Aoshima 1/700 ijn Mutsu.

[Mark1]

Finished this at last, this is my second 1/700 ship and first go at etch detail at this scale. Hence the railings being a bit untidy in places but there is probably easier ships i should have tried for a first attempt . Anyway, a nice kit if not totally accurate, etch railings,crane and catapult and metal main gun barrels, as much rigging hopefully without going overboard using a rigging diagram for the sister ship nagato which i have and painted using mr hobby aqueous.

 

[tr1ckey66]

If that’s only your second attempt, the first with PE, then I’m really looking forward to what follows!!!
Cracking result Mark
Cheers, Paul

 

[Waspie]

Impressive work.

 

[Tworrs]

Very nice indeed Mark, well done

 

[Tim Marlow]

Very nice Mark. Extremely impressive build

 

[JR]

Wow Mark, very nice .
The Committee thought so too .

Congratulations .

 

[Mini Me]

Very nice Mark and you got the Dog's!......Well done!

 

[Mark1]

Thanks for the comments guys, much appreciated

 

[spanner570]

Excellent result Mark.
Although a pain, the rigging has to be tackled to finish a ship off, so well done that lad.

Cracking build.

Ron

 

[Dave Ward]

Lovely work, Mark- you should be very proud of that! That work would be set off with a nice stand............
Dave

 

[Mark1]

Thanks guys

 

[boatman]

Lovely work, Mark- you should be very proud of that! That work would be set off with a nice stand............
Dave

DITTO to what Dave said very well done
chrisb

 

[Mark1]

DITTO to what Dave said very well done
chrisb

Cheers chris

 

[rtfoe]

Lovely finish Mark rigging and all. What were the differences between the two sister ships? Were they the gun positions or the superstructure?

Cheers,
Wabble

 

[Mark1]

Lovely finish Mark rigging and all. What were the differences between the two sister ships? Were they the gun positions or the superstructure?

Cheers,
Wabble

Thanks Richard, apparently mutsu had a different rear S/S and nagato had more AA mounts

 

[Waspie]

Thanks Richard, apparently mutsu had a different rear S/S and nagato had more AA mounts

Thats the thing with ships. Even same class vessels differed due to refits and modifications because of theatre of operations and roles of the vessels!! I had two different Type 81 frigates, (Tribal Class). Because of the differences we had to conduct a few weeks training to familiarise ourselves.

 

[Dave Ward]

On merchant ships built to the same design and by the same yard, there were differences. I stood by one ship as she was being built & I knew her engine room layout intimately - I then served on her older sister later that year , and you got a weird sense of something being wrong - valves pointing in different directions, fuse boxes in different places & different light fittings. Nothing really vital, but just enough to throw you out, and make you pause for a moment
Dave

 

[adt70hk]

That's brilliant!! Simply brilliant!

ATB.

Andrew

 

[Mark1]

That's brilliant!! Simply brilliant!

ATB.

Andrew

Thanks Andrew

 

[Jim R]

An excellent result Mark. Well done indeed with the rigging.