Tamiya 1/350 IJN Mogami Completed 10/28

[handiabled]

Fantastic work getting those eye crossing tiny decals on!

[Tojo72]

Oct 19, 2024 23:01:14 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

Man you've got more stones than I do in tackling a naval project Tony and you've put on one heckuva show with this one. I've gotta say that this is definitely inspirational because I don't recall you ever building a ship before.

Thanks Joe,yeah I've got quite a few ships in my collection,even have a Graf Spee build floating around here,I just build them basic and simple without weathering or PE

[Tojo72]

Well,I got all 11 planes of the air wing completed,the only thing left to do is to assemble 11 of those teeny-weeny PE aircraft trolleys,they are tedious,but I expect to get them done before 10/31.I really would have settled for the little solid blocks of plastic as you can barely see these under the planes.

[keavdog]

Oh wow those look great Tony. What in the world do you use to see these tiny birds??? Just great. If you get rigging on the biplane you'll win modeler of the year

[themongoose]

They sure look the part! Excellent 🤩

[handiabled]

The aircraft look stellar Tony! The trolleys look like a challenge.

[ogrejohn]

Those look great Tony.

[Tojo72]

Finished this one up yesterday, it went together pretty quickly with no issues,Tamiya used a lot of screws, nuts, and bolts for hull and deck assemblies.It almost made glueing unnecessary. I used mostly Tamiya colors.No extras, everything was out of box. Thank you for the nice words and encouragement.

[keavdog]

Great job Tony. Really came out nice - and the air wing just adds a ton of detail. Man I'd like to watch video of launch and recover given that ships configuration. And the birds sat up on deck all the time I assume. Was there some conveyer system to move the planes up to the derricks? Fascinating story being a cruiser heavily bombed at Midway and reborn as a carrier. Well done!

[tcoat]

Oct 29, 2024 13:14:37 GMT -5 keavdog said:

Great job Tony. Really came out nice - and the air wing just adds a ton of detail. Man I'd like to watch video of launch and recover given that ships configuration. And the birds sat up on deck all the time I assume. Was there some conveyer system to move the planes up to the derricks? Fascinating story being a cruiser heavily bombed at Midway and reborn as a carrier. Well done!

All those little photoetch carriages he had to bend rolled on tracks on the deck. The tracks are molded on the kit a bit overscale but you would hardly see them if in scale. No stats seem to exist but if the same system was used as the Tone they could have an aircraft launched every 5 minutes and recovered every 8. 

[themongoose]

Wow you brought this home fast! Looks like a sharp paint job and those aircraft you did really set it apart!

[moparmadness]

Yeah, that’s one to be proud of! Congratulations on crossing the finish line.

[dodgy]

Superb job mate!!

[stikpusher]

Very nicely done Tony! She turned out looking mighty fine!

[kyledehart5]

Absolutely fantastic completion!! Brilliant work on this. You did some great work on the flight wing too. I do love seeing these ships built!!

[Tobi]

Looking very nice and an interesting subject. I might have to mind this for myself.

[Real G]

Nice work Tojo!

For next time:









I am the Model Devil.  It's what I do.

[Tojo72]

Oct 30, 2024 14:02:15 GMT -5 Real G said:

Nice work Tojo!

For next time:











I am the Model Devil.  It's what I do.

Yeah,thanks,I'm good 😬

[tcoat]

Oct 30, 2024 14:05:44 GMT -5 Tojo72 said:

Oct 30, 2024 14:02:15 GMT -5 Real G said:

Nice work Tojo!

For next time:

I am the Model Devil.  It's what I do.

Yeah,thanks,I'm good 😬

Those little Tamiya planes are pretty hard to beat anyway.  

[Real G]

It's the "glassless" canopy frames that attract me.  They even do these in 1/700 scale!  I have a friend who is a hard-core 1/700 IJN ship modeler, and he has bought into these 3-D printed planes in a big way.

[tcoat]

Oct 30, 2024 14:18:29 GMT -5 Real G said:

It's the "glassless" canopy frames that attract me.  They even do these in 1/700 scale!  I have a friend who is a hard-core 1/700 IJN ship modeler, and he has bought into these 3-D printed planes in a big way.

in 1/350 the aircraft are so small that the canopy frames look great with just the decals. The frames  my look slightly better but I don't think I could ever live with those 8 inch in scale rivets on the 3D ones though.

These are the decal canopies on the Seirans from the I-400 sub. Up close they show as solid but from even a short distance away they look right in scale.



The panel lines are a bit heavy but there are no pie pan sized rivets!

[handiabled]

Great work on this one Tony!

[deafpanzer]

Excellent 'out-of-box' work!!

[scottrc]

Ditto,
Great seeing a fantastic out of the box build.
BTW, I like your display case.

I am looking for one like it to display my post stash.

[Tojo72]

Nov 18, 2024 10:59:54 GMT -5 scottrc said:

Ditto,
Great seeing a fantastic out of the box build.
BTW, I like your display case.

I am looking for one like it to display my post stash.

Thanks,I got it from a French guy from Ohio,the company was called Gemo,he used to advertise in the FSM magazine,wasn't cheap but he build them to order and gave a cd with instructions how to build,no screws,glue or hardware,easy to install,I even disassembled and reassembled for my move,unfortunately,he retired a few years ago.

[tcoat]

Nov 18, 2024 13:00:58 GMT -5 Tojo72 said:

Nov 18, 2024 10:59:54 GMT -5 scottrc said:

Ditto,
Great seeing a fantastic out of the box build.
BTW, I like your display case.

I am looking for one like it to display my post stash.

Thanks,I got it from a French guy from Ohio,the company was called Gemo,he used to advertise in the FSM magazine,wasn't cheap but he build them to order and gave a cd with instructions how to build,no screws,glue or hardware,easy to install,I even disassembled and reassembled for my move,unfortunately,he retired a few years ago.

One more that would look really good in there!

[Tojo72]

Nov 18, 2024 13:19:09 GMT -5 tcoat said:

Nov 18, 2024 13:00:58 GMT -5 Tojo72 said:

Thanks,I got it from a French guy from Ohio,the company was called Gemo,he used to advertise in the FSM magazine,wasn't cheap but he build them to order and gave a cd with instructions how to build,no screws,glue or hardware,easy to install,I even disassembled and reassembled for my move,unfortunately,he retired a few years ago.

One more that would look really good in there!

It's in there,right behind Akagi,in front of Yamato

[tcoat]

Nov 18, 2024 14:32:48 GMT -5 Tojo72 said:

Nov 18, 2024 13:19:09 GMT -5 tcoat said:

One more that would look really good in there!

It's in there,right behind Akagi,in front of Yamato

Oh Oh I see it now. Ironically enough I couldn't spot it before because it was UNDER the rest.