Aoshima HMS Hermes artwork

[mick b]

Hi,

 

Apologies if mentioned;  before but interesting how Aoshima chose to show the rather handsome Hermes on their box:

 

https://goo.gl/images/nwle4p

 

Their Ark Royal box has it listing after being torpedoed.....notice a trend?

[Seahawk]

Rather like Tamiya including a G4M1 Betty with their 1/700 Prince of Wales kit.

 

Though to be fair the boxart does reproduce one of the most famous photos of Hermes in wartime.

Edited June 5, 2017 by Seahawk

[mick b]

I see your point but let's hope they don't do a kit of the Barham!?

[Vlad]

Well, one of their issues of the USS Wasp CV-7 also has the ship burning in the background with a submarine very prominent at the front (unrealistically surfaced), and you get the sub as a bonus with the kit. Tamiya did the same with their re-issued USS Indianapolis. I can definitely see the argument for "bad taste", but the Hermes, Wasp and Ark Royal kits are available in several variations and the "sinking" arts are one of at least 3 or 4 box art variations in each case, so that lessens it. Their new Illustrious and Victorious kits have artworks of the ships proudly steaming (although I guess neither of those sank).

Edited June 5, 2017 by Vlad

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7 minutes ago, Vlad said:

Well, one of their issues of the USS Wasp CV-7 also has the ship burning in the background with a submarine very prominent at the front (unrealistically surfaced), and you get the sub as a bonus with the kit. Tamiya did the same with their re-issued USS Indianapolis. I can definitely see the argument for "bad taste", but the Hermes, Wasp and Ark Royal kits are available in several variations and the "sinking" arts are one of at least 3 or 4 box art variations in each case, so that lessens it. Their new Illustrious and Victorious kits have artworks of the ships proudly steaming (although I guess neither of those sank).

 

Indeed none of the Royal Navy's armoured carriers were sunk, despite the best attempts of the Luftwaffe and Japanese Kamikazes.

 

thanks

Mike

[Vlad]

10 hours ago, Mikemx said:

 

Indeed none of the Royal Navy's armoured carriers were sunk, despite the best attempts of the Luftwaffe and Japanese Kamikazes.

 

thanks

Mike

 

Very true, so I suppose if Aoshima wanted to continue the trend they could have had arts of these ships under heavy fire.

[Mike McCabe]

Interesting that I can't recall any artwork of Japanese ships sinking, is there any?

 

Mike

[Dave Fleming]

Is this a new kit? Don't recall seeing it before

[Graham Boak]

The kit is pretty new: there is reputedly a better one (or at least a more detailed one) coming from Flyhawk.  As for having the submarine on the surface with the sinking Wasp, if you are going to show both ships in a single piece of artwork then you have to put the smaller one in front of the larger. and a submarine has to be surfaced.  It certainly isn't the only unrealistic piece of art around - everyone showing two aircraft in close proximity is unrealistic, and just whose submarine was it that the Frog Shackleton sank?