IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY BATTLESHIP YAMASHIRO 1944 1/700 AOSHIMA

Ship modeling after a long time. This time I will try to make Aoshima’s battleship Yamashiro. I bought a detail upset of the photo-etched parts and wood deck sheets.

Until now I didn’t wash the photo-etched parts, especially with detergent, the manual says that you had better wash it before painting. I think that there is no problem because I always use metal primers. Once, I wash it with a household dishwasher. I wonder if it will rust?

There are a few similar parts of the main gun. The mold has improved as the muzzle is open from the beginning, the parts specified by the manual is better molding.

There used to be such a tool as an etching vendor to bend the parts of the AFV model. In order to work the photo-etched parts of the current ship model, it is not very useful for them. The only way is to work perseverance with tweezers and thinner pliers.
(2019/02/11)

 There are a lot of etched parts around the chimney.

I am tired of detailed work so I am building a hull. Aoshima’s kit contains ballasts, it is built in and glued.

 Assembled the rear bridge.

I thought that only Fujimi has many etching parts, but the Aoshima’s Yamashiro is quite plenty, too. There are lots of changes.
(2019/02/13)