JohnMGD Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 (edited) Hello, Surfing the internet, I found some nice photographs of the builders model of the Japanese Battleship YASHIMA. There is one minus point, it were only a few photographs, would like to have more of this beautiful model which was made probably at scale 1:48. My question is, is one of you guys (or girls) living in the neighbourhood of Greenwich ?? and would be willing to make an extensive photographic report of this model with a lot of detail pictures ! The address of the model is: The Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2RX. The description the people from the Hospital school sent me to find the model is as follows: "However the Yashima now resides in the undercroft underneath the Painted Hall at Greenwich. If you enter the hall and take the steps down to your right, the Yashima is in all its splendour there." So if one of you is willing to go there and make the photographs, I would be very thankful. Hope to hear from you soon Greetings Jan Dohmen Netherlands. PS: The model used to be at the Royal Hospital School, but now seems to be at the Greenwich Hospital, I really don't know what the distance between Suffolk and Greenwich is, being a foreigner !! Edited December 8, 2015 by JohnMGD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMGD Posted December 11, 2015 Author Share Posted December 11, 2015 Is there no one in the Greenwich area that could go to the University of Greenwich to visit the model and make a thorough walk around and a extensive photo report of YASHIMA ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 (edited) Hello John This isn't the busiest page on the web (understatement). Do you mean this hall: https://www.ornc.org/paintedhall ? You might get better information if you write direct to the Old Naval College - https://www.ornc.org/contact HTH Edited January 7, 2016 by Robert Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMGD Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 Hello John This isn't the busiest page on the web (understatement). Do you mean this hall: https://www.ornc.org/paintedhall ? You might get better information if you write direct to the Old Naval College - https://www.ornc.org/contact HTH Hi Rob, This is the building I mean, in the main hall just down the stairs, that is what I was told, not familliar with the situation: http://www.grenhosp.org.uk/ Jan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMGD Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 This is what someone wrote to me: Dear Jan, Unfortunately we do not have a high res photo of the Yashima here. However the Yashima now resides in the undercroft underneath the Painted Hall at Greenwich. If you enter the hall and take the steps down to your right, the Yashima is in all its splendour there. I’m sorry we have not been able to help you more directly. With best wishes Monty Hope it can be of use Jan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I saw it at Greenwich a couple of years ago and it's a horrible thing to try and photgraph due to the glass case it's in. No matter how I angled the camera I couldn't get rid of all the reflections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMGD Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 Well Dave, Just this Summer I photographed a lot of models in the Dutch Navy Museum at Den Helder with flashlight, and they were all in vitrines. I photographed them under an angle of about 45 degrees, without having any reflections, or visibility of the flash. Also the use of a circular polarisation filter can be very helpful. I have some experience in photographing, but anybody can do it, without doubt !! Hope you will give it a try !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooker Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 This is what someone wrote to me: Dear Jan, Unfortunately we do not have a high res photo of the Yashima here. However the Yashima now resides in the undercroft underneath the Painted Hall at Greenwich. If you enter the hall and take the steps down to your right, the Yashima is in all its splendour there. I’m sorry we have not been able to help you more directly. With best wishes Monty Hope it can be of use Jan. You can usually buy plans from The Greenwhich Maritime Museum, but hold onto your socks when you find out what the purchase price might be. It is very probable that I have a digital paper card kit of the Japanese Battleship YASHIMA in 1/200 or 1/300 scale or one of her sister ships, if you know what they were called. I don't recall the Yashima previously, but I might have a plans set, depending on the date of service which you will have to provide me with, as my plans, I order by date of service, rather than by name. You can find out how to construct these card kits on one of the other links above this request, from you - started by me - brooker. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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