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blacman

Post subject: Re: IJN Kirishima 1942 Guadalcanal 1/700 (Fujimi)

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 5:00 pm

Joined: Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:02 am
Posts: 552
Location: Poland, Wroclaw

fittings, fittings, fittings....

and that's my last update of this thread.... It's been very nice journey for me of building IJN Kirishima. This ship gave me a lot of fun and new experience. Thank you to All for comments, supports and advices! :wave_1:

Gallery will come on May....

greetings from Poland! :smallsmile:

Greg

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zs180

Post subject: Re: IJN Kirishima 1942 Guadalcanal 1/700 (Fujimi)

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 3:17 pm

Joined: Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:55 am
Posts: 608
Location: Budapest, Hungary

It's been a great pleasure to follow this build - I would never be able to produce such great stuff, most notably self-made photoetch. You've replicated this very complex ship right to its tiniest detail in 1:700 - quite a feat!
Hats off to you.
George Pék

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blacman

Post subject: Re: IJN Kirishima 1942 Guadalcanal 1/700 (Fujimi)

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:43 am

Joined: Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:02 am
Posts: 552
Location: Poland, Wroclaw

thank you George... :wave_1:

Kirishima was presented on Wroclaw Model Show...

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It was very nice sunny day and I brought the loupe with me on this Show ... :mad_1:

And this is results of this:

Fortunately a Friend of mine removed it. Otherwise... :flamed:

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Sbouba

Post subject: Re: IJN Kirishima 1942 Guadalcanal 1/700 (Fujimi)

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 3:35 am

Joined: Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:04 am
Posts: 151

Really awesome and so beautiful! :woo_hoo:

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ComfortablyNumb

Post subject: Re: IJN Kirishima 1942 Guadalcanal 1/700 (Fujimi)

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 3:36 am

Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 12:19 am
Posts: 313
Location: Fredericton NB, Canada

J. Soca wrote:

Dan K wrote:

I've already run out of superlatives. So, I can only say: :woo_hoo:

I'll join you too! :woo_hoo:

Jose

Make that another big fan of this work! This model is outstanding....and the antennas and rigging are a joy to behold!

Congrats on an AMAZING project blacman...I love it!! -Tim

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marijn van gils

Post subject: Re: IJN Kirishima 1942 Guadalcanal 1/700 (Fujimi)

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 4:32 am

Joined: Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:24 am
Posts: 2544
Location: Belgium

Congrats on reaching the end of an amazing project!
I love your very personal approach.

Sorry to hear about the battle damage...

Cheers,

Marijn

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K494

Post subject: Re: IJN Kirishima 1942 Guadalcanal 1/700 (Fujimi)

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 6:35 am

Joined: Sun May 20, 2012 6:01 am
Posts: 409
Location: Ontario Canada

She's a beauty,great work. :thumbs_up_1:

Scott

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JIM BAUMANN

Post subject: Re: IJN Kirishima 1942 Guadalcanal 1/700 (Fujimi)

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 12:58 pm

Joined: Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:30 pm
Posts: 5506
Location: Nr Southampton England

arghggghhhhhh ....

the magnifying glass did that... that is terribly sad--

tricky to fix it looks to me-- the small boat is easy enough -replace it

the damaged case-mate looks harder

you have my sincere sympathies

best of luck and let us know how the repairs go

Jim Baumann

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Quincy

Post subject: Re: IJN Kirishima 1942 Guadalcanal 1/700 (Fujimi)

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 4:21 pm

Joined: Fri Apr 08, 2005 9:41 am
Posts: 2210
Location: Monson, MA.

Sorry to hear that happened to your work of art Greg! As Jim said the boat is replaceable but, just say those other two blemishes were USS Washington's smaller 5inch shells that glanced off of her before her main 16 armament did the rest… Battle damage. :cool_2:

Bob Pink.

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Dan K

Post subject: Re: IJN Kirishima 1942 Guadalcanal 1/700 (Fujimi)

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 4:34 pm

Joined: Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:56 am
Posts: 8697
Location: New York City

Ouch. Well, at least you didn't drop it. Time for a refit already.

This has been a fantastic project to follow, and an inspiration.

