The Ship Model Forum

I can't recommend the Shapeway 25mm IJN guns. They are too brittle. Trying to get the guns out of the sprue I tore off guns from 2 of them. Maybe paint them before you try to get them off. Might add some strength. But now you have to worry about the guns coming off after you place them. Would be nice if I could add the metal guns I have onto these turrets. HMMMMM....

I just put in an order with these guys. Bought 5 sets of the 25 mm guns, skylight hatches, binoculars, 60 and 110 cm search lights. Looks promising. I had already put together my 25 mm AA guns but these come in one piece. And look more complete and detailed. Should be getting these in a couple weeks.

not sure if anyone has posted this before but i was looking for replacement parts and Jan from germany kindly told me about these so i order some and they look excellent alot better than whats in the model plus others on this site do other parts

Here you can find anchors and vents:
https://www.shapeways.com/shops/modelship

Here you can find binoculars, searchlights, paravanes, etc.:
https://www.shapeways.com/shops/modelshipjp

thanks to Jan

Well, this is neither a carrier , nor it is american, but I still checked it out, 'cause it had your name all over it.
Very impressive build, I can't imagine weathering, painting all that surface!!! Nice use for the teflon tape!
great work! I'd say it could use more weathering, but now that I think of it, the real ship didn't have much chance to get too dirty/rusty before being sunk
I like the meaning of the flags...

By the by: where did you get the crew figures?

Keep going Ryan, it's very sharp so far!

Laci

Mark

She is looking fantastic.....Cheers mark

I've got a pack of 500 of these that I can sell ya for $8 shipped.

Woah, thread necromance!

Anyways, I got the figures off of ebay, don't recall the seller, I just typed 1/200 figures into the ebay search and they popped up. Bout $7.00 shipped for a bag of 500. out of that # about 300 were useless due to their poses, genders, or massively out of scale size.

Hi where did you get the little people from? What site / company?

Outstanding! Teflon tape for boat covers, never would have thought of that.
Great work!

1:200 scale figures are marketed for Z-scale trains and folks who collect 1:200 diecast airliners. So there are a number of German/Asian sources for the figures. Just search "1:200 figures" on E-bay, or find a retailer who specializes in model trains or die-cast passenger planes...

Just ran across this build----just wonderful 'stick-to-it' character shown, especially doing the deck planking which is great--- you have something that is just great and of much personal value as it is yours alone and shows how you overcame the roadblocks thrown in your way---had a model/replica of my WW2 CG cutter built for me by Bill Waldorf this spring since my 89 yr old fingers don't do the job anymore--I do so appriciate the untold hours of painstaking labor shown on this website by so many of you folks---my best wishes for the other builds you have planned---cheers

I'm looking forward to seeing it live in two weeks.

Well gents, With the exception of adding the props to the ship once the enamel is dry on them, this beast is finally DONE !!!

I has been a real journey, it has been a fun journey, but I can't say it's been a real fun journey!

Thanks Senkan.

I got them from an eBay auction the seller is "funky-ghs" . I have no affiliation with them, but I found the price to be very reasonable, and they shipped really fast from Hong Kong to the USA.

Looking good Ryan.

Were did you get the little guys?

Thanks, I really do like the sense that the figures add to the model, bring it to life a little bit.

My goal with this finished display is to give the ship just that, a sense of daily life aboard ship, not the combat actions, but daily routines. I added a net to the boat davit to eventually show one of the ship's boats being lowered, and the net in place for some sailors to debark onto the small boat. I also hope to show a couple sailors towards the bow sitting on a plank / scaffold suspended over the side doing a little touch-up painting to the side of the hull.

Here is my attempt at the embark / debark net for the ship's boat;

Adding those figurines sure enhances the model and not only that but it shows the true size of the behemoth. She is coming along nicely Ryan, keep up the awesome work!!


Jose

Boat and aircraft tarps are great, as is the staging. Threse are really nice details.

Looking good Ryan

John