by Lars Juel Mosbaek
1/700 IJN Yamashiro 1944 (Hi-Mold)
Let me say this at first, this is a very good model kit with no need for any improvement, but will be even better if one choose to use PE-sets etc.
I have made some parts of paper and metal wire etc. But the only new "milestone" for this building project was plating on the hull for and after section with the help of masking tape also "real "glass windows on the bridge (clear plastic behind horizontal ladders) and hand painted signal flags on metal sheets (house hold metal foil). For a more deeply explanation regarding the building process please see my models of HIEI and YAMATO.
The last picture is made with Photoshop -its a merge of a darken picture of Yamashiro and a fireworks explosion from New Years night.
Please see more photos of Ijn Yamashiro at my website: www.aeronautic.dk
References:
Mr. Jeff Lin from Taiwan http://blog.roodo.com/duroyal420/archives/2031763.html
Mr. MoXing from Taiwan http://blog.roodo.com/gf13_001nhii/archives/2558322.html
Vangurd Factory in Japan http://homepage2.nifty.com/vanguard/intro/main2.htm
Takumifile15 from Japan http://www.geocities.jp/takumifile15/yamasiro.html
Books:
Die Japanischen Kriegsschiffe 1869-1945 by Hansgorg Jentschura, Dieter Jung, Peter Michel
Japanese Warships of World War II by A.J.Watts
Conway´s All the World´s Fighting ships 1906-1921, 1922-1946
Anatomy of the ship The Battleship Fuso by Janusz Skulsk
The building time approx 7 weeks.
