AndrewCJ50 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Dear Colleagues After 3 years work off and on I finally finished the beast. You are looking at the 1/700 Fujimi kit of Kaga from late 1941 with Fujimi’s own PE and wood planking extra. Then it is dressed with Veteran models 12.7 cm AA guns, Lion Roar 25 mm AA guns, davits, Nanodread life boats and searchlights, Rainbow launches (I could go on). The sponson supports are largely scratch built. I am particularly proud of the Zeros waiting to take off. Rather than use decals these were spray painted using my own home-made masks. She was originally designed to be a battleship but following the limits of the Washington Treaty was converted to an aircraft carrier in 1933 initially with 2 flying off decks but this was then changed to having two enclosed hanger decks in 1935. In line with the doctrine of the time she retained a battery of 8" guns for self defence. With Akagi she formed the 1st Carrier Division which struck at Pearl Harbour. She was sunk at Midway in 1942. Hope you like it? Andrew 44 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitzer Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 looks great Andrew. She looks like a 1/350 scale not 1/700. Crackin job on the water as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Superb, especially for 1/700, hope the eyes recover 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Excellent work ... All the more so considering the scale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Just superb.thanks for showing this model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris B Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Very good, and this scale... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewCJ50 Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 Thanks Guys It's funny, but after you work in 1/700 for a while your mind-set and eyes do to a certain extent adapt. Main thing is to not be in a hurry otherwise things can go disastrously wrong in a hurry! Hope you are enjoying that warm Pacific sun? Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorby Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 How could you not like it? It's stupendously good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 excellent work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Excellent piece of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver d Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 A cracking job you did on her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zigomar Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Stunning and awesome rendition! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 great work with all the small details beefy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 That's a lovely build! Martian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Hello Andrew, Superb finish for a 1/700 scale build. Looking at this complex structure, it must have been top heavy by heavy sea state. I can understand very well, these kind of models take "a little bit" longer to complete. Regards, Orion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick C Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Brilliant build Andrew, especially considering the scale. Cheers Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Lovely job Andrew, nice job on the Zero's cockpit frames...must agree, you do tend to adapt to the scale particularly when it comes to PE and rigging. 1/700th is my favourite scale for maritime subjects and very satisfying to complete, (plus they're space savers which helps when it comes to shows). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAAMAN Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Simply superb dio, the great attention to detail really shows, congrats on your build and finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev The Modeller Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Great attention to detail mate, top stuff this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG X Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Wow - that's pretty amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Hewitt Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Superb work,thanks for sharing 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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