1-700 HIJMS Zuikaku

All the Hull Scuttles (164) have been drilled out as well as the Mesh Curtains. The Stern Lower Boat Deck has now been added along with the small Fo'csle. As you can see the fit at the Bow is woeful. Some Putty and Plastic Rod to come to rescue this. More to come soon.....Cheers Mark

Ok Putty and Plastic Rod have been added to the affected Area and been sanded back to remedy the Fault. Photo Etching has started with the Deck Openings being Grilled over and Ship Railing has started. More to come soon.....Cheers mark

Nice job on correcting the fit problem. And good luck with all of that PE!

Those scuttles you drilled out were the portholes so if you are doing a late fit Zuikaku those would have been covered over with armored covers and I do believe there are actually supposed to be portholes on the foreward bulkhead that you were working on which can be added with careful use of a pin vice.

BTW Scuttles are actually what is refered to as rain gutters on ships where you have holes in the deck that carry water from the deck to the exterior of the ship to prevent water build up on deck.

surfsup

All the Hull Scuttles (164) have been drilled out as well as the Mesh Curtains. The Stern Lower Boat Deck has now been added along with the small Fo'csle. As you can see the fit at the Bow is woeful. Some Putty and Plastic Rod to come to rescue this. More to come soon.....Cheers Mark

You will have to check the source of your info. Scuppers are the Deck Level Runoff Drains and Scuttles is the English way of saying Portholes. RainGuards were added abocv Portholes. I know that they were plated over later in the War but if you looked at the Wording on the Box Art it was correct for the period time of Pearl Harbour.....Cheers Mark

A scupper is indeed an outlet for for water runoff, but a scuttle is a small covered hatch that allows personnel passage through a deck or sometimes a bulkhead. Portholes and scuttles are not the same thing. I am pretty sure the definition is the same in British (Queen's) English as it is in American English.

Gentlemen I hope this clears up any confusion.....Cheers Mark

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OK, when in GB or the Commonwealth, a porthole can be called a scuttle. 

I will enjoy this one,looking forward to the distinctive deck camo

A deck camou will not be a pearl harbour version.

Cool...

Thanks for the comments Gents. Much appreciated.....Cheers mark

OK the Bow and Beam Area have basically been completed with P/E for the Railings. I raided some older Sheet for the the Main Hull Deck Hatches. More to come soon.....Cheers Mark

Keep 'em coming!

I shall do my Friend. Will have some more Pics up soon.....Cheers Mark

Perfect work. Which PE sets you have choosen to use and maybe there are more, which you have considered not to use?

Thank you for the comments my Friend much appreciated. I am using 2 Sets of P/E which are specific for this Vessl. The Lion Roar Set is for the Flightdeck details and the MK1 Set includes all your pre-cut Railings, Ladders and Flight Deck Netting etc......Cheers mark  

Mark,

Beautiful work sir, I'm very much impressed.  I am amazed that you can work in such a small scale and be able to work with photo etch parts; my hat is off to you.  Please keep the photos coming.

Steve

Thank you for the comments Steve. Much appreciated. And the P/E continues. More of the Deck Side Galleries have been added along with some more P/E. The Lighter gives you an idea of the Kit's size. More to come soon.....Cheers mark

Ok I decided to be a little different then when first started. The Zui will be depicted as of early 1944. Her Hull was painted Grey and Green with a camouflaged Fightdeck. I had to mount a Bow A/A Plarform so I scratched one from Parts off Trumpys Kirov Class Cruiser. The following Pics show all the P/E Railings attached to the Hull and Decks. I am still waiting on some A/M degaussing Cables to fit to the Hull. More to come soon.....Cheers mark

Mark,

All I can say is......DANG! She is looking fantastic.

Steve

Thanks for the comments Steve. I am very happy how she is coming along also.....Cheers mark

While awaiting the A/M Degaussing Cables I started work on the Flight Deck Underbracing. The Stern Area is where I started. It has sent me NUTS as each Beam is a separate Part. Will start on the Bow Area soon. This is the Stern Area almost done. More to come soon.....Cheers mark

OK after some more patience and a little Alcohol,. the Bow Girders are now done. More to come soon.....Cheers mark

Seriously.....you need a better camera - because from what I can see, that's just amazing work - and the model is TEENY!!!  Holy Moly!!  Please - keep posting pictures of the build as you move along - from what I can see so far - she's going to be a beauty when she's done.  Keep up the good work, brother.

I tank you for the comments Lee. Much appreciated. I decided to work on the Island next so here it is with it's P/E. Now onto the next section of the Zui.....Cheers mark

Cool work Mrk as always. You have great patience and skill.

Thank you for your Comments Eric they are always appreciated. After a Month long wait the Degaussing Cables have arrived so the tedious job of adding them has begun. More to come soon.....Cheers mark

surfsup

Thank you for your Comments Eric they are always appreciated. After a Month long wait the Degaussing Cables have arrived so the tedious job of adding them has begun. More to come soon.....Cheers mark

depending where you place the cables you may have to do some trimming of the cables to get them to fit between any sponsons since they are supposed to go through them on the real ship but also when trimming the cables you can use the leftover pieces to patch in other areas so don't toss them out.

And the degaussing set comes sandwiched between 2 sheets of plastic sheet so what I do is cut out the pieces from the fret while they are still covered and you don't have to worry about fly away parts.