Japanese Heavy Cruiser Ibuki 1945 [1:400]

[Royaloakmin]

The railings are fabulous, Lex!

[Bluenoser]

That model is incredible!
Very nice indeed.

[Isaac]

Fantastic work on the ship. Interesting curved smoke stack.


Congratulations


Isaac

[Lex]

Thank you for the compliments. To be honest this is probably the first ship model I have actually completed end-to-end. Overall I especially liked the mast and rigging, but consider the handrails to be sub-par. The build order still need to be optimised, especially the handrails were becoming a pain in places where I have lost access.

I don't know if this is the 'correct' way to make cardmodels or not. It was just me wanting to try something different, to try techniques and materials that I have regarded to be outside my field. I also consider the build to be mixed-media, but I did have a tiny insistence in keeping all printed parts unpainted.

The choice of this subject was also deliberate, to build a ship in a configuration that did not exist in history means I could take more liberty in customising details without being tied down by historical accuracy. (Of course, I still want the configuration to appear feasible)

Here for reference I would like to also share some of my friends' attempts on the 1:400 scale. Maybe they will never have their own build threads on this forum, but I hope that these photos can open new possibilities at this scale:
USS Baltimore testbuild by Mk-Papia (to be published after Ibuki, I'm drafting the underwater hull for this right now)
HMS Rodney by Panzerwillow (Fly Model)

Best

[Don Boose]

Thanks for the additional information on your philosophy of paper ship modeling and for these two excellent images of excellent models.

Don