Some nice work there Mark!! All that careful masking certainly paid off! Excellent work on the teenie-weenies!!

Hi Mark,

that's quite some masking endeavor you did there!!! But obviously it was worth while - your decks look really good - very nice job!!

Cheers,
Jan

Jan and Todd thanks for the comments much appreciated. Her main Assemblies are done and are now onboard. More to come soon.....Cheers mark

Looking good, Mark.

That flight deck really does look like an after thought by the IJN doesn't it?

It's a great looking build so far Mark. Impressed by your skill in this scale.

I am also amazed how different the approach taken by the IJN was towards combining air and sea.

cheers

Michael

Thanks for the comments Gents much appreciated. The Japanese certainly had a knack for trying different Hybrids and Innovations.....Cheers mark

Hey Mark,

Your model looks good and all, but I thought the Hyuga looked like this:
Chibi Maru Hyuga

LOL Tim and a bit easier to build then mine. OK Her Boats are now onboard and the Railings are underway. More to come soon.....Cheers mark

Looking good Mark! Nice to see the railing going down!! Keep it going!!

starting to busy up those decks now, Mark

Mark, your build looks beautiful ! Flawless build and great details.
Your work on the main mast with the PE parts is impressive. Super detailing a 1/700 kit isn t easy. Got the Hyuga as well in the same Hasegawa special edition but as a "full" battleship.
According to the instructions the crew of Hyuga was much more fortunate as the crew of Mutsu, because one of her aft turrets blew up after gun training.

Thanks Bernd and I have read about that somewhere. Very lucky indeed.....Cheers mark

I entirely missed your last update here, Mark - great work!! She's really coming together, I hope to see more soon!

Cheers,
Jan

Thanks Jan much appreciated. Most of the gear is now onboard. Now just the Aircraft and some weathering to go.....Cheers Mark

I just can't get my head around how tiny this is Mark!

Exceptionally intestinal to take on something so small!

Great work!

Thats looking fine, Mark with all these nice details. These tall pagodas are really looking amazing.