MSW Crew-mate Kym Knight (Rab) sends in another artful presentation of his build of IJN Kongo (September 1944), in this "On Display" Feature!
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IJN Kongo (September 1944)Gunny
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Posted: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 12:36 AM UTC
loucar
Malta
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Posted: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 02:16 AM UTC
Awesome work Kym......very, very impressive.......a very intensive project indeed....
well done ......
Id'd love to come and see your work in the flesh...looks so very impressive
Best Regards
Louis
Malta
well done ......
Id'd love to come and see your work in the flesh...looks so very impressive
Best Regards
Louis
Malta
JayTDee
Germany
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Posted: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 05:37 AM UTC
Another beautiful build!
Instead of gluing the thing to the table, you may try to heat up a few spots in the lower part of the hull, bending the ends down. Once the plastic gets hard, you'll have succeeded in bending it down permanently. I know it works when you want to bend massive steel structures, but I'd recommend a few training sessions for plastic. Maybe you can use the lower halves.
Instead of gluing the thing to the table, you may try to heat up a few spots in the lower part of the hull, bending the ends down. Once the plastic gets hard, you'll have succeeded in bending it down permanently. I know it works when you want to bend massive steel structures, but I'd recommend a few training sessions for plastic. Maybe you can use the lower halves.
Posted: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 06:15 AM UTC
Wonderful work Kym!
blaster76
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Posted: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 06:59 AM UTC
Muzzle plugs in the main guns. Unbelievable. You must either have one of those shrink rays to shrink yourself down to do this kind of detail work or the enarging verion to increas the size of the parts
Incedable as usual
Incedable as usual
Halfyank
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Posted: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 07:22 AM UTC
Really impressive work. I can't imagine the time spent on this one.
EasyOff
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Posted: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 07:37 AM UTC
Holy Ship is that thing beautiful!!!!!!
JimMrr
Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 07:23 AM UTC
Stunning work sir, may I ask how you made the splinter paddings?
CaptSonghouse
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Posted: Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 08:49 AM UTC
There's nothing like a Japanese battleship for baroque architecture! I love the multi-layered approach to the funnel tops, BTW..
Can you imagine what Kym could do with a Fuso?
--Karl
Can you imagine what Kym could do with a Fuso?
--Karl
rokket2001
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Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010 - 06:59 PM UTC
awesome! It's a complete scene in addition to being great work