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

[Dave Ward]

Must admit, I like her better with the six turrets Should be an interesting build though. I think you’ve picked the right colour in 991 DSG Dave. VJ 900 is the French WW1 uniform Horizonbleu Colour, and is actually quite “blue” in tone when compared.

An original 6 turret version 1/700 model was made by Fujimi & Hasegawa, but I've only seen it advertised at collectors' prices. The colour of IJN warships is still a matter of debate - ranging from a blue-grey to a grey-black, I reckon any sort of darker grey will pass muster! It seems that battleships, cruisers & destroyers all had their shade of grey. Aircraft carriers started carrying camouflage halfway through the war, including a rather sickly pale green and some cubist style patterns on the flight decls
Dave

 

[Dave Ward]

Brush painting session - I repainted the deck & the hull etc....................

After my thoughts on paint colour yesterday, I decided to go with the first paints I found in my box that looked closest to what I visualised - so, the deck was painted with AK 4131 Greyish Yellow, and the rest AK3 11167 Anthracite - they look as I think they should!
The rest of the armament, pagoda & funnel can be assembled & painted as separate units.
Dave

 

[boatman]

Lookin good Dave
chrisb

 

[langy71]

Thats looking loads better Dave..

 

[adt70hk]

Nice start Dave. A very odd looking beast!

ATB

Andrew

 

[stillp]

Interesting build Dave.
Pete

 

[Dave Ward]

This has actually turned out to be quite a bit more work than I thought! Main components assembled & basecoated...................





The bridge has nearly 30 bits to it, and I still have the AA guns to add, not only to the bridge, but everywhere else! I've not even thought about the aircraft yet!
Dave

 

[Dave Ward]

Picked this up again - started the painting of the AA guns & adding the floats to the planes - only light work for a while. Pics tomorrow ( after my Tesco parachute resupply drop )
Dave

 

[Dave Ward]

Saw the sun for the first time this month! So inspired that after my food convoy arrived, I went for a short walk! - temperatures are dropping, and when it's icy I'm not happy about going out - I'm bad on my feet these days! So I took the opportunity.................

The aircraft & AA armament - I have to add the decals to the aircraft - I probably won't add the underwing discs, you can't see them. A little more detail painting, like the cockpits. There's no real guide to what you do with the aircraft, so best guess! It never carried any aircraft operationally anyway. It should come together quickly now ( famous last words )
Been looking at the other shelf queen, the Yamato & I reckon I'll have to strip the deck paint off, it's a bit thick, and I think it may be enamel, so that may be a bit of relearning a technique I haven't used for a few years!
Dave

 

[Dave Ward]

I said it was coming together quickly

I have the planes to finish & a load of boats to add, but all the AA guns are on, I think!
Dave
had to stop for the day, my hand was beginning to ache...

 

[adt70hk]

Great work Dave.

 

[Dave Ward]

Having to take a day or so away from the bench, my hand aches again, maybe I started using it a bit too soon
Dave

 

[Dave Ward]

Limiting myself to an hour a day - the hand is much better, but I don't want to rush it.
Progress, planes added - totally imaginary, as she never carried planes operationally

The plane decals have given me grief - they aren't sticky, and are very thin. They seem to have some sort of reaction with the setting solution - leaving white streaks ( only apparent after a day or so ). I hope that some matt varnish will remove those. There's only the boats to add now, so nearly finished

Dave

 

[boatman]

HI Dave we are pleased to hear that your hand is feeling better so now you can model again good show
chrisb an jen

 

[adt70hk]

Good to see you back at the bench and that's coming on nicely.

 

[Dave Ward]

Since the Hyuga is nearly finished, I've picked up the Yamato - I've given the partly completed bits etc an overall spray of the basecoat

I've got the wood deck veneer to cover most of the midships area. I've used a different paint to the Hyuga - Vallejo 903 Intermediate Blue - which is more grey, than blue. What is apparent is not only how much longer the Yamato is, but the beam is nearly twice that of the Hyuga.
I don't include airbrushing as part of benchtime, little physical effort, and I can do most of that with the left hand!
Dave

 

[stillp]

Glad you're able to model again Dave. Those white marks might clean off with some water?
Pete

 

[Dave Ward]

The wood veneer added - always a bit tricky, after getting the backing off & that initial positioning!

Well fitting veneer, I'm glad to say. I'll give the deck a coat of varnish, so any painting mistakes won't give a problem
Can't raise the enthusiasm to add the boats to the Hyuga at the moment................
Dave

 

[Dave Ward]

I came across this................

It seems that the IJN never really standardised on their base colour. You also have two versions of the green upper surfaces of IJN aircraft, helpfully called 'Mitsubishi' and 'Nakajima' green. Given the animosity of the Navy & Army, I would think there was another range of colours entirely, used by the Army. As an absurdity the Army operated submarines and aircraft carriers! ( OK they were for supplies )
Dave

 

[Tim Marlow]

I came across this................
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It seems that the IJN never really standardised on their base colour. You also have two versions of the green upper surfaces of IJN aircraft, helpfully called 'Mitsubishi' and 'Nakajima' green. Given the animosity of the Navy & Army, I would think there was another range of colours entirely, used by the Army. As an absurdity the Army operated submarines and aircraft carriers! ( OK they were for supplies )
Dave

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.