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Joe Simon

Post subject: Re: IJN Kirishima 1942 Guadalcanal 1/700 (Fujimi)

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 7:00 pm

Joined: Sat Jan 24, 2009 5:16 pm
Posts: 817
Location: Wisconsin

I love your work my friend! Can't wait for the next one. Sorry about the damage.

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blacman

Post subject: Re: IJN Kirishima 1942 Guadalcanal 1/700 (Fujimi)

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 5:39 am

Joined: Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:02 am
Posts: 552
Location: Poland, Wroclaw

thank you All for nice and friendly comments ... :wave_1:

I will attempt to make some reparations and get the gallery done soon!
greetings
Greg

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LE BOSCO

Post subject: Re: IJN Kirishima 1942 Guadalcanal 1/700 (Fujimi)

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 1:09 pm

Joined: Thu Aug 27, 2009 11:05 am
Posts: 2261
Location: Paris France

Hello Greg

I am sorry for your misadventures,but ,seeing the talent that you have. the recovery, will be more than excellent
no doubt :wink:

cheers
Nicolas

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gscott

Post subject: Re: IJN Kirishima 1942 Guadalcanal 1/700 (Fujimi)

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 4:38 pm

Joined: Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:25 pm
Posts: 235

Great build, Greg. Your dedication to detail is incredible. It's hard to believe that ship is 1/700 scale. Thank you for sharing the construction process with us.

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J. Soca

Post subject: Re: IJN Kirishima 1942 Guadalcanal 1/700 (Fujimi)

Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 3:35 pm

Joined: Sun Dec 03, 2006 5:36 pm
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Location: About 50 miles away from the Gulf of Mexico ( traveling W is you do so :)

Ouch! that must've been a pretty thick magnifying glass, take your time repairing the damage though

Jose :wave_1:

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blacman

Post subject: Re: IJN Kirishima 1942 Guadalcanal 1/700 (Fujimi)

Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 3:55 am

Joined: Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:02 am
Posts: 552
Location: Poland, Wroclaw

Thank you All for your comments and advices. :wave_1:

You are kindly invited to the gallery

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Fran Romero

Post subject: Re: IJN Kirishima 1942 Guadalcanal 1/700 (Fujimi)

Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 12:19 pm

Joined: Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:24 am
Posts: 72
Location: La Rioja SPAIN

A fantastic job, construction cleaning is very good and the paint very, very thin.

Congratulations.

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Stefano Salesi

Post subject: Re: IJN Kirishima 1942 Guadalcanal 1/700 (Fujimi)

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 2:43 pm

Joined: Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:17 am
Posts: 404
Location: Lerici

Great job.

i think that for your next build ou can try to use some Photo Etched parts.

you know, they really add smoething to a ship, like railings, hatches and so on. they are tiny thin copper foils etched to obtain small and fragile bits...

:big_grin:

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blacman

Post subject: Re: IJN Kirishima 1942 Guadalcanal 1/700 (Fujimi)

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 5:34 pm

Joined: Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:02 am
Posts: 552
Location: Poland, Wroclaw

Stefano Salesi wrote:

...i think that for your next build ou can try to use some Photo Etched parts....

OK - you convinced me - I will try... :big_grin:

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MatthewB

Post subject: Re: IJN Kirishima 1942 Guadalcanal 1/700 (Fujimi)

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 2:28 am

Joined: Wed Aug 05, 2015 9:25 am
Posts: 2268
Location: Los Angeles and Houston

Talk about leaving one feeling totally inadequate.

For a second, I thought this was a ship by a guy I see on eBay every now and then:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-700-built-IJN ... 2ee569aa73

When I first saw the image of his ship, I thought it was a photo of the real thing.

Which is exactly how I feel when looking at this ship (The Kirishima in this thread): Like I am looking at the real thing.

It leaves one feeling very insecure and, ironically (considering the size of the model), insignificant.

I have this same ship I will be building over the next few months (although just with either the Flyhawk, or Gold Medal PE set for it - and the Hiei with her).... And now I feel like anything I do will never be good enough.

I am doing all of the ships for the major surface actions in the Solomons (a few hundred ships total). I have most of the American Ships (fewer than the Japanese), but I still have a LOT of Japanese Destroyers to go.

I am left with the feeling that unless I do PE on all of them, it will not be good enough, after seeing this Kirishima.

MB

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