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Long range Kamikaze

by Matija Skobe on June 14, 2020 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Story is that near the end of war Japanese joined planes damaged in ground attacks and put simple bomb on nose, JATO rockets for take off and worn out engine for longer range. The base is laminate flooring, wall is styrodur, grass is [...]

Yokosuka K5Y Akatombo 赤とんぼ (Red Dragonfly) “Willow”

by Jeff Groves on June 4, 2020 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

The K5Y Akatombo was a primary trainer in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1933 through the end of the Pacific War. It was called Akatombo (Red Dragonfly) after a Japanese children’s poem of the time due to its bright [...]

1/350 IJN Akagi

by John Soh on May 24, 2020 · in Ships · 16 ≡

Hello Everyone, It's been a while since my last article. I am still on hiatus on plastic modeling but I wanted to share this model. This is the Hasegawa 1/350 Akagi, with all the Hasegawa Akagi. Airbrushed with Mr.Color and Tamiya [...]

Fujimi Aichi B7A Ryusei 流星 “Grace”

by Jeff Groves on May 21, 2020 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

The Aichi Ryusei (Allied reporting name “Grace”) was a Japanese carrier-based attack aircraft which was intended to serve as a torpedo-, dive-, and level-bomber aboard the Taiho and Shinano. Both ships were sunk before the Ryusei [...]

1/48 J2M3 Raiden from the Hasegawa kit

by Michael Drover on January 7, 2020 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

Hi all. This was number six for the year and the final one for 2019. The 1/48 Hasegawa J2M3 Raiden. I started this one almost two years ago however a disaster at the painting stage shelved it for almost 18 months. I picked it up about [...]

1/700 Sinking of Hiryu

by Won-hui Lee on December 6, 2019 · in Diorama · 17 ≡

1/700 scale (Fujimi) On June 5, 1942, Japan's aircraft carrier Hiryu was struck and destroyed by an enterprise attack on Midway. Japanese Navy finally launched some of the carrier's boats and abandoned ship themselves around 09:00. [...]

Brassed Off.

by Bernard Wylie on December 1, 2019 · in Ships · 5 ≡

I've not posted much here lately, mostly because I've been stupidly busy at work (working 13 days out of each 14 due to a staff shortage), I did get this almost finished but it cast off and sailed away across the cutting mat before I could [...]

Pit-Road IJN Shimakaze 1943 1:700

by Alfredo Cofré on November 21, 2019 · in Ships · 8 ≡

Long time without posting here, folks. I've been really, really lazy with plastic. Luckily, my 5 y/o son is model-crazy, so practically forced me to work in my Shimakaze while he tinkered his vintages Revell Iowa, Forrestal, Missouri and [...]

1/700 IJN Destroyer Asashio

by Alex Kuo on July 6, 2019 · in Ships · 12 ≡

Hello fellow modelers, This is the IJN Destroyer Asashio, my 5th attempt at 1/700 scale modelling. My first three 1/700 builds were just straight out of the box build, then I discovered the wonderful world of aftermarket super detailed PE [...]

Detail I’ve never seen – Japanese Aircraft Detail

by Jeff Bailey on May 20, 2019 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Greetings, fellow iModelers! I was watching a short 1952 movie entitled "Okinawa." In it were some great shots of Japanese pilots (actually filmed by Japanese photographers) manning their planes (dive & torpedo bombers) [...]