Digital Navy Fuso

[barry]

Jim and Rob

You've got to be kidding we are only halfway there I make it 7 more yet. Maybe they had a dumb waiter running up the central pole for the Admirals comforts.

barry

 

[Jim Krauzlis]

Barry, only one thing to say to that, my friend...yikes!:shock:

I guess it truly earns the title "tower".

Well, keep at it Barry, I'm really enjoying watching this build.

Jim

 

[barry]

Fuso Searchlight platform

Hi

Fingers aren't working well at the moment took me about 4 hours just to get the sponsons at the rear of the platform done, there you are Jim one for the junkies.

I would not have wanted a job standing on them in a gale.

DN

There is a squarish outline marked just behind the Big range finder on the bridge deck below the searchlight one is it a screen of some kind ? That is if you can still remember your blue period.

barry

 

[Scorpio]

Hi, Barry,
You have done this, however, excellent ones!
4-hour time had been worthwhile.
The ship of picture to the picture is more and more interesting.
It are very much a courageous to build such a ship.
With the best greetings
Christoph

 

[DN]

Hi Barry
The rectangular shape you asking about is the outline of "signal stand" - some sort of shelf from which signalman would work. I couldn’t figure out how high above the platform deck this shelf would sit (probably lower than the edge of platform shield) so I left it out of the design. The Skulski's book is so precise that some things had to be "discarded" - otherwise you would now have gazilion parts to assemble :roll:

 

[barry]

Signal stand

Thanks Roman saves me looking for it I have to blow your photes up to 800$ anyway to find some of the bits.

barry

 

[Jim Krauzlis]

Thanks for the treat, Barry!

A well spent 4 hours, as Christoph said!

You sort of knew there would be a lot of little details on this beauty, after all it's a Roman design. But you had the same amount of detail work to do on that beautiful Savage, right? I would imagine all that experience building those amazing 1/400 scale ships, and all those small parts, is now paying off on this build as well.

Looking more and more impressive with each update, mate!

Jim

 

[barry]

Fuso searchlights and sheer legs

Hi All

Sorry I am going so slowly that this is probably getting boring.

I could no longer stand looking at the hanging down bridge screens so I put the rear bridge sheer legs on it ties everthing together.

barry

 

[jrts]

Hi Barry

Very nice mate, the sheer legs do bring it all together well
Look forward to more when your mitts are better :roll:

Keep plodding away

Rob

 

[Jim Krauzlis]

Not boring at all, to the contrary, with each update it gets more interesting!

That last bit really is tying it all together nicely.

How high can this tower go? :lol:

Keep at it, mate!

Jim

 

[barry]

Fuso bridge rear

Hi

A bit more

barry

 

[silverw]

Hey Barry

Looking better and better all the time.
This is getting to the place where "I can't believe that's all paper"

Great build, and I hope the sun shines for you.

BCNU...next time. Bill

 

[Jim Krauzlis]

Now, THAT'S an impressive photo, Barry!

Great perspective showing the towering tower.

Looking forward to more when you have the time, mate.

Jim

 

[barry]

Fuso

Hi

well the sun came out so ..........

I made a bit of a mess of the upper mast legs so I built another two a bit oversize and I will chop them off to fit when they are refitted. In real life they leave two holes in the bridge deck I wonder if they might be escape chutes you would need to be brave.

barry

 

[jrts]

Hi Barry

Very nice mate, well worth all the hard work thats gone into this 8)

Good photos as well.

Keep at it

Rob

 

[Jim Krauzlis]

Hi, Barry!

Thanks so much for my evening fix. :lol:

Super photos, and the model isn't too shabby either!

She's a fine looking lady, mate.
Nice garden in the background...what a beautiful day!

Keep those photo updates coming!

Cheers!

Jim

 

[barry]

Fuso

Hi

Well a bit higher up the mast and I was wrong the mast struts finish under the top bridge deck here luckily i had not thrown the cut off bits away so they were glued back again.

barry

 

[Jim Krauzlis]

Getting bigger and bigger, Barry! :lol:

Looks great...how many left, three more decks to go?

What an amazing build, incredible amount of detail and lots of little pieces, it looks like fun.

Great job!

Cheers!

Jim

 

[jrts]

Hi Barry

Top of the spar in sight :shock:
Realy looks great and glad to know you sorted out the legs.

look forward to the rest

Rob

 

[Leif Oh]

Barry, I've very shyly been watching some of the ship-building threads, and I am beginning to understand the fascination. What an incredible amount of detail there is to go on.

I keep trying to imagine this beauty on the settee...

Leif