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Building Hasegawa's IJN Nachi

Howdy Grant, thanks! For the rigging, I'm gonna be lazy and quote my Mikasa article (although I should put this in each of my builds from now on)... I use fly fishing tippet which is a type of resin coated thread that will hold its shape and is very strong (lures are made out of this stuff). Now comes the voodoo. For my support rigging (funnels and masts) I use 6/0, which is .005 mm. For standard rigging, I use 8/0 which is .003 mm. Did you catch that? The higher number tippet corresponds to the SMALLER diameter. The stuff I use is called UNI-Thread. It's available in many colors (I have black, brown, and tan) and sizes and comes in 200 yards, which is more than enough. To expand on this, I unravel a large amount of tippet from the spool so I won't have any issues with the spool colliding with the kit. I put a small spot of CA glue where the rigging will start (use a toothpick). After the CA has dried, I start to run the rigging to where it next needs to go (say, the top of a mast), put a dot of glue there to secure it, and so on. The nice thing about tippet is that thanks to the thin resin coat, it can be "shaped". So if your rigging has to hang loose and bow along a curve, just run your finger along to shape it before anchoring to the second point. For items like the small insulators seen near the rigging connections, that's just a small dab of white glue that will congeal into a blob naturally and works pretty well. Then paint it when dry. I hope this helps!

Dade Yes - that helps alot. Seems easy enough. Thanks for the assistance! Grant

Hi Dade! Excellent build article, even if you said that you keep it simpler, it will be a good reference for my own Nachi (same model) I really appreciated the tip of using the tape - have to try it one of these days, and perhaps not on my Nachi. Congratulations on another great model in your collection Rui PS: Sorry for the long overdue comment

Hi Rui, thank you very much for the very kind words! And please don't think your comments were overdue. I am very happy to receive encouraging words no matter what the time frame.

Another beautiful build.... great pics and blog. again, thanks for taking the time to document and taking so many high quality pictures. I picked up that kit, was on sale last month half-price from Squadron,(dont tell my wife I broke my New Year's resolution of no more kits!). Will use your blog as my "instructions assistant". Cheers

Wonderful work Dade. Thank you for the tips also.

Thanks guys and glad I can help! James, at the time I got mine, it was 40% off, but to see it later at 50% off...

Great looking ship! I like the hull plate tape trick, very cool.

Great build, Dade, that ship must stand in a proud place in your living room. Cheers, Peter F

Thanks for the nice words, guys.