MSW Crew--member Louis Carabott [loucar] comes over the horizon with the mighty IJN Yamato as she heads off to meet the American forces around Okinawa in April 1945, in this MSW feature!

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Thanks!
~Gunny

Another beautiful job Louis

Beautiful work. Really nice job on the decks.

Very impressive build. I'll bet that display really stands out any place you take it.

What did you use for the crew?

Wonderful work!

Hi Louis!

Very good and it sure is impressive (just the sheer size of the beast makes it a hot spot in any exhibition/Contest)
Congratulations,
Rui

Being a big fan of the Yamato I must say I really liked what you did with her. I prefer the inital configuration. She looks so much sleeker that way. But you really outdid yourself with your build. So much so that i now seek to emmulate what you've done. The Veteran 127mm guns. What do you get. I looked it up and for $20 it sets there are 4. 4 what? I saw something about gun barrels and second fuse controllers

Beautiful Work Louis! Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful work Louis.

Hi Louis!

I admire the deck plank detailing and drybrush work on all the gun mounts. Such techniques make a ship model 'snap'.

--Karl

P. S. The Spits arrived just fine--you should go into the molding business!

Thanks guys for your kind comments about my model....really enjoyed this build....
Steve you get the 12.7's with a very detailed photo etch sheet plus brass barrels and there are 4 in a packet. They are very fine and the detail is very crisp.
Karl Glad you got the spits....now you got me hooked on an idea when an american carrier . I think it was the Wasp...transported spits to Malta when we had the Blitz in WWII...
Thanks again and best regards from the little island of Malta
Louis

are you wiling to tell me how you constructed the blast bags? type of putty and how to paint ECT.......pleeeeze

Hi Dave....I made the blast bags using a type of putty very much used in figurines....magic - sculp.... I find it very pliable and it can be worked and sculpted in very tiny pieces....Sorry didn't quite get u there....ECT....what do you mean ? :):)....
Take care and best regards
Louis

ECT=Et cetera, does this putty drie to a hard consistency then you paint? I will purchase magic sculp, thanks for your help

I missed this one first time was posted, glad it was "bumped" to the top of the page...

Amazing work! Love the attention to detail, will be bookmarked for reference. Thanks for sharing, cheers