IJN Kagero

Project started!! 

 

Tiny parts. Getting the hang of them and they will look much better painted. 

Thor "helping" 

Assistant Penny 

 

 

The dividers for the linoleum on deck 

 

 

Couple of photos from the last couple of days. The top one is of two small vices I picked up. I have always looked for something that is small and solid and these fit the bill extremely well. Really solidly built and very precise. They also lay on various sides really well so you can work at different angles. You can find them on Amazon if you are interested. They are from a company called DSPIAE. The bottom photo is my first attempt at very detailed main guns. PE set by Infini which has two huge sheets of PE. It fits great and looks quite nice. The gun on the left was a first attempt which, as usual is covered with extra superglue, the second got a lot better. It is amazing how quickly you can pick up on this stuff. The set is also nice enough to give you one extra setup for most every set, in case you lose a part. The kits aren't cheap but they are highly recommended. 

 

Finally feel like progress is being made. Doing PE on the guns and torpedoes (not torpedo bats) Takes about 2 hours each. Ugh. The good news is that I got better with each one and did a cleaner job. The bad news is it took a week to finish. Also got the lower hull painted. Going to mask and spray some primer on that and the remaining gun they spray the linoleum on the deck. Also found a couple of good tools for apply glue which has been something of an issue and received the ship stand from ebay. It is very simple but a very handy little thing to keep stuff out of the way and safe.