Hello All,
Thanks for hanging in there while I progressed a little more.
So I will get right to it….
In moving forward on this I will need to install some of the photo-etch and paint some sections while I construct others. Like a little game of chess. I don’t want to go too far making to difficult to paint or detail some areas.
First thing I needed to take care of and the hull can be left alone for a while, were the propeller shafts. I drilled out the shaft brackets and glued them to the hull. I placed each of the shafts into my cordless Dremel and gave them some turned texture with some 600 grit sandpaper and then fastened them in place with a little CA.
These shafts would typically be painted. I this scale I like to leave these unpainted. This can add some depth.
Here I needed to begin work on the PE ladders leading from the Main Weather Deck up to the Forecastle.
Both ladders installed.
I began construction of the Central Superstructure which included work on the fore and aft funnels (smoke stacks)
External Exhaust piping…
Installed a PE grill for a main vent on the Central Superstructure.
There are two intake funnels on either side of the superstructure that need to be installed. I drilled out the ends on these to add some depth to them.
Since the Aftermarket PE Railing Sheet has some ladders included….I will be using them. In preparation of these add-ons, I need to remove the plastic molded ones on the superstructure sections.
Aft Funnel
The superstructure coming together…
Aft Bridge radio antenna.
Cleaning up the Searchlight
Where the Central Superstructure stands right now…
A couple railing and ladders and this will start looking pretty good I think.
At this point I needed to paint a couple of sections on the deck before moving forward. These areas on the weather deck were painted a red/brown mix. I applied a base coat of Vallejo Rotbraun and then lightly dusted Badger’s Roof Brown.
Both these sections look a little dark right now. I will gradually lighten some of this as I go.
I will leave you with what I left off with last. “AA†I have a couple parts to add on to the guns onboard. Here is a little taste….changing barrels.
1/350 Barrels for IJN Yukikaze Class Destroyer (34pcs)
Cut the old ones out, drill new holes and glue!!
There are 3 or 4 more pieces to go on to each gun setup. I will tackle these as I Progress on with the other parts of the kit.
As always, thank you for stopping by!!
