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  1. Steve-the-Duck

    IJN Mikasa visit -Yokosuka October 2004

    And finally Main mast - this pic almost got away Hope this is legible enough! Anyone feel adventurous enough to fit this panorama together? Main entrance to the ship And, to round out, a composite of the view you got arriving in Mikasa park. Gift shop on the right (which I managed NOT to...
  2. Steve-the-Duck

    IJN Mikasa visit -Yokosuka October 2004

    Well, here's a selection of the museum pieces 'Night attack by torpedo boats' contemporary print 'Mikasa gundeck at the height of the action' contemporary print 'Interactive' model of the fleets coming into action - apologies for the poor quality! This is either 'Mikasa' or 'Hatsuse' -...
  3. Steve-the-Duck

    IJN Mikasa visit -Yokosuka October 2004

    Right, this is the last sets I challenge any of you builders to add this detail! Composite of the charthouse door and bridge companionway Charthouse door showing Tsushima battle damage Bridge Binnacle Bronze memorial plaque of the officers on the bridge Who stood where on the bridge...
  4. Steve-the-Duck

    IJN Mikasa visit -Yokosuka October 2004

    Next lot Is that yours? No, it's Mine! Access to main deck from fore deck Anchor chains on fore deck Starboard fore davit Fore deck hatches and 12" guns For'ard jackstaff Fore turret, main bridge, and Yokosuka! Fighting top on foremast Fore turret and starboard side Restoration work...
  5. Steve-the-Duck

    IJN Mikasa visit -Yokosuka October 2004

    Next lot, to take us to #50 (well, there are only 49 scans, because #46 was a rather heroic JSDF recruitment poster!) Upper bridge access Upper chart house and conning tower For'ard portside 6" Foredeck and fore turret Ship's wheel and conning tower interior Starboard bridge access and...
  6. Steve-the-Duck

    Chris's 1/72 Planet Models Breda Ba.44

    And finally for today, on with the sandy brown. The Giallo mimetico used by Breda was a pale shade, but my good adviser Andrea and his translations have pointed me in the direction of these 'planes being militarised and camo'ed in theatre, not back to the factory Fair enough, so I can use...
  7. Steve-the-Duck

    Chris's 1/72 Planet Models Breda Ba.44

    Now, here's a fun one, the aileron horns. In the monograph plans, and elsewhere, they're shown beneath the wings. But the photos, in the same monograph, show them above the wings. I suppose they could, conceivably be both, but I'm just going with this. Naturally, they are SLIGHTLY oversize...
  8. Steve-the-Duck

    Chris's 1/72 Planet Models Breda Ba.44

    I've just realised. The GB is build 'A' Biplane. This is the third start for me, with the second soon to be got back to, and the fourth (as yet unshown) already on the go. Hmm. can I do five by the end of April..? Anyway Fuselage band and tail cross masked. Cowlings painted yellow. Giallo...
  9. Steve-the-Duck

    IJN Mikasa visit -Yokosuka October 2004

    And this brings me up to the half way mark. That's enough for now! BTW, I kept writing 'Gun Deck' above. I'm sure I should have said Main deck, that being ABOVE the gun deck Rear quarterdeck looking out over Yokosuka Access from rear quarterdeck to main deck. Again, the red shading is from...
  10. Steve-the-Duck

    IJN Mikasa visit -Yokosuka October 2004

    Now on to the next dozen. Only 54 to go! Rear superstructure and rear casemate Main 6" gun deck - The red outlined areas are damage from Tsushima. Green outlined areas (visible later) are Yellow sea damage For'ard gun deck Fore bridge (portside) - The starboard side, from the shore, was...
  11. Steve-the-Duck

    IJN Mikasa visit -Yokosuka October 2004

    So, for anyone building any of the Mikasa kits, in any scale, here's a stack of photos I took of the 1:1 scale version, twenty years ago And yes, it was a grey, rainy day! This is part one. There are over 70 pics in all, which I have to scan because I can't access the CD-ROM they were copied to
  12. Steve-the-Duck

    Chris's 1/72 Planet Models Breda Ba.44

    And here we are at the undercoat stage. And not how I originally planned... So, the PLAN was, just do the tail cross and the fuselage band areas in Insignia White, then the rest all over grey. But... this looks fine. It also showed up a few spots that needed extra filler. Using the Halfords...
  13. Steve-the-Duck

    Chris's 1/72 Planet Models Breda Ba.44

    A quick spray of Halfords black primer, some gun metal, aluminium and silver details, grey drybrush, and the wheels are done They'll likely be the last things to go on. There's a rear mudguard, not included, that I'll need to add, which appears to be held on by a long wire bent around it Now...
  14. Steve-the-Duck

    Chris's 1/72 Planet Models Breda Ba.44

    And the starboard wing struts took all of half-an-hour. Talk about a sharp learning curve And I did use entirely kit supplied struts here! Don't think I'll be adding the main struts until after the wings are on. That will make the main rigging easier too You might also see that the starboard...
  15. Steve-the-Duck

    Chris's 1/72 Planet Models Breda Ba.44

    Been a while, with all the other stuff doing at the same time (including a secret fourth biplane), but the Breda is back, baby! Well, I had to take off the v-strut to drill and fix a pin to the top so it would fit into the top wing. Pinning like this is really working out So, here we are with...
  16. Steve-the-Duck

    28mm Morris CDSW conversion

    D'oh. Not an Austin 'Tilly' but a Standard No-one noticed so I got away with it Well, here we are, shaded, marked, weathered. and matt varnished All that's left is the tilt cover over the back
  17. Steve-the-Duck

    28mm Morris CDSW conversion

    While I'm on about colours, as I've said before I use the Starmer NW Europe books for kind of colour matching. Well, there are BEF paints available NOW..! So, here's a 'compare' set, covering 1938 to 1942 The Mk VI is pre-war Bronze Green (I use either IJN Green or Schwarzgrun), the Matilda is...
  18. Steve-the-Duck

    28mm Morris CDSW conversion

    Right, the colours are all blocked in. Next will be shading, marking, weathering. Oh, and the tilt cover And I've just found an old Military Vehicle magazine in my stack with photos of another CDSW restoration, this time in BEF colours! Although, there's something odd about his AOS plates...
  19. Steve-the-Duck

    Latest Acquisitions (2024)

    Well, with the amount of biplanes I've got / doing / BUILD ME! I've gone and got this The Hobbyzone AJ-01 Aircraft building jig. That's it put together ( a whole days work!), and the Hawker Horsely (1/72) In there for scaling. And ALREADY it's giving me problems with bolts and butterfly...
  20. Steve-the-Duck

    28mm Morris CDSW conversion

    So, time to finish up my Bofors to sit with this. Spent more than an hour looking for the two missing crew figures, who SHOULD have been in the same box with the gun. But the search, in the very last box, also turned up my 28mm 2pdr I've been wanting. As the part is missing, I'm going to have...

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