MRMRL Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 I've hinted that this ship exists in my collection when I posted a picture of another ship that had it in the background, so I thought I might as well put some pictures of her on the site for you to enjoy. So this is the Fujimi 1/350 offering of the Japanese carrier Hiryu, one of the six Pearl Harbor carriers that were so important to IJN success and then failure in the Pacific. The kit itself was augmented with Fujimi's own "detail up" kits, there's enough detail in here that I didn't see the need to look elsewhere for more. I also added a few more aircraft than the kit came with - the eagle-eyed among you can probably work it out (even without knowing the ship markings on the fuselage), the less detailed ones are spares from Hasegawa extra's I had. I've taken my usual liberal approach to historical accuracy when it comes to painting (artistic license I'm calling it) and to the aircraft on deck (Japanese doctrine at the time would rarely have had the three aircraft types on deck at the same time), but I'm pretty happy with the outcome, she's a nice looking ship - sleeker than Akagi and Kaga, but not too sleek. Hope you enjoy. 43 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Fantastic looking carrier and aircraft,nice job... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tojo72 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Beautiful build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Gidday, that's a beautiful model of the ship. Very fine detail on her, too. Very well done. Regards, Jeff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 That is some amazing PE building! Very well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 A good looking build. Well done. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h20 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 well done, looks brilliant!😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-boat 55 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 She really looks great, wonderfully clean and neat, she's unusual as well with her island position, I'm getting a little hooked on Japanese carriers, trouble is I only have x number of kidney to sell lol, 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yg Models Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 nice camo fighters on deck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRMRL Posted May 5, 2022 Author Share Posted May 5, 2022 10 hours ago, S-boat 55 said: She really looks great, wonderfully clean and neat, she's unusual as well with her island position, I'm getting a little hooked on Japanese carriers, trouble is I only have x number of kidney to sell lol, Some of the kits do seem like that sort of money, like the Very Fire Taiho 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micha_Pol Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 Great work, lots very delicate-looking PE and nice painting, esp the camo on the planes. Is it the picture, or is the outward starboard propeller missig one of its blades? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRMRL Posted May 5, 2022 Author Share Posted May 5, 2022 4 hours ago, Micha_Pol said: Great work, lots very delicate-looking PE and nice painting, esp the camo on the planes. Is it the picture, or is the outward starboard propeller missig one of its blades? Missing blade, sadly. Very easy to break off when fitting to bases like this one. But you know, we have standards to maintain 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-boat 55 Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 7 hours ago, MRMRL said: Some of the kits do seem like that sort of money, like the Very Fire Taiho Indeed it's not cheap must say that the dx version is worth every penny though, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norseman 3:16 Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 Lovely build. Well done Sir!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 Very nice... always seems funny seeing the island on that side.... DaveH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 The beauty of this ship is breath-taking - the original as well as your fine model. I love the detail. What a dedication to tiny stuff! It's great to see the Japanese carriers as they really looked like, not on those blurred pictures taken in 1941/42. I know you call it 'artistic license' and it adds to the variety on deck, but all of Hiryu's planes had two blue stripes around the rear fuselage. They rarely (or actually never) happened to land on another carrier, except for a few CAP fightes after three of the flat-tops were sunk at Midway. Let's see more of those carriers! Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 This is a spectacular model, one of those you could just stare at all day, finding fresh interest everywhere. What a shame you put the island on the wrong side though 😉😂 Really impressive, the PE details are meticulously done 👏👏👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autle Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 That's a thing of real beauty, wonderful modelling over many hours by the looks of it. Well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Amazing detail work on this clean result. The airwing looks fine too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinBizz4786_ Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 A really nice job on this carrier mate ! Congrats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich75 Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Beautiful job, as above you could spend ages looking at it all, well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRK Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 This really is incredible, I'm amazed at how neat all your PE work is, i can't see a single blob of glue on any of the railings (or anywhere for that matter!). Thanks for letting us have a look 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcdood Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Thank you for allowing us to see your model of Hiryu, it looks absolutely stunning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bissyboat Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 Same here. Stunning carrier. The finish is perfect. ⚓🙌 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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