And not a spot of stray glue anywhere either !!!

Firedeck

Patience and decaf coffee!   Actually, in looking at that last pic, I did a terrible job on 2 of those portholes (attachment stub is visable and 2 are out of vertical) ...they will be replaced. Thanks for asking and for following my build TD4438! -Tim

Tsk! Tsk! For shame!!   

Patience and decaf coffee!   Actually, in looking at that last pic, I did a terrible job on 2 of those portholes (attachment stub is visable and 2 are out of vertical) ...they will be replaced. Thanks for asking and for following my build TD4438! -Tim

How do you get those PE portholes so perfectly placed?

TD4438, Ninetalis, bsyamato and Mark, thanks for the nice words!

Got the flight deck done this week:

Your work is absolutely stunning. My Hats off to you my Friend.....Cheers mark

Firedeck
Keep up the superb work, I was on the forum at school, looking at this, my computer-neighbour accidentally saw the pic's, his jaw LITERALLY fell till the desk below it...
Btw, is that a real wooden deck?

Keep up the good work! 

Regards Ninetalis.

You keep posting,we'll keep enjoying.

I have the foredeck done now...

Thanks for your interest, comments and suggestions are always welcome! -Tim

Thanks for comments guys. Still plugging away ... here foredeck is about 3/4 done:

Hubba Hubba!!

Tim the pagoda tower is the part i prefere on the nagato!! can't waith to see it painted

Firedeck

lol! ... at various stages I would have pulled out one of Patton's pearl handled revolvers and blasted this thing to back to Ardien if I had one sitting here and loaded! Cursing, regret, headaches and eyestrain are part of the fun...no? 

 

Thanks for your comments, I appreciate them. -Tim

  Doing anything that well ain't easy, but boy is it ever worth it!!! That radar antenna is a masterpiece in itself.

Yes they are.My wife sometimes wonders if I really enjoy what I'm doing.

TD4438

Fantastic.I gotta ask,has this build been accompanied by language that would make General Patton's ears burn?

lol! ... at various stages I would have pulled out one of Patton's pearl handled revolvers and blasted this thing to back to Ardien if I had one sitting here and loaded! Cursing, regret, headaches and eyestrain are part of the fun...no? 

Thanks for your comments, I appreciate them. -Tim

continueing to enjoy following this one.

Fantastic.I gotta ask,has this build been accompanied by language that would make General Patton's ears burn?

Thanks very much for the nice comments gentlemen, its certainly appreciated!

Well finally... I have the superstructure done. Here a couple pics of the top deck and the total ss subassembly:

 Thanks for viewing my post! Comments and suggestions are welcome. -Tim

Better and better!!! I wish I had half the skill with PE that you have.....

tigerman

if I recall right, your Yamato didn't win Gold in ships, but won the overall best in show. Still scratching my head on that one.

Hi Tigerman. Yeah, to clear it up, my Yammie was 2nd in ships but won "people's choice" best in show. The people know best.....Democracy in Action! ....right?????  hehe :) 

 The PE on this thing is just incredible! I can't wait to see how you do the painting.

if I recall right, your Yamato didn't win Gold in ships, but won the overall best in show. Still scratching my head on that one.

This is insane work and I'm loving it.

Keep doing what you are doing.We love it.

SAT as is.

Hi guys! Another small update, deck 9 of superstructure:

Type 13 radar:

Thanks for viewing and I wanted to ask... am I making too many small posts (...with too many pics of the same thing) or should I condense the build log a little bit and post fewer pics with more progress in each one? Thanks again for viewing and comments and suggestions are welcome.  -Tim

ABSOLUTLEY AMAZING

Hi guys and thanks for your comments! Not much new, but got decks 7 and 8 on the superstructure done:

deck 7 assembled and installed on superstructure

deck 8: those japs were big on binoculars :) 

*edit* well, just noticed in the pic...there are two distinct ejector marks on the outside binocular deck, hmmm...guess nothing a couple of ammo boxes won't hide, but despite the small flaws (and the one big one of course, the hull lines) the kit fits together wonderfully so far

Thanks for viewing! -Tim

Dang! Now ya got me slobberin' and droolin' all over the place!! Absolutely superb work.

bsyamato

 you glued already these pieces? which's the order you will use for paint all these stuffs?

Hi bsyamato and yes, normally I would paint in a different order than I am for this Nagato. I am doing something different for this build ... so  we'll see how it turns out.  Thanks for your nice words and comments!    -Tim