Gamera,

Sorry for taking so long posting these updated pictures. Hopefully these are okay.

Doc

Doc: Beautiful work! Just posted you. Great job!

Gamera

Doc: Beautiful work! Just posted you. Great job!

 

Thank you sir!

Working on the base, I painted greenish blue (for "shallow" water) amd added another coat of acrylic gel. I add some thinned blue tonight continue to apply acrylic gel while I work on the kit.

Oh, looks cool Steve.

That looks pretty good Steve, and is a vastly different technique to mine. I'll have a play with that at a later date.

Cheers

Tony

Great work on the zero Doc 

And good updates there, i relly like the mavis, i build the civil trumpeter version some years ago, nice kit

On the Zuiun scratchbuileded last missing details, rear pilot upper bulkhead and radio antennas , gunsight (clear visor i'll add after paint). The MG seems to be the german mg131 so i'll pick up one from revell germa kits 

As usual nice work!

Heres more last night:

The HE-111 mg131 stolen from italeri with metal support added

 Excellent work going on here guys, Doc, Bsy, Steve all outstanding.

Did some work on my Val. I dumped the plastic exhaust pipes and made some from aluminum tubing. I also used the UMM razor saw to cut each cowling flap for added detail:

I sitipled some Mr. Surfacer Formula 500 on the bombs to give them some rough cast texture. I still have to scratch out the thin fin brace strips not provided and a few more thingies to be added before the painting stage.

All the small belly small bits were added including the mains.

Next will be assembling the delicate bomb trapeeze and some other minor details.

Bsy very fine finish!!

Pj Val is coming along fine!! Looking forward too the colors!!

Great work all round guys!!

Bsyamato: She looks great! Ready to post the finished photos when you're done.

PJ: The added work on the exhausts and cowl flaps looks terrific, great work there.

Gentleman,

Some fantastic work going on here, I wish I had been around more to compliment each and everyone of you.

I've finally shaken off the the modeling blues and have once again started the I-400.

I know the original pictures were on Photobucket, so I'll show you the kit and then start posting some WIP pictures.

Here is the kit, Tamiya's 1/350 I-400 aircraft carrier submarine:

And a close shot of the Seiran aircraft it carried:

For it's time, the I-400 was a large submarine.

Here is a comparison in 1/350 scale between the I-400 (top), a US Gato Class (middle) and German U-Boat (bottom):

I hope to have some progress pictures posted in the next couple days. It feels good to be back in the plastic again.

Thanks for looking!

The Japanese sure made a big girl.

Here is the base after the thined blue, a spray of white for the wake and a coat of acrylic varnish. The next steps are a drybrush of white for the wave tops, and adding cotton for the wakes. Once I add the Mavis I will add cotton for the spray.

Good updates guys, especially the water under the mavis :)

Heres lasts update on the zuiun:

floating test

Bruce: Wow, I'd read these were big subs but seeing her with the Gato and U-boat really shows the difference. Looking forward to seeing you build her.

Steve: Looks cool, always love your water effects!

Bsyamato: She looks awesome! Just posted you to the front page. Love the fact that she floats! BTW: I did miss putting the Zuiun down somehow- could you please remind me what brand the kit is? Sorry.

Bsyamato, great job! That looks fantastic. 

Thanks Gam

Lovely work Bsyamato, specially like the water shot reflecting the image of the floatplane.

regards,

Jack

Steve

Looking great. Can't wait to see the water effects.

Bsy

That is one sexy looking float plane.

Thanks a lot for comments guys 

Cliff the kit is from fujimi, the rest are cirrect as you already write in the top page.

Thanks! Just corrected it.

The Akagi is getting guns added.

Looks good Scott.

Bsyamato, great looking build sir 

Scott, looking forward to that carrier,

I worked a little on the Mavis and finished the construction. I added liquid mask to the windows and it's always worked for me before although I get a little leery if I covered everything well enough since it dries clear. I placed it on the base (not finished) for effect. I will give it a black base coat then paint it a NMF with red anti foul paint on the bottom.

Bsy awesome photography!! Great looking build!!

Scott I too am looking forward to seeing the flattop come along!!

MC I am loving your Mavis build!! You do some amazing water effects!! Still love your Mariner build!!

Oh wow Steve, looks awesome!!!

Steve,

Its wonderful to see your work in progress.  You make it look easy.

Scott

Thanks Simpilot, Gam and Scott,

I sprayed the black and the Alclad White Aluminum. While that was drying I started to add the cotton to the wakes to form the waves. I will add some more cotton to the troughs as soon as this dries.