The Ship Model Forum

Martin - is the Amagi any good? I hadn't realised PitRoad had kitted her.

Cheers,

Rob

[quote="Boroboy2"]Hi Guys,
Can anyone recommend a good 1/700 PE for IJN Carriers?[/quote]

I think it depends on the carrier you are building. There are photo-etch sets available from Tom's ModelWorks and Gold Medal Models that cover the many ships.

Hasegawa, PitRoad, FineMolds and Joe World make ship and/or class specific sets. I just picked up an [i]Unryu[/i]-class set for my PitRoad Amagi. You can buy these at places like [url=http://www.rainbowten.co.jp/english/]Rainbow Ten[/url] or [url=http://www.1999.co.jp/asp/shop_right_e.asp?Bno=&Typ1_c=102&Typ2_c=104&Typ3_c=848&sortID=1&thumb=1&Spage=1]Hobby Search[/url]. You'll also find that [url=http://www.hlj.com]Hobby Link Japan[/url] also sells some sets.

I've ordered from HLJ and Hobby Search with no problems. I don't recall if I've used Rainbow Ten, but know people who have. They seem reputable as well.

Hi Jim,
Thats what i ended up doing mixing a few PE sets to get what i wanted thanx for the help guys. Alan

I was thinking about buying a PE set for hase Shoho, and there is a GMM generic set, so what is the usefulness of that set? Also, will there be anything lef for some other flattop?

Hi Boroboy... welcome back!

I used the Toms modelworks IJN carrier fret when I built my Akagi many moons ago--its brass and very very fine-- I suggest buying one of each and then mixing and matching

GMM does a Chiyoda set that never ceases to supply me withuseful parts for non-Chiyoda models!!

:cool_2:

good luck

JIM B

Thank you Rob,
I had noticed that PE you mentioned just wondered if there were others, looks as though thats the only one. Alan

Alan,

GMM make a fret suitable for most IJN carriers. It is available from WEM.

I go through a lot of these frets, they have a number of parts suitable also for my pre-dreadnoughts.

Cheers,

Rob

Hi Guys,
Can anyone recommend a good 1/700 PE for IJN Carriers?