Digital Navy Fuso

barry

Active Member
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

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

I guess it truly earns the title "tower". :D

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

Jim
 

barry

Active Member
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

Member
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

Member
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

Active Member
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

Active Member
Thanks for the treat, Barry! :D

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

Active Member
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

Active Member
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

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

That last bit really is tying it all together nicely.

How high can this tower go? :lol:

Keep at it, mate!

Jim
 

silverw

Member
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. :D

BCNU...next time. Bill
 

Jim Krauzlis

Active Member
Now, THAT'S an impressive photo, Barry! :D

Great perspective showing the towering tower. :D

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

Jim
 

barry

Active Member
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

Active Member
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

Active Member
Hi, Barry! :D

Thanks so much for my evening fix. :lol:

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

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

Keep those photo updates coming!

Cheers!

Jim
 

barry

Active Member
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

Active Member
Getting bigger and bigger, Barry! :lol:

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

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

Great job!

Cheers!

Jim
 

jrts

Active Member
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

Member
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
 
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