by Matthew in TO » Thu Dec 12, 2024 10:30 am
Timmy C wrote:The lower fighting tops are on sprue J, which was not in any of the other versions of the Hasegawa 1/350 other than the Yellow Sea kit. If you're trying to shop around because you're having a hard time finding the Yellow Sea kit, I've got good news: Hobby Search 1) has it in stock and 2) it's on steep sale:
https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10045599
Brillant! Thanks. I've just placed my order. You've just launched me onto the Mikasa becomes Formidable project! I've already begun comparing the two ships.
What are your thoughts on the different turret profiles?
British Battleships, 1889-1904 by RA Burt states that while Mikasa was built by Vickers instead of the Royal Dockyards (Portsmouth, Chatham and Devonport) where the Formidable-class were built, the Japanese required that the same Armstrong guns as the Formidable be used instead of Vickers guns. I wonder though if the gunhouse (turret) is from Vickers, since while I cannot find any British preadreadnought with the same square turret profile as Mikasa, there are several Japanese battleships built in Britain with this turret type.
If I had a 3D printer I would make new turrets, but instead I'll use some modeling clay or filler and styrene to round off Mikasa's turrets to better look like Formidable's. Too bad there are no 1/350 Royal Navy predreadnoughts earlier than the Lord Nelsons (they used the more modern turret look of those on HMS Dreadnought). The British built a huge fleet of predreadnoughts and yet they're mostly forgotten by the model kit firms.
[quote="Timmy C"]The lower fighting tops are on sprue J, which was not in any of the other versions of the Hasegawa 1/350 other than the Yellow Sea kit. If you're trying to shop around because you're having a hard time finding the Yellow Sea kit, I've got good news: Hobby Search 1) has it in stock and 2) it's on steep sale: https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10045599[/quote]Brillant! Thanks. I've just placed my order. You've just launched me onto the Mikasa becomes Formidable project! I've already begun comparing the two ships.
[attachment=0]Formidable vs Mikasa.jpg[/attachment]
What are your thoughts on the different turret profiles? [u]British Battleships, 1889-1904[/u] by RA Burt states that while Mikasa was built by Vickers instead of the Royal Dockyards (Portsmouth, Chatham and Devonport) where the Formidable-class were built, the Japanese required that the same Armstrong guns as the Formidable be used instead of Vickers guns. I wonder though if the gunhouse (turret) is from Vickers, since while I cannot find any British preadreadnought with the same square turret profile as Mikasa, there are several Japanese battleships built in Britain with this turret type.
If I had a 3D printer I would make new turrets, but instead I'll use some modeling clay or filler and styrene to round off Mikasa's turrets to better look like Formidable's. Too bad there are no 1/350 Royal Navy predreadnoughts earlier than the Lord Nelsons (they used the more modern turret look of those on HMS Dreadnought). The British built a huge fleet of predreadnoughts and yet they're mostly forgotten by the model kit firms.