[FERTIG] Fuso Digital Navy 1:430

Thanks guys.
Michael
Thank you for your kind words but my failure I meant was that I do not have enough knowledge about ship construction and parts.
Next ship its all right because I bought IJN ship's book having many detailed illustrations.

Today I made derrick for lifting up airplanes.
Material used are 0.6mm dia. styrene bar for sheeves, 0.05mm electric wire for wiring and paper for derrick post of about 0.8mm dia.

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N in the summer time

From today I have vacation
I made small parts on stern deck spending whole day

@Dear Matthias,
Have a nice obon time too.

@Hi Norm,
I agree with you but my wife won't agree with you.

Today is 2nd day of summer vacation. From the morning I spent a lot of time to make rigging at rear mast. It took longer time than I expected.
Material used are same as derrick for airplanes.
What need other than material is patience. Tired but I must appease my wife from now other wise she will be.... I am sacared

Yesterdy made crane for boats at stern and today handrails around bow. I bought Polish manufacturer ABER's photo etched handrails. Its thin and satisfactory.

Progress was railings and search light around funnel and railings of port side with stairs.

Thank you Oli
Today I made starboard side accommodation ladder and railings of stern deck.
As I have to make turnbuckles for davit for boats, comtemplated how to make it. If the method I come up with will be of your help I would be happy.
1. Fold 0.5mm dia brass bar in [ shape
2. Hold it with nipper and whip 0.05mm wire around it
3. Cut the wire after shaping
4. Finish
5. To make sheeves, turn tip of sharp pencil so that you can get 0.5mm dia circle
6. First apply tiny drop of instant adhesive on to the wire then bring sheeve sticking it at the edge of knife
7. After glued sheeves at both end of both sides
8. Now 3 sets are finished
9. Next is to make handrail for ladders. Cut out bottom bar of photo etched railing
10. Shape them
11. Next step is to make ladder. Cut out steps and side panel
12. Glue it with white bond

13. Glue handrails on both sides of the ladder with instant adhesive

Today is the final day of my summer vacation.
This morning I have finished railings.

For the first time in quite some time made parts for Fuso.
Cut out oars out of painted paper and glued them on the cutter.

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Original von hagen von tronje
Hello Yu,

It looks looks quite finished to me - are there any parts still missing?

hvt

Thank you hvt
Left works are several cutters, boat davits and wirings.
Before making cutters made over motor boat because I made before wasn't satisfactory.
First cut out portholes then put 0.5mm dia. brass rod and turn it so that excess paper curled up back side. Chipp off curled up paper and cut out other portholes.
Finally put it on deck. To make only one boat it took more than two hours.....

Turn over yellow painted paper and cut into narrow strips holding them with paper strip. This is bottom plate of the cutter. Also draw lines for oars.
Shape the cutter, glue bottom and upper plate. Cut out oars then glue them on deck.

Placed cutters on Fuso's deck

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Original von Stephan Hintze
Maybe i have drop my iron on my boats .... and try it again.

Oh, please don't act rushly. If you drop iron on her, give her to me. I will raise her as Fuso's elder sister because I like her.

A couple of days ago I bought ABER's ladder. Like their railings this photo etched parts is very thin and I like them.
Placed ladders on tarret and rear mast.
Left works are boat davit and wiring. This ship I will not try to make blast bag

For three days after coming back home I wasnt in the mood for modeling. Taking look at forum members nicely built models, I was inspired by them and restarted building.

Today made boat davit and sheaves.
First, draw 0.5mm dia. sheaves with sharp pencil. Glued the sheaves to a strand of wire extracted from electric wire. Davit was made from 0.4mm dia. brass bar.

My finger is clumsy but enjoyed modeling anyway.

@Iriera, Gloomy and Günter

Thank you very much for your encouragements that really keep me going.

Today I was in the mood for making small parts.
Made radar on upper flying bridge, duct? on mid of upper hull, derick on fore hull and short anchor chain.

Now main rest of work is wiring. Once Gloomy advised me he uses surgeon's silk. This weekend I will go out for finding adequate thin thread.

@ jyrn,

How nice to imaging courting young couple standing up on bridge spreading their arms under the moon lit night. But, I will never climb up there even if beautiful girl insists. Absolutely no. I would rather take paper modeling than beautiful girl. I am afraid of height.

@glue me

Thank you very much. Your compliment makes me really happy

@hvt

Instead of composite picture that you always show us, after completion I will take picture putting the ship in front of computer screen on which beautiful night sky picture is showing.
Many thanks for your compliment

Olli
I was also inspired by your tri-plane and have bought two bi-plane kits.
Thank you.

Made anchors for bow and stern. Then made stanchions on fore deck. Today bought 0.05mm dia. steel fishing line. Put insulator where two wires are connected filing gluing bond then painted white though it isnt clearly seen in the picture.
Wire is satisfactorily thin enough but it is nerve-racking work because of obscurity to my old-sighted eye.

About one third of wiring has been finished

Michael and Olli

Thank you for your note about my impressive physique.
Besides joking, about physical constitution I learned German people, especially people in the North, are tall. When I talk to some of German people I have to gaze up at them and my neck becomes stiff always.

I used 0.052mm dia. fishing line for sweetfish made from steel. This material is very thin and came into my favor for that matter.

Disadvantage of this material is that it is costly and rather stiff. Price for 12 meter in length costs about 25 Euros. Its almost as same as Fuso kit CD.
At the bending point it is hard to fold neatly it so we must avoid bending it.
This is for the first time for me to use this material. I hope to learn the knuck how to handle it going through wiring of Fuso.

@Warner,

Mr. Reinhard Lachmann and Mr. John Dohemen were people who inspired me. When I saw their build at DN site I was fascinated and ordered for both kits at once.
Today I found out that plastic model of 1/700 scale builder use 0.037mm metal wire. I will try to find it.

Jyrn,

How could you know that? You must be a laser-eyed man. 25 years of my married life made me a settled, calm and patient man. To come to terms with my wife it is indispensable... No choice indeed...

Ricleite

Thank you for your compliment but real desire that I want to realize is to make myself a modeler who can make simple model, which consists of only paper, beautifully in a way people like you do.

I tried to modify some of already installed rigging but it became worse and gave me eye fatigue. OMG I'm not patient and calm!!!!!
To change my mood took photo and made composite picture like hvt always make though my picture isn't that good.
For refreshment this is enjoyable

@Rene San
I also thought it strange to have pagoda like high bridge as you mentioned that it would be target of enemys attack.
You can see detailed explanation in here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_FusM

To cut a long story short, Fuso was the first warship designed and built by Japanese but she has many disadvantages that were found later.
To catch up with modernized foreign warships she underwent several times of major modifications. First in 1924 then from 1930 to 1935.
To improve command and fire control, and install electrical component her bridge has to be extended upward.
You can see transition of her configuration in attached file.

Have a nice weekend too

SKY San

Suicidal. Yes, I might be the stupidest modeler paper model world ever has.

Taking look at your thread, even taking scratch building some of parts into account, your build is clean and very good.

Continued wiring. This material is hard to handle since it is made from metal and some parts build is not satisfactory but to my naked eye it doesnt stand out so it doesnt matter.
To make composite picture tentatively becomes my hobby.
To get rid of stress fired a gun. I look dumb...

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