by Graham Boak » Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:12 am
Yes, I did have some gentle kitbashing in mind, although I am a little reluctant to do much with resin kits. The main problem is a lack of information on British merchant ships. I'm willing to buy appropriate books, but I don't know where to start on finding the most appropriate ones. Did the Empire Darwin even have a direct sister, the same as the Niko kit but lacking the catapult? I have found the yardbooks for Gray's, but they are difficult to read online and I haven't yet had the patience to plough through them all in search of a twin, only finding smaller vessels.
This problem may have been solved indirectly, as I've recently obtained the Iwashige book on modelling Japanese merchants. There is much inspiration in there for minor changes to the Skywave kits (although several vessels are irritatingly a little short), more significant changes to the Hasegawa, and a very ambitious plan for the Aosima into a smaller AMC! I do wonder if the Skywave tanker might not be a better starting point for some of the earlier subjects, even as a rather different approach (perhaps) to your own subject.
Yes, I did have some gentle kitbashing in mind, although I am a little reluctant to do much with resin kits. The main problem is a lack of information on British merchant ships. I'm willing to buy appropriate books, but I don't know where to start on finding the most appropriate ones. Did the Empire Darwin even have a direct sister, the same as the Niko kit but lacking the catapult? I have found the yardbooks for Gray's, but they are difficult to read online and I haven't yet had the patience to plough through them all in search of a twin, only finding smaller vessels.
This problem may have been solved indirectly, as I've recently obtained the Iwashige book on modelling Japanese merchants. There is much inspiration in there for minor changes to the Skywave kits (although several vessels are irritatingly a little short), more significant changes to the Hasegawa, and a very ambitious plan for the Aosima into a smaller AMC! I do wonder if the Skywave tanker might not be a better starting point for some of the earlier subjects, even as a rather different approach (perhaps) to your own subject.