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Brassed Off.

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

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

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

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) [...]

IJN battleship Fuso no.1 turret

Finally found the time to finish this one.

Japanese Destroyer Ayanami 1/700

Hello guys, this is the destroyer Ayanami who is veering to avoid a torpedo while an American torpedo bomber crashes nearby. It’s a 1/700 kit from Hasegawa with photoetched parts from Tetra model, the torpedo bomber came from tamiya. [...]

1/700 IJN Battleship Fuso “The Battle of Surigao Strait”

The battle of Surigao Strait ((link)) I made a diorama using the World of Warship's illustration. Manufacturer : Aoshima P.E : Fly Hawk 1/700 Scale

IJN Heavey Cruiser Atago : Operation Shoho

Atago was the flag of Admiral Kurita. He headed to the Leyte Sea of the Philippines with a huge fleet to stop MacArthur's troops from landing in the Philippines. At 6:32 a.m. on October 23, 1944, the USS Darter fired six torpedoes at [...]

1/4800 IJN Nagato in Philippine Sea

1/4800 scale Manufacturer : Shapeways (shapeways.com)

Project Completed: The 1/32 Tamiya A6M2 Zero

Well I finally completed her. Many of you provided wonderful comments and questions when I posted the past several WIP articles on this complex build. I truly appreciated all the compliments and comments. Overall this was a complex but [...]