A pair of shelf Queens - 1/700 Yamato & Hyuga

[Dave Ward]

Very interesting Dave. The Sasebo colour is markedly different from the other two isn’t it. I can imagine those two being different paintshop interpretations, but not the Sasebo.

The info comes from the 1945-46 U.S. Naval Technical Mission to Japan, which gives exhaustive, complicated & confusing information about Japanese Navy ship colours. Given that the contemporary photos are in B & W, I'm not surprised that disputes over colours for models is not uncommon - I'm going my own interpretation way for painting..............
Dave

 

[Dave Ward]

OH B****R I have just finished the Hyuga, I picked up the Yamato box - looking through the parts I realise that the funnel & after bridge are missing. The sprues are empty. I can't remember seeing them, so that may have been the reason why this became a shelf queen. Oh well, the bits can go back into the box! - I'll keep an eye out for a cheap unfinished Yamato on Ebay, but there's a lot more in the stash that I can pick out, so no time will be lost in getting something else on the bench - maybe a a car?
I'll put up pictures of the sole finished shelf queen in the completed section tomorrow
Dave

 

[Mark1]

Thats a shame dave,was looking good with the wooden deck fitted.

 

[langy71]

Looking at the three colours you've posted i'd agree with Tim about the last two,
however the sasebo looks to me to be very similar to Tamiya's IJN Grey (XF-77).. I used this on a kinetic Sea Harrier I did a while back and the finish looked very very close to EDSG

 

[Dave Ward]

Looking at the three colours you've posted i'd agree with Tim about the last two,
however the sasebo looks to me to be very similar to Tamiya's IJN Grey (XF-77).. I used this on a kinetic Sea Harrier I did a while back and the finish looked very very close to EDSG

Makes you wonder how many different names the same formulation of paint can be sold under!!!
Dave

 

[adt70hk]

Sorry to hear about the Yamato Dave. Hope your do manage to find some spares cheap somewhere, I was looking forward to seeing this finished.

ATB.

Andrew

 

[rtfoe]

Sorry to hear about the Yamato Dave, I get the same when I realise why I shelved a kit not remembering why. But the Hyuga looks good. I have both the six turret and hybrid versions but will make one as the sister ship Ise. 1/700 ships are a great challenge now with new molds, wooden decks and AM parts...little gems
The daily 1 hour hand exercise building will keep you hands from stiffening. Hope the pain recedes.

Cheers,
Richard aka Wabble.

 

[rtfoe]

The colors come from the 3 Naval yards the ships were built and I refer to the Imperial Japanese Navy page...combinedfleet.com as to where the ships were built for their base colors.

Cheers,
Richard aka Wabble

 

[rtfoe]

Refitting and paint also can differ when the ships make a call at the main ports.

Cheers,
Richard aka Wabble

 

[Dave Ward]

The finished Hyuga is here https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/hasegawa-1-700-ijn-hyuga-hybrid-battleship-carrier.40689/ The Yamato is back on the shelf in the hope that I can source some replacement bits ( not very likely.........................)
Dave