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I decided that due to the progress I have made with my Millennium falcon build that I would take a short break and crack open my Fujimi Chibi-maru Kongo. This scales out to roughly 1/700 I think, its not to everyones taste but will be a fun little distraction. I also have the Chibi-Maru Akagi and Yamato. Lets kick off with the box  Photo etch by KA Models, I know from experience with their 1/350 Yamato PE that KA Models produces very high quality PE   The sprues, generally very good with nice detail but some flash that needs to be cleaned up  A fret of photo etch and stickers, most of the stickers are replaced with the photo etch. The wooden deck stickers will not be used, instead I will paint the decks   Build starts off with the main turrets, only 4 parts for 2 and 5 parts for the other 2. This is where I really noticed just how small the photo etch is   Starting to build up the main superstructure, plastic windows cut out to replace with the photo etch  A quick test fit and of course a penny to give you a sense of scale 
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 Looks a fun little kit, I dont envy you with the etch though being so small  Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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This is different, should be a fun build... Will be watching... Regards Alan
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Thanks for popping in Andy and Alan, it certainly is different, hopefully shouldnt take too long to complete
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As you say Dave, may not be to everyone's taste but it certainly looks like fun and that is what modelling should be about, having fun, so it gets my vote!! 
Something tells me you've probably got one or two of those Hasegawa 'Egg Plane' kits in your stash if you like this sort of thing? LOL. 
http://www.hasegawausa.com/aircraft_egg.html
Looks great mate well done.
Kev
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Thanks for the comments Kev and the link to the egg planes. I'm not really a fan of the egg planes to be honest. I do have another 2 shios to build and a Mogami carrier on order
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Small update from today, just the rear smoke stack done tonight. I must say I have a new appreciation of people that do 1/700 builds using photo etch, this stuff is tiny 
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Interesting build so far, how big will the finished model be?
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Hi what a funny shape Lil ship.but strangely enough i kinda like it. Don't envy you with 1 / 700 etch though.cheers mick. Builds hms victory, suzuki gsx 1300 R hayabusa, honda C B 750, lamborghini countach L P 500 S, tamiya 1/16 rc full option tiger 1 tank,
built, Mclaren M P 4 - 23. Occre london tram,
Stash.airfix 1/24 mosquito. Diag Virginia schooner, tamiya 1/6 honda 750, tamiya 1/35 famo, tamiya 1/35 flak 88.
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Thanks Michael & Mick. A couple more photos, not much more to do now. Railings to add, life boats and flag staff fore and aft, bit of filler here and there, then slap some paint on the start sticking all the parts down. The whole thing measures just over 4 inches   
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4 inches! That's going to be a nightmare to paint. Good luck
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Looks great and im glad you retreaved the missing part from the gremlins Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Thanks Andy This is now finished, finished picture can be seen in the Finished Build Gallery
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