Breaking away from the worlds of laminar flow wings and muddy tracks to tackle another ship model. Of course I had to build the Seiran 1st. I added the Voyager PE set.
Tower is dry fit at the moment. What color should the decks be? the color mixed up from the Tamiya instruction sheet is a gross reddish brown. I am assuming some sort of wood but what kind. There has to be a more attractive paint than that mix.
Nice Marc,extra detailing looks great
Oh my, that is absolutely beautiful! The detail is fantastic. I also would like to comment on your work station, how clean, neat, and organized it is.
Toshi
Glad to see you building this one - I have it on the short list, so I’ll be watching to see what you do with it. I’ve learned a lot from your posts & tutorials.
If you can access FSM Vol. 27 #5 (May 2009), there’s a nice build by D*** Lee. His call for the deck was a mix of Mr. Hobby No. 43 Wood Brown with a “little” No. 39 Dark Yellow followed by a wash of Ivory Black oil paint diluted with Zippo lighter fluid. I use mostly Tamiya, so I’m thinking of testing a mix of xf59 with a dollop of xf54 for starters. From the photos his result is a light medium brown, a nice contrast to the hull color, plus it helps the Aichi standout.
Mike
There’s a wood deck kit out there for this model.
Thanks for all the comments guys.
Mike, thanks for the heads up on the article. I’ve gone over to the digital version of the mag but knew that one had to be in one of the piles of “archived” [whstl] issues. Went to the 1st pile on the issue on top was from '13 so I picked one near the bottom in hops of zeroing in the right timeframe. I actually said out loud, “What the F…” [:O] as I pulled out V27N5, May 2009. Like it was meant to be. A quick scan and it’s a beautiful build
Just subscribed to this post as I just added this subject to stash. Now I’m gonna have to move it up my list. Will follow with much intetest. Anxious to know what mix you use on deck.
Thanks Templar. The color I use is a mix of burnt umber, burnt sienna and some white.
Holiday prep and work cutting into bench time.
I had to make new bow planes. Don’t ask. The level of stupidity is too painful to think about. The idea hit me in the middle of the night to sandwich a flat strip between 2 cut outs of the bow plane. Sand the edges and a nice streamlined shape.
The deck was base coated with Tamiya Buff and then covered with oil paint with some Japan Dryer to cut the drying time. After that was bushed out the successively cleaner stiff brushes… I used 5 but only 3 in the pic. Then I blended in some streaks of a darker brown and put aside to dry. Hanger and tower parts are just in place not attached yet.
350th PE … what fun!
When my finished models look as good as your WIP, I’ll know I’m making headway. Keep it up and I’ll continue to monitor progress. Nice to know a source when I start mine.
Very nice of you to say Templar. Thank you.
I love the smell of VOC’s in the morning. OK, it was night. 
Deck masked and hull primed. Conning tower is done except railings.
Since the wife was not feeling well and slept a good part of the time, in between tending to her I was able to get some quality bench time.
This is my 3rd boat and 2nd with railings and those curved railings on the tower were a test of my nerves. I passed the test, barely. The proof is that i didn’t fling this against the wall, and urge that came over me a few times.
Wonderful work Marc! Would never know the etch gave you trouble had you not mentioned it. I totally understand where you are coming from as railings in 700th scale are going to be the end of me! Was that hull red a custom mix?
Excellent work on a boat, Wing! I cant help but notice the seaplane’s even got paint chipping. Nice!
Marc, very pristine work on this! [Y]
I know how difficult that must of been in this scale. Glad you you didn’t fling this at the wall and are able to share with us.
regards,
Jack
Looks great, Marc! I really like what you did with the woodgrain and the overall paint. Looks perfect for a boat that saw very little actual service. I’m bookmarking your build as a reference.
Happy New Year!
Mike
Thanks for all the comments guys. Eric that’s Tru-Color Iron Oxide straight from the bottle. Item # TCP 168 I don;t know much t all about ships but that looks nice to me. Is that a good color for that?
That is a loevly build marc, so glad it didn’t go flying. I do like what you have done with the deck.
And i like how you have displayed it. I am thinking of doing the same when i get around to some ships. What did you use for those strips to sit the boat on.
Psht, your guess is as good as mine on ships and their colors Marc! I like that particular shade and think it suits the sub in my eyes. Would love to have more info on how you built your base and attached the kit to it. I want to do something similar on one of Bronco’s old Chinese cruisers or battleship.
Hey Bish, thanks for stopping by and for the comments
Eric & Bish… the base is a length of 1/4x3 bass wood, sanded stained and a coat of polyurethane. The cross timbers are also bass wood sanded smooth and cut to length. These were put in a cup and covered with a good penetrating oil stain, Minwax mahogany in this case, and soaked for about 5 minutes. Wiped down and left to dry until thick CA glue would hold the pieces together. Because of the crap weather here around the holidays that took a couple of days. I had to leave the space due to the keel. It will be glued down eventually.
Just archived your pics for my build. The bar’s been raised.