Thank you, Bob @v1pro ! I’m making slow headway on this build.
I’m looking forward to getting back to model aircraft.

Looks great, Jay @ssgt
Weather does indeed look nice as well by judging the background.

The Akizuki looks better and better, my friend @ssgt!
Great outdoor modeling day!

Today construction of the forward #2 gun turret base, the bridge , and the funnel got started. After the glue is dry I’ll smooth up the seams and continue adding parts to them. I just set them in place for the photographs. After they’re complete I will paint them. The ship is looking better now that the superstructure is taking shape. All those small details that need to be added to the deck were drudgery.

4 attached images. Click to enlarge.

Thank you George @gblair ! Building & painting subassemblies before attaching to the deck makes it much easier... some ship builder on imodeler told me that in the past and I’ve kept that advice in mind for such a time as this. Until today, I had given thought to putting it back in the box and putting it on the “shelf of doom”. But it was much too expensive of a kit to do that. Now that I’m seeing more progress , I’ll stick with it till completed.

Good to see she is getting into shape now, Jay @ssgt
After painting those structures will look great.

Glad you decided to finish this one, Jay (@ssgt). I don't usually reach a point building 1/700 ships where I want to put it aside, but I hit the wall when building a 1/350 ship. The thing that made me want to build the larger scale was also what made me want to stop: complexity. I like seeing a really busy and intricate model, but I didn't give a lot of thought about how much work it would be to build it. I know better now. Looking forward to seeing yours done.