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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 2:46 PM

Man, that is so cool...what scale is that figure?  Are you gonna construct a base for the hull to sit on?

During the battle of Tarawa (I believe) there was actually a Japanese ship hull on the beach that was used by the Japanese for snipers/mg's that had to be taken out several times...it was a prominent enough part of the battlefield that it is often seen on maps of the battle as a broken ship symbol... 

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Posted by Hieronymus on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 2:17 PM

Hi there again,

after finishing my days work I went back to my "cave" and restarted my work on the "Maru"
She is starting to look better (if I could say so) every hour, so let's see what I have done today.

The plan is as you have already guessed to show a part of a shipwreck which was beached. For this I had to "build" some additional damage to the hull which I did today. Most if not all the entire inner structure will never be seen again, well it is not the first time something like this happens to me and I'm afraid it will not be the last time either!

The main deck received some additional details, just check out the pic's and see for yourself. The deck gun is completely scratch build as well as all the rest of the ship, I really like that gun. I had some plans and photos for this one, it's a Japanese 4.7" gun.Some stanchions were added too and now most of the parts are in place next I will start to colour the whole wreck which will be quite a challenge, what a pity styrene does not rust all by itself.....well on second thought Thank God it doesn't!

Here are the pictures, as usual all comments, questions and so are welcomed

 

Have fun and
keep on modeling
René
www.usns.biz 

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  • From: Salzburg/Austria
Posted by Hieronymus on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 7:38 AM

To Manstein's revenge:

Hi there,

sorry for being a little bit late with my answer. 

No and yes, I'm using plans of a ship, but I have not been able to find plans of a Japanese freighter, so in the end I used plans of a US build ship and modified them a little bit. The main deck of this ship will be built just like most  ships of this time period were built. I'm already working on the next bits for this part of the dio, perhaps I will be able to post a few pic's this afternoon.

keep on modeling

René

www.usns.biz

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 7:01 PM
 Hieronymus wrote:

if you have any questions, remarks, critiques , let me hear them.

I asked you one already...

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Posted by Hieronymus on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 3:58 PM

Hi there,

today I had some time left after I finished my normal work in my office, which is fortunately right here in my house (I'm running my own little business), After that I decided to go ahead with my current project and here are some more pic's for you to watch.

As you can see I have finally covered the entire hull structure, don't worry I will reopen this hull, even so I will do the hard way.  On the port side picture you will see a black X, this is where I plan to show some additional heavy damage at the hull, perhaps from a torpedo or maybe from some obstacle the ship rammed when it was beached. Still trying to find some pictures of such a damage.

On the Main deck you will see that I have added the first few details, all scratch build of course and still more to come. I have added some more detailed pictures of the damage where the ship was ripped apart. I knew the hull looks pretty beaten up but I think this is normal for any kind of ship which received such heavy damage.

Let me know what you think and if you have any questions, remarks, critiques , let me hear them.

 

 

Keep on modeling

René

www.usns.biz

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 8, 2009 3:30 PM
very cool...are you using refs or just "winging" it with the interior...?
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Posted by Division 6 on Monday, June 8, 2009 2:52 PM

Very neat project.

I'm always fascinated by pix of wrecks and beached vessels.

 

Looking forward to your progress. 

 

Eric... 

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Posted by Hieronymus on Monday, June 8, 2009 2:41 PM

Here I am back again, with my current project. I have finished some more work yesterday and just a few minutes ago I took some more pictures to post them here. The "Maru" is coming together, if you can say so, of something like this. As you might have guessed already this is going to be a Japanese ship, the Idea is to build a diorama with a part, in this case the entire bow section of a beached ship or should I say the remains of a wreck. So here are the next few pictures of my ship, have fun and if you have any ideas, comments, critiques, or questions, just let me know....

Let' s start with the broken off section, lot of damage here, and stiill more to come, I'm still looking for more pictures of original wrecks.


The starboard side is still uncovered, what a pity that one  will not be able to see most of the internal structure, perhaps some I will remove some plates to show it off?, let me know what you think.

 

 

Keep on modeling

René

www.usns.biz

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Posted by PaintsWithBrush on Monday, June 8, 2009 12:23 PM
One of my favorite things to see on these forums, an Hieronymus project.
I look forward to seeing this develop.
Regards, PWB.

A 100% rider on a 70% bike will always defeat a 70% rider on a 100% bike. (Kenny Roberts)

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Posted by NucMedTech on Monday, June 8, 2009 6:41 AM

Hi Hieronymus,

    I'll go with something unusal. I'm thinking the bow of a Japanese transport ship? Workmanship looks great. What are the plans for the dio?

-StephenCowboy [C):-)]

Most barriers to your successes are man made. And most often you are the man who made them. -Frank Tyger

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  • From: Salzburg/Austria
Something unusual
Posted by Hieronymus on Monday, June 8, 2009 5:58 AM

Hi there,

I have an idea for a little diorama since a few weeks and last week I started to work on it.

Here is what I have done so far. Scale is 1:72 as usual for me, all scratch build. I will post more pictures as soon as I have made some more progress with this project.

Hope you like it, my working title for this is simply "Maru"

 

 

 

Keep on modeling

René

www.usns.biz

keep on modeling: www.usns.biz
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