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Hi I am a Japanese modeler who loves mainly scale models related to Navy in WWII or before.

RAF DH.82 Tiger Moth, Airfix 1/48

This is my first post for an airplane. I truly love this tiny biplane for flight practice. Although my experience in aircraft modelling is very limited, this Airfix kit does not have any serious problem to assemble including rigging. As a [...]

IJN Battleship Mikasa 三笠 1905, Hasegawa 1/700

Let me post another IJN ship, but it is much older than previous one. This is IJN battleship Mikasa, the flagship of Russo-Japanese war (1904-1905). She was designed and built by Vickers shipyard in the UK; therefore, it was technically a [...]

IJN Destroyer IKAZUCHI 1942 (Yamashita Hobby, 1/700)

Let me post a work of Japanese ship. Her name is Ikazuchi, which means simply "thunder" in a very traditional Japanese way. She was an IJN destroyer, the 23rd of the Fubuki class destroyers. The kit was provided by Yamashita [...]

SMS Emden 1914, Flyhawk 1/700

For the second post, I chose SMS Emden, another Flyhawk one. Although this ship was described as a light cruiser, the length of this ship was almost equivalent to that of standard destroyers in WWII. Thus, the actual model is much smaller [...]

HMS Jupiter 1940

This is HMS Jupiter, a J class destroyer, which was pictured the status in 1940. You can see it at Wikipedia. It was based on Flyhawk 1/700 and a bit modified by using generic PEs and self built masts. This is my first post. I hope it has [...]