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First bit of resumed work on the Takao now that the very grueling semester is over for me. Expect to have her done by the end of the week, assuming I can get the bloody foremast to look vaguely right.

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"Once movement was detected, the crew attempted to raise anchor and maneuver away from the shore, but the weather and sea conditions made this difficult. By the time the anchor was raised, the ship had been pushed too close to the shore to recover." Next time, guys, grab a blowtorch.

M_I, you're aware hat the slanted lines along the top foremast are, in fact yards, shown in that fashion to enable the viewer to see how many they were. Correctly they ought thus to be pointed athwardsships and also be, at least three pixels wide (preferrably, unless the 'A'-class cruisers had noticebly thinner yards.) Just an FYI...

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My Avatar:Петр Алексеевич Безобразов (Petr Alekseevich Bezobrazov), Вице-адмирал , царская ВМФ России(1845-1906) - I sign my drawings as Ari Saarinen

Thank you. The rigging (heh) of later warships is a bit of a weak point for me, and the Japanese LOVED huge aerials, which was actually what I'd figured I'd have the most problem with--I admit to being prepared to do them absolutely last. My main concert is trying to get the curve of the light structure of the foremast to look right at this point. The yards were simply me following the original style of the initial drawing, and will be corrected in the final, though of course alas that doesn't help much. I can probably get the mast just fine, it's unfortunately just one of those time-consuming things.

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"Once movement was detected, the crew attempted to raise anchor and maneuver away from the shore, but the weather and sea conditions made this difficult. By the time the anchor was raised, the ship had been pushed too close to the shore to recover." Next time, guys, grab a blowtorch.

Trust me, I wholly sympathize with you there! I built the Chokai in 1/700 scale as of 1937, and it was an intricate piece of assembly!. The Ashigara in the same scale as of 1940 was only marginally easier!

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My Avatar:Петр Алексеевич Безобразов (Petr Alekseevich Bezobrazov), Вице-адмирал , царская ВМФ России(1845-1906) - I sign my drawings as Ari Saarinen

Is she ever going to be finished?

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

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Please do not bump threads that have disappeared from the front page. We do not have an official rule against Thread Necromancy, but it is rude to do so.
If you MUST know something about an artist's projects, next time, use the PM system.

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Would you please not eat my gun...

And after getting married and a fairly grueling semester in engineering school, updates--including real progress on figuring out how to represent the bizarre after superstructure.

I seriously, honestly expect to have her finished before Christmas, and Maya in wartime configuration before break is over, as I"m not doing much else..

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"Once movement was detected, the crew attempted to raise anchor and maneuver away from the shore, but the weather and sea conditions made this difficult. By the time the anchor was raised, the ship had been pushed too close to the shore to recover." Next time, guys, grab a blowtorch.

Nice to see you back and the project updated!
I've got quite a few very-very detailed plans for Takao class so if you're interested feel free to PM me about it.
Also please check out this IJN parts sheet; it might be useful.

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Worklist: Portuguese Navy and Barnegat class seaplane tenders

Looking forward to both of them!

-Matt

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

The Official IJN Ships & Planes List

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Congratulations on getting "spliced" and welcome back.
Ship is looking good and we await the final out come.

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Thank you Kim for the crest

"Never fear to try on something new. Remember that the Titanic was built by professionals, and the Ark by an amateur"