1/350 Aoshima IJN Kongo (WIP)

And another deck added.

The instructions are a bit of a pain.All the small stuff is added after you complete the superstructure.I have to keep flipping back and forth to see what goes where and when.It wouldn't be as much of a problem if I weren't adding the PE.Thanks for checking it out.

TD,

Man, I thought Heller had the worst instructions!  I stand corrected.  She's looking gorgeous in spite of the instructions from Dante's Inferno.

Steve

Another deck added.Unfortunately with a piece missing from the factory.

Instructions like this make me want to whip somebody's a$$!

Thanks.Tedious paint work is probably my only strength in 1/350 ships.

Looking good. Props on the painting work!

Thanks.Could you be a little more specific about what not to paint?Which decks are linoleum/corticene?

Looking really best build.

I would refrain from painting those battens on the linoleum decks, or if you do, dark gray.

Very clean and well thought out

Thanks.The darker grey is the styrene.I'm using Testors Gunship Grey paint.That was the darkest grey the LHS had in stock.I did look for a darker shade.

It's coming along nicely TD.  Is the dark grey on color of the styrene or is that a paint color?  The PE work you're doing is very nice and I hope to do as nice a job on my next build.

Steve

Thanks.Haven't gotten to the really tough stuff yet.

Moving along nicely,your brass work is really good

Thanks.So far,so good.Hope it stays that way.

Starting to get her tightened up there a little bit. Looking good.

Plodding right along.

Oh, okay. The one it's on now looks better anyway.

That stand provided in the kit is useless.I raided my Trumpeter Richelieu for another.Same kind the Roma is mounted on.

What about that stand it's sitting on? I thought I saw it sitting on a different stand in an earlier pic or was it something else?

I sure hope so.

The PE is really going to set that thing off.