :rolling:

[boatman]

Coming on a treat Bob. It may be just a trick of the camera but the turret on the right centre in the first photo looks to have gun barrels of different lengths :rolling:

YES Jim the chappie is doin well isnt he an i think the reson the gun barrels look differnt lenghts is due to one gun barrel is pointin downwards so the barrel looks longer well done my freind keep the pics comin Bob mate an them guns look very detailed for their size
ATB my freind
chrisb