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Thank you guys for your warm words On the other day I watched TV program featuring a Japanese renowned brain surgeon. In the program the surgeon uses several hundred tools that he devised for fine work. If he made card models, he must be excellent modeler but he has no time to spare travelling...

Hi Rick, I am very proud that my model pleases you. Having read your thread on P-47, I realized anew that making model carefully and in no hurry is the best way to make satisfactory model Hi G. Shoda It’s nice to meet you again. I think perhaps I met you somewhere in Europe.

Blade in the pics is TAMIYA's. OLFA's blade for art knife is better I think.

Thank you for your comments. I use rather thin ordinary card. For small parts, I always cut back side of cut edges where edges are glued with adjacent edges so that I do not need to paint cut edges. And also cut out backside of folding line to facilitate falding. Main aim of these cutting is...

I am very happy to find out 1:400 builder making ship beautifully. I am planning to have IJN fleet in 1:400 scale some day. Let me follow your way of making Hiryu when I make aircraft carrier.

Hi Ski, Thank you for your kind comments. And It is nice to know you also seem to have made several 1:400 ships. I have been looking for 1:400 buddies since many of Japanese fellow modelers would not take up 1:400.

I started card modeling about 3 years ago and many of my kits were designed with computer. I bought a few models hand written but I have never completed them. Reading your thread I can imagine how you frustrated. But, you did a great job. If I were you I would have abandoned. I am looking...

Reading your inquiry I get a little bit interested in the construction of Japanese ships as a Japanese and found out relating article in the Japanese written Wikipedia. According to the article, in 1935 there was a marine disaster occured 250 miles off Japanese coast in Pacific Ocean. There...

Thanks everyone for advice. I will buy lasercut paper railings. Even fat, firm railings would enhance total appearance.

Hi everyone, I am currently building Japanese battle ship Fuso. This is Digital Navy's kit designed as 1:250 scale. Having space problem for keeping ship models, reduced it size to 1:430. I intended to reduce to 1:400 but it was my failure to made it 1:430. As joint line between skins of...

On30 Bachmann porter is able to pass 6 inch radius curve with the modification of trailing wheel swinging mechanism. Considering smooth running, On30 might be better.

Thank you everybody for kind help. Sometimes perhaps I feel like just want to see engines running so I want layout has oval. And sometimes I want to do some operation. Switch back might be interesting. First, I must decide to make my layout as logging line, mining, dockside or...

Thanks a lot. I have visited both two sites and saw interersting planning and pictures at micro/small layout. For a certain time, I will enjoy planning micro layout in one way and another. And thanks to move my post to right place.

I am not a complete novice railroad modeler. Once I built relatively small size HOn3 layout featuring American logging line that I like very much. Later when I moved to new home I had to throw it away. Seeing many excelent locos, rolling stocks and layout I am unable to resist the attraction of...