Japanese Army submarine crew

Tim Reynaga · Post by **Tim Reynaga** » January 14th, 2024, 8:16 pm

1/700 scale figures unloading an Imperial Army Maru-Yu cargo submarine.

general rocket · Post by **general rocket** » January 14th, 2024, 8:57 pm

Good grief!
Eye strain and brain ache.

Post by **JamesPerrin** » January 14th, 2024, 11:03 pm

Blimely. How big was the box they came in?

Clashcityrocker · Post by **Clashcityrocker** » January 15th, 2024, 4:17 am

Nigel

iggie · Post by **iggie** » January 15th, 2024, 9:53 am

Awesome!

Post by **PaulBradley** » January 15th, 2024, 2:09 pm

Nice!

B4en · Post by **B4en** » January 16th, 2024, 8:40 pm

**Searches in vain for a microscope emoji...**

Tim Reynaga · Post by **Tim Reynaga** » February 3rd, 2024, 6:08 pm

Thank you all!

This was a cool little model from Fujimi, but at just over two inches in length it tended to get lost among my other 1/700 scale ships, so placing it in a diorama setting with figures helped!

Lone Modeller · Post by **Lone Modeller** » February 12th, 2024, 12:10 am

Just (with difficulty) seen this! Did you paint the figures with the tip of the pencil?

Lost for words....

AlanW · Post by **AlanW** » February 12th, 2024, 10:15 pm

And I thought I had a hard day rigging seventy two 3mm deadeyes…

ShaunW · Post by **ShaunW** » February 15th, 2024, 6:54 pm

I'm sure you have bionic eyes, Tim, those figures are incredibly small yet you have made them look really good and they nicely enhance that excellent looking cargo sub and its attendant boat.

DavidWomby · Post by **DavidWomby** » February 15th, 2024, 8:29 pm

Utterly amazed at that. Well done.

David

Andy Dighton · Post by **Andy Dighton** » February 15th, 2024, 8:39 pm

Just incredible.

Tim Reynaga · Post by **Tim Reynaga** » February 16th, 2024, 7:10 pm

Thanks guys. And yes, this is one of those projects that really pushed my limits for small detail! I have since switched to 1/350 scale ships which, at twice the size, are a bit easier to work with. Interestingly, the Fujimi Maru-Yu submarine kit came with both the 1/700 sub used in the diorama and a 1/350 version as well.

This in-progress shot shows them together. Even in 1/350, the larger model is only just over 4 1/2 inches long. I'll eventually finish it as a traditional full-hull display model.

David Silver · Post by **David Silver** » February 16th, 2024, 9:35 pm

This is .....wow! unbelievable! how? I couldn't paint the sub never mind those figures!

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