Dear colleagues,
I am afraid this thread will fall asleep from the very first day, as there seems to be a small interest to the Shoho class among the ModelWarship audience. However, I decided to start this thread: the Hasegawa 1/700 Shoho kit in my stash appeals desperately for some clarification.
In a very generalized form my question is: are there any reliable sources (preferably photos) covering the port side of Shoho/Zuiho? I mean anything apart from that well-known photo of Shoho on conversion, with an IJN battleship (supposedly Hiei) in the background.
(Available kits and galleries revised 8/14/2020)
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1999 (Waterline Consortium 1st generation) – Hasegawa Issued
Shoho - Item #49217, kit # WL217, 1942, issued September, 1999
- Item #30014, 1942, Super Detail with PE fret MA153, issued 2001
- Item #30055, 1942, Hyper Detail with new, comprehensive PE fret, issued September, 2018
Zuiho - Item #49216, kit # WL216, October, 1944, issued July, 1999
- Item #30016, October 1944, Super Detail with PE fret MA153, issued June, 2001
- Item #30032, “Midway” version, June, 1942, issued June, 2005
- Item #08314, Kanmusu Light Aircraft Carrier Zuiho - Kantai Collection, issued 2014, distributed by Aoshima
2015 2nd generation – Fujimi Issued
Shoho 1942 item #431277, SWM (EX) -88, released March, 2015
item #431444, SWM (EX) -SP48, with comprehensive PE fret, released August 2016
item #4222268, FH-38, full hull version, released March, 2017
Zuiho 1944 item #431260, SWM (EX) -87, released December, 2014
item #421926, FH-34, full hull version, released October, 2015
item #431451, SWM (EX) -SP49, with wood flight deck and dry transfer decals, released August, 2016
item #451237, FH-SP19, DX version with full hull and comprehensive PE fret, released April, 2017
item #432014, SWM (EX) -87 EX-1, , with comprehensive PE fret, released April 2018
item #432199, SWM (EX) -87 EX-2, with camouflaged flight deck decal, released June, 2018
Galleries
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Shoho 1942 (H) by Frank Portello:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.htmlShoho 1942 (H) by Andrey Zhukov:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.htmlShoho 1942 (H) by Christopher Mentzel:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... ho-01.htmlA comprehensive, beautifully detailed of Shoho 1942 (H) by Milan Kuliffay:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... /index.htmShoho 1942 (F) with Flyhawk flight deck by Anthony Kochevar:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... /index.htmShoho 1942 (H) by Daniel Leoni :
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... /index.htmZuiho 1944 (H) by Christopher Mentzel:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.htmlZuiho 1944 (H) by An Chu:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.htmlZuiho early to mid-1944 (H) by Michael Choi:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.htmlThere is also a nicely documented build and completed comparison between the Hasegawa and Fujimi Zuiho kits by Ryuji. W-I-P here:
viewtopic.php?f=59&t=160062&start=0 and completed
viewtopic.php?f=60&t=160155&p=664573#p664573Plus, a 10 part series of articles detailing a 1/100 build of Zuiho 1944 by Jason A:
http://www.modelwarships.com/index1.html