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Good stuff, I look forward to that... And to further updates on this one.

Got the red hull line painted on and most of the weathering done. A wash with black panel liner followed by oil paint filters. Some light paint chipping and then salt and rust stains.




Got the torp tubes on and the ship mounted to the base and ready for the final details.


Rigging is up next I think. Then rope reels need to be painted and mounted. And lastly turrets, motor boats, davits, 25mm AA guns, and other accessories will go on. And finally (or maybe sooner if I get bored), I'll add wake to the sea base. I'm really pleased with how this has turned out now that I can see it on the sea; definitely the best ship I've done so far!

A couple of issues if had - I was able to fix the bubbling in the sea base by cutting a tiny slit in the bubbles and releasing the air stuck in there. Now it's completely unnoticeable. So a big win on that one. The other issue was that when I went to scrape off the paint to reveal the brass tie-dows, the paint was flaking off more than where I wanted it to. I was able to mitigate the damage but maybe that's not the best approach for this. What are other people doing on IJN ships with PE linoleum decks? Just painting the brass strips on afterwards?

She is looking really nice. You should be pleased.

I think it close to impossible to paint the brass strips on in this scale. Scraping paint off brass is usually what folks do, though not everybody goes for them in this scale.

I've read that some use a gold colored pen or marker.

That is a very fine looking model indeed. I have one question, you mentioned Tamiya IJN grey, but which variant did you use for this model?

I used XF-75 Kure Arsenal - but I diluted and lightened it for some coats so it's not the pure color.

Very nice!

And I think I've got this one finished up!

A couple of thoughts on this build:

- In the future, I'm going to apply a metal primer to all the brass parts while they are on the fret. I think that will make the painting process go much more smoothly.

- I need to figure out a way to get a more precise fit of the ship into the sea base. It's not ideal to be filling gaps with waves.

- Rigging was not easy due to the arrangement of masts and yard arms on this ship and its small size in general. I'm happy with the light color rigging on the signal halyards though.

- The two masts got knocked off in a terrible accident while I was getting started on the rigging. Quite traumatic but we pulled through.

- There were only two davits included in the photoetch for the launches so the starboard side has none

- The photoetch 25mm single mount AA guns look really bad. I was so unhappy with them I removed all the forward AA suite after initially mounting them.

- Overall I'm very happy with this build - basically my third fully realized 1/700 ship. Definitely a step in the right direction for me.

It sure looks stellar in your pics! Your rust and weathering sure made the whole ship pop! Glad I stopped in and read your whole WIP. I've added the "sea rock" to my list of items to pic up at the LHS That's a great idea that will get used. Thanks for sharing

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A very well done build.

Beautiful model and realistic seascape.

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Nicely done, and one of the more attractive Japanese destroyers!

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Thanks everyone! Each build is such learning process, so glad I joined the forum here!

Nicely done. Beautiful job on the seascapes as well.

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Well done and nicely displayed.

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Very beautiful and the Prinz Eugen is also wonderful ,amazing job Frank

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