1/700 IJN Nagato (Fujimi)

This Model has a lot of ‘firsts’ for me.  My first Imperial Japanese Navy ship.  My first 1:700 scale ship.  My first waterline kit.  My first attempt to create a water setting.  The Fujimi kit is very well made and most parts fit well together.  The pagoda superstructure is certainly the most distinctive shape of the Japanese battleship and I had to take time to fit all the pieces so that the superstructure built up level and plum.

Aftermarket parts included Gold Metal Models 1:700 IJN WW2 Battleships photo-etch.  Railings, crane boom, catapult and floatplane carts worked well but the searchlight platform surrounding the stack was over-scale so I ended up using the kit parts.
Paint is PolyScale, sealed with Future and then weathered with oil-based enamels.  Rigging is 30 denier clear line dyed black.
 

Gallery updated 10/27/2014

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