by Dan K » Wed Mar 21, 2012 3:41 pm
After a fairly comprehensive review of available Akagi (and Kaga) flight deck photographs, I have come to the surprising conclusion that her flight deck, and that of Kaga, had a mix of planking patterns, both two planks (where the third-most plank repeats the position of the first), four planks (where the fifth-most plank repeating the position of the first), and perhaps even three planks, all occurring within the same general vicinity of the flight deck. I will say that the two plank pattern does seem to predominate.
I did not have time today to scan the best photo illustration of Akagi�s flight deck that displays these patterns; I will hopefully do so tomorrow. I do have photos of her aft flight deck showing a four plank pattern, as well as one from Kaga showing both two and four plank patterns, all below.
It occurs to me that there may have been some uniformity in the pattern within a section bordered by expansion joints (kudos to FlyHawk for correctly providing Akagi�s five expansion joints in her flight deck) but, it would be too problematic to reproduce a deck with competing planking problems. Therefore, a two plank pattern for Akagi and Kaga does seem correct. So, the Fujimi versions are, in fact, probably correct.
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After a fairly comprehensive review of available Akagi (and Kaga) flight deck photographs, I have come to the surprising conclusion that her flight deck, and that of Kaga, had a mix of planking patterns, both two planks (where the third-most plank repeats the position of the first), four planks (where the fifth-most plank repeating the position of the first), and perhaps even three planks, all occurring within the same general vicinity of the flight deck. I will say that the two plank pattern does seem to predominate.
I did not have time today to scan the best photo illustration of Akagi�s flight deck that displays these patterns; I will hopefully do so tomorrow. I do have photos of her aft flight deck showing a four plank pattern, as well as one from Kaga showing both two and four plank patterns, all below.
It occurs to me that there may have been some uniformity in the pattern within a section bordered by expansion joints (kudos to FlyHawk for correctly providing Akagi�s five expansion joints in her flight deck) but, it would be too problematic to reproduce a deck with competing planking problems. Therefore, a two plank pattern for Akagi and Kaga does seem correct. So, the Fujimi versions are, in fact, probably correct.