Battleship Mikasa by Richmond - I Love Kit / Pontos Model - 1/200
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Week 1 (11/12/22) - 4 Hours (Total Build Time 4 Hours)
1) Dry fitting of the Mikasa's hull and decks
2) Modelling perspective 1/350 Tirpitz
3) Modelling /real life perspective 1/200 Bismarck
4) Step 2 - Instructions
5) Step 2/1 - the 15 cm/40 Type 41 (Model 1908) casemates en.wikipedia.org/wik..panese_naval_service
6) Step 2/2 - seam lines and sprue attachments
Week 2 (18/12/22) - 12 Hours (Total Build Time 16 Hours)
1) Portholes
All portholes were drilled out with a 1.5 mm drill and Tamiya pinvise. I note Slog will be relieving his portholes for realism and I did consider this and then put it in the too hard basket. Apologies for some reason MSW is doing strange things to the photos it put this one upside down (I will repair when I work out what is going on)
2) Ladder Steps/Step Irons (Pontos)
Step Irons are provided in the Pontos set, for some strange reason they only provide step irons for the bow and stern and miss the middle steps entirely. First Pontos require us to remove the existing detail and then affix some templates to align the holes. Holes are then drilled with 0.4 dia drill bit.
3) 6 Inch Guns
Pontos provide metal barrels for the 6" casemates which are beautifully turned. Existing ILK barrels are removed, the remainder of the casemate is drilled out with a 1 mm dia holes and the barrel attached using CA. The guns are then primed with Mr Metal Primer-R
