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Re: Conversion of the Week

Posted by Tim on 10/31/2009, 12:32 pm, in reply to "Conversion of the Week"
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Peter,

Very nice!

Tim

--Previous Message--
:
:
: This week’s conversion represents Tamaichi
: Hara’s legendary Shigure as she appeared at
: the height of her glory. I had read and
: re-read Hara’s memoirs repeatedly as a
: teenager, so was pretty keen to do this one
: after I started converting. Once again, I
: relied on the extraordinarily knowledgeable
: folks on the J-Board for details, based on a
: contemporary Fukui layout drawing. The
: 1600-tonners were too small for the standard
: late war AA rearmament aft, so they sported
: a smaller version instead.
:
: The conversion was fairly straightforward
: and involved:
:
: - Removing the 5” single mount aft and
: filing the deck beneath it smooth.
:
: - Adding a deckhouse where the mount had
: been, made of a cubic piece of solid
: plastic.
:
: - Creating an AA tub forward of the bridge.
: Like the others in this IJN series, the tub
: was fashioned from half a life raft from a
: larger scale plastic kit, supported by a
: piece of plastic dowel.
:
: - Scratch-building three 25mm triples and
: one twin. One of the triples went in on top
: of the new deckhouse aft and the two others
: replaced the twins mounted abreast of the
: after stack. The twin went in the new tub
: forward of the bridge.
:
: - Scratch-building eight single 25mm mounts
: and installing four of them on the main deck
: aft and the other four abreast of the
: bridge. These were created in the usual way
: by sinking a short plastic dowel into the
: deck, gluing it well in and cutting it to
: the needed length with a nail clipper, then
: topping it with a gun barrel made of brass
: wire.
:
: - Reworking the foremast by cutting the
: tripod apart at the top, spreading the legs
: apart between a cap made of plastic
: sheeting. A new topmast was then stepped at
: the back of this cap and a scratch-built
: radar went in the front of the topmast.
:
: - Adding crosstrees and an additional radar
: at the top of the topmast made from Tom’s
: Modelworks brass railing.
:
: Painted up, she’s now ready to demonstrate
: IJN night torpedo action doctrine on anyone
: unlucky enough to be in the vicinity.
:
: Best to all.
:
:
:

Message Thread:

Conversion of the Week - Peter Ewell 10/31/2009, 12:16 pm
- Re: Conversion of the Week - Dan Muir 10/31/2009, 3:10 pm
- Re: Conversion of the Week - Tim 10/31/2009, 12:32 pm
- Another View - Peter Ewell 10/31/2009, 12:18 pm
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--Previous Message-- : Peter, : : Very nice! : : Tim : : : --Previous Message-- : : : This week’s conversion represents Tamaichi : Hara’s legendary Shigure as she appeared at : the height of her glory. I had read and : re-read Hara’s memoirs repeatedly as a : teenager, so was pretty keen to do this one : after I started converting. Once again, I : relied on the extraordinarily knowledgeable : folks on the J-Board for details, based on a : contemporary Fukui layout drawing. The : 1600-tonners were too small for the standard : late war AA rearmament aft, so they sported : a smaller version instead. : : The conversion was fairly straightforward : and involved: : : - Removing the 5” single mount aft and : filing the deck beneath it smooth. : : - Adding a deckhouse where the mount had : been, made of a cubic piece of solid : plastic. : : - Creating an AA tub forward of the bridge. : Like the others in this IJN series, the tub : was fashioned from half a life raft from a : larger scale plastic kit, supported by a : piece of plastic dowel. : : - Scratch-building three 25mm triples and : one twin. One of the triples went in on top : of the new deckhouse aft and the two others : replaced the twins mounted abreast of the : after stack. The twin went in the new tub : forward of the bridge. : : - Scratch-building eight single 25mm mounts : and installing four of them on the main deck : aft and the other four abreast of the : bridge. These were created in the usual way : by sinking a short plastic dowel into the : deck, gluing it well in and cutting it to : the needed length with a nail clipper, then : topping it with a gun barrel made of brass : wire. : : - Reworking the foremast by cutting the : tripod apart at the top, spreading the legs : apart between a cap made of plastic : sheeting. A new topmast was then stepped at : the back of this cap and a scratch-built : radar went in the front of the topmast. : : - Adding crosstrees and an additional radar : at the top of the topmast made from Tom’s : Modelworks brass railing. : : Painted up, she’s now ready to demonstrate : IJN night torpedo action doctrine on anyone : unlucky enough to be in the vicinity. : : Best to all. : : : : :

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