This is the Sendai, Japanese light cruiser of the 1st Fleet, Main Body at the Battle of Midway, built by Gus Villanueva. Purchased: 25 November from Bernie McKenna Kadena AFB, Okinawa, Fujimi 1/700 scale FJM41078 IJN Jintsu Light Cruiser Started: 2 November 2010 Completed: 17 December 2010 Hull: WEM Kure Gray Deck: WEM Kure Gray & Linoleum Photo-Etch: Tom’s Modelworks Light IJN Cruiser Rust: Othello #89, scrapped into container, lightly brushed onto ship, in downward strokes Mast & Yardarms: Aft searchlight platform re-build.  Couldn’t get it to look “pear-shape”! Rigging: Caenis Black and stretched spruce Aircraft: Tamiya IJN green, light gray.  3-bar railing cut to size for wing struts/support,

Comments:

• Aft torpedo decking, bulkhead added
• All gun turrets replaced
• Hasegawa PE 13mm added
• Maneuvering balls added aft mast
• Navigation lights added aft mast
• New degassing cable added
• Funnels drilled out, buffers added, stretched spruce for grill cover
• Funnels all the same height
• Using newer Aoshima Jintsu kit as sample, re-building the bridge.  Screwed up!!  HAVE to use Aoshima Jintsu bridge to complete Sendai!!!!
• Mine rails fitted with plastic strip & sanded.  WRONG!!!  Sendai had her mine rails!!!!  Piano wire to replace.

Refernces: Dan Kaplan, Lars Juel Mosbach  

Gus Villanueva

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