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PostPosted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 8:27 am 
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Hello fellow modelers!

I’d like to introduce to you my personal blog about the Imperial Japanese Navy.

I am in the midst of building the Japanese fleet of WW2 in 1/700. I have collected almost all warship classes from small MTBs and river gunboats up to CVs, and a lot of auxiliaries and merchants to accompany them. It`s an ambitious project but I really enjoy it - hunting down rare kits and spanning a network of specialists and enthusiasts around the world is a wonderful pastime. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who has contributed to my collection so far.

After several months of absence due to moving to a new home, I have recently uploaded the BB Ise in her summer 1945 camouflage, DD Sutsuzuki, the old minelayer Ashizaki and the DD Amatsukaze as she appeared in early 1945 with her bow blown off.

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Please take a look: http://nihonkaigun.wordpress.com

If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or kits that are missing in my collection, feel free to drop me a line!

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 11:51 am 
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Herr Hen,

Guten tag!

Thanks for sharing your blog!

I was wondering, do you participate in Tully's combined fleet.com forum or j-aircraft's forum?

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 4:42 pm 
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Hello Haijun watcher,
Thank you - there's much more to come ;-)

I am no registered member there, but I visit from time to time.

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 4:37 pm 
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The anchorage looks great, Hen. I can't seem to find Amatsukaze, though.


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PostPosted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 6:20 pm 
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Dan K wrote:
The anchorage looks great, Hen. I can't seem to find Amatsukaze, though.


Are you looking for its front half? It should be the first entry at the top...

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 8:18 am 
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Ah, went right by it. :oops:


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Happy new year folks!!! :wave_1:

I just wanted to let you know that AMC Aikoku Maru, DD Tachibana and SS Maru-Yu 1001 have been added to the blog...

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 7:44 am 
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Hey guys,

new additions to the blog include DD Hibiki, CMc Kuroshima and CM Kamishima :thumbs_up_1:

Next up is CA Iwate in her 1945 fit!

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 8:02 am 
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Nice job on Aikoku Maru.


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PostPosted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 9:33 am 
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Dan K wrote:
Nice job on Aikoku Maru.


Thanks Dan! I like the outcome, too. Looking forward to building the Hokoku Maru :cool_2:

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CA Iwate (1945 fit), DD Harutsuki and W1 minesweeper have been added :thumbs_up_1:

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 9:54 pm 
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Looks great. How did you do the smoke?

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Angeliccypher wrote:
Looks great. How did you do the smoke?


The smoke is actually the only thing i did in photoshop ;-)

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 12:44 pm 
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Hendrik,

Your truly smoking! :thumbs_up_1:


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PostPosted: Thu May 19, 2016 10:53 am 
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Hey guys,

just a quick update – among some more destroyers, minelayers and minesweepers I uploaded three oilers to my blog: the Shiriya (Pit-Road), Kokuyo Maru (Fujimi), and Ariake Maru (scratch).

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I hope you like them :big_grin:

 

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