Tamiya 1/350 Heavy Cruiser Tone

[Sloekster]

Hi,

This will be my first attempt on a ship build, and also my first post on this forum.. So be gentle as this will be a steep learning curve for me

Well i'm jumping straight in at the deep end with this one.

Here she is, but I am still waiting for some Eduard PE goodies.


During WWII, the Imperial Japanese Navy decided to refit the Tone-class as heavy cruisers and the construction of the Tone was completed in November 1938. As the Tone was designed to provide reconnaissance even during battle, she was therefore armed with four 20.3cm twin gun turrets which were concentrated forward of the bridge while the aft deck was dedicated to aircraft operations and could carry up to 6 floatplanes. With a rational hull design, she featured a top speed of 35 knots and had a long cruising range. As the Pacific War broke out in December 1941, the Tone served during the Pearl Harbor attack and was also apart of the Battle of Midway and the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Later in October 1944, the Battle of Leyte Gulf saw the Tone contribute in sinking the USS Gambier Bay. She was then later assigned to the Japanese Naval Academy as a training ship and returned to Kure, where she was damaged by an air attack from the U.S. Navy's Task Force 58 in March 1945. In July, she was attacked in Etajima Bay by aircraft from Task Force 38 and sank in shallow water.

[SkyPainter303]

Cool beans and welcome!

Tamiya makes good ship kits. I have a Tamiya 1/700 HMS Nelson on my bench that I may or may not finish. Alongside that I have a Trumpeter 1/700 German Destroyer that I will finish for this Group Build. After fighting with the teeny tiny pieces, I realized I shoulda bought a 1/350 scale kit. The Trumpeter kit is also unnecessarily complicated.

[d6mst0]

Great choice. I always admired the looks of this class of ships. Those 8 inch guns up front makes it looks like it means business.

[Sloekster]

Just a couple of sprue shots.

[Sloekster]

Here are my progress on the hull so far.




I also startet to work on the five tiny Aichi E13A. Somewhat different from 1:32

[EasyEight96]

Hi welcome to the club

You will be fine I'm also learning to build ships too and it's ok just you need a lot of patience
And nice job so far very clean build

[d6mst0]

Nice work so far, very clean build. Looking forward to seeing the rest of it.

[Sloekster]

Today´s progress.

The hull has been painted with Tamiya TS-33 and XF-77



The planes also got some paint. Light gray and Tamiya XF-70. Ohh and around eighty tiny decals

[NorthernModeller]

its post like these which make my bank hurt now I have to go and get one

[d6mst0]

Great looking aircraft.

[Thomas2542]

eighty tiny decals

[Icemannique]

Very nice looking waterplanes !

[Sloekster]

A quick update with some pictures of my progress so far.
I have added some railings and degausing cable to the hull.