IJN Akagi - 1/700 Hasegawa

[PJenssen]

Hello all,


Started on this one:


Aircraft carrier Akagi in 1/700 scale.
I have the basic Tetra upgrade set for this kit.
I was thinking of getting the deck set with the PE deck supports, we'll see. It's a bit expensive and hard to get.

Started drilling out the port holes. Quite a few of those:


Some detail such as the moulded deck supports will also need removing to be replaced with PE.

Thanks for looking,
Peter

 

[Uwek]

These japanese aircraft carriers are very interesting ships.

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I will follow with big interest

 

[PJenssen]

Removed moulded deck supports from the part above:


And the other side:


Cutting these off leaves gaps in the walls that I filled with spare sprue material cut to shape.

 

[PJenssen]

All drilled out.

Would look cool illuminated..

 

[Donnie]

Nice - I plan to follow.

 

[Stevedownunder]

Hello all,


Started on this one:

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Aircraft carrier Akagi in 1/700 scale.
I have the basic Tetra upgrade set for this kit.
I was thinking of getting the deck set with the PE deck supports, we'll see. It's a bit expensive and hard to get.

Started drilling out the port holes. Quite a few of those:
View attachment 252413

Some detail such as the moulded deck supports will also need removing to be replaced with PE.

Thanks for looking,
Peter

Welcome aboard Peter,

Looking good, do you normally build to this scale?


Cheers,
Stephen.

 

[PJenssen]

Welcome aboard Peter,

Looking good, do you normally build to this scale?


Cheers,
Stephen.

Hi Stephen,


Only once before, the light cruiser Tenryu:


The photoetch tends to be a bit fiddly at this scale..

Thanks,
Peter

 

[Stevedownunder]

Hi Peter,
Yes, the PE is very fiddly though it goes with every thing else at 1/700.
Looks like you did a nice job of the Tenryu.
I have a part finished Hasegawa 1\700 Ise battleship and I found everything tiny, I put it back in the box when it came to masking the deck fittings for painting, luckily I bought a deck mask, I will get back to it one day.

Cheers,
Stephen.

 

[PJenssen]

Yes, I found it easier to paint most things off ship:

Any Small different colour details on the PE were hand painted as well as the brass strips on the linoleum deck.

Good luck with the Ise. Interesting ship.

 

[PJenssen]

Some dryfitting.

This is the full hull version, but all parts for a waterline model are also there:








This stern area is going to be a bit tricky, especially in terms of PE

 

[PJenssen]

Details need cleaning off to make room for the photo etch:


Would be a lot easier if all of the detail was to come off. However, it is only some detail that needs removing for the photo etch.
Front deck starboard side done:

 

[PJenssen]

Been distracted for a while. Apologies..
Finished the deck cleanup:

Started on some PE:

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[Stevedownunder]

Hi Peter,

Looks like something went wrong, I can't see the photos.

Cheers,
Stephen.

 

[PJenssen]

Hi Peter,

Looks like something went wrong, I can't see the photos.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Hi Stephen,

That's odd, I didn't do anything different to previous posts.
Can you see previous pictures ok?
(It looks ok from my browser)

Cheers,
Peter

 

[Stevedownunder]

Hi Stephen,

That's odd, I didn't do anything different to previous posts.
Can you see previous pictures ok?
(It looks ok from my browser)

Cheers,
Peter

Hi Peter,
It is odd, the old ones are still there.
Maybe try it again.
Cheers,
Stephen.

 

[Uwek]

you have to upload the photos on SOS

 

[PJenssen]

Should be good now?

Copy image in Chrome used to upload ok to the forum.
Seems to have changed recently, at least on my computer.

At the moment, 'Copy Image' and 'Copy Image Address' behaves the same for me, it didn't use to do that.

I myself didn't spot anything wrong looking at my forum post.
Since the link works for me, the images also shows up just fine for me in the post.

Testing another pic:

 

[Stevedownunder]

Hi Peter,
All good now, looks like some PE on the bow, very nice.

Cheers,
Stephen.

 

[PJenssen]

Thanks. Good to hear that it's working.
Another posting test:
Still going a bit slow, ran into a small issue with the PE photoetch for one of the linoleum decks. Does not quite match with the gun turret support. Will need some jiggling..

 

[Stevedownunder]

Thanks. Good to hear that it's working.
Another posting test:
Still going a bit slow, ran into a small issue with the PE photoetch for one of the linoleum decks. Does not quite match with the gun turret support. Will need some jiggling..
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Hi Peter,

That's disappointing, looking forward to seeing how you rectify the problem.

Cheers,
Stephen.