Hasegawa Nagato CAD line fix?

heres another idea try useing mr surfacer apply it to the divots useing a brush.

I'm reminded of a trick I picked up years ago from the aircraft modellers for filling seams: try filling the offending lines with gap-filling super glue, hit it with a bit of accelerator, and as soon as it's set, gently wipe the line with a soft cotton cloth saturated with debonder. Don't wipe too hard or you'll start to remove the super flue from within the line.

Cheers,

John Snyder, White Ensign Models, http://WhiteEnsignModels.com 

bertman wrote:

can you post a picture of the CAD lines? I first heard about them here and don't actually know what they are.

Right!  Here are several photos of the CAD lines problem with Nagato.  This first photo shows most graphically the problem (click on the photo of the boarding companionway), and the other two are additional views.

http://www.aeroscale.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3174

http://www.aeroscale.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3734

http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/internethobbies/has40024flarge.jpg

Here is a video of the real Nagato for comparison:  http://technorati.com/videos/youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DNFQhoMlpwP4

A schematic drawing: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/japan/nagato-bb-schem.htm

and a few more photos at:  http://www.seawolfproductions.com/Shipwreck%20Museum/Bikini%20Wrecks/Nagato/himjs_nagatoweb.htm

And here is an example of a CAD program in use for lofting a ship:   http://www.worldwideflood.com/CAD/start.htm

Note, in NONE of the many book photos I have of Nagato (and Mutsu as well), many of them from very close range, do any of these CAD lines show up as 'plate lines,' and in fact have no relationship to any of the actual steel plates on the real ship. For those of you that have also bought the 1/350 Fujimi 'Kongo,' a ship built of similar technology, you need only glance at the hull molds in comparison to see the problem (and you can look at the Trumpeter 'Hood,' etc, etc, etc.).