Ravens Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 History: Launched in 1900 at the Vickers yard in Barrow-in-Furness, the battleship Mikasa was a pre-Dreadnought built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Similar in design to the Royal Navy's Formidable Class her layout was typical of the penultimate pre-dreadnought classes, with main armament consisting of two twin-turrets located fore and aft, and secondary guns housed in main deck box batteries. Mikasa served as Vice-Admiral Togo's flagship and had an eventful career, seeing action in the battles of Port Arthur, Yellow Sea and the decisive Battle of Tsushima. A magazine explosion caused her to sink at anchor, but was eventually re-floated and returned to service as a coastal defence ship. Her eventual fate was to be preserved as a museum ship - the only surviving ship of her class, and can be visited at Yokosuka in Japan. The Model: The 1/350 scale Hasegawa kit builds up into a nicely detailed model, and the special edition comes with two metal figures (of a different scale) of Heihachiro Togo and Akiyama Saneyuki, but I've yet to assemble and paint these. I added a PE set by Lion Roar which includes brass barrels and a more finely detailed stern-walk platform among other things. A wooden deck was also added, and climbers utility cord was used to represent the anti-torpedo netting. Although the model depicts the ship in her 1905 'Battle of Japan Sea' configuration I couldn't resist painting her in her earlier black and white scheme instead of grey as she would have appeared int he battle, so the two fighting tops are absent from the masts and other minor details may be off. Thanks for looking in, Ross. 44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Excellent! Mike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polybebber Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Stunning model, hats off !!! Lothar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h20 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 fantastic model, well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Very nicely done beautiful looking ship. 👍🏻 beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravens Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 Thanks for the kind words, everyone. Ross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 What a beauty - Fabulous finish Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 A beautiful miniature Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Lovely 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Absolutely stunning build, a museum piece if ever l saw one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Alan Bardell Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 What a model - wow, just wow! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spejic Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 This is building at the highest quality. Looking at the amazing high resolution images, it almost feels like you can open the door into the wheelhouse or man the oars on the boats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuro Nezumi Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 (edited) Such beautiful model of my favorite warship of all time! I'd love to visit her in Yokosuka someday. Edited December 26, 2019 by Kuro Nezumi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 A great looking model of a great looking ship. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Wow! That looks fantastic, good effort! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecov Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 What a smashing build! 👍 Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIGHTS ON Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 words cannot adequately describe what an amazing job you have done with this kit. I saw her for real on a ship visit to Yokosuka in '92 - sadly I was more interested in chasing beers & girls ashore rather than take a few hours to visit her.......D'oh! oh to wind back time to my misguided youth..... I really do say "thank you" for taking the effort for sharing - I can only dream of building something as good as this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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