Finally got the Shirakumos (edit:
NOT the Shirayukis - why do I keep getting them confused?
).
Now, to find a Photo-Etch set for them.
I have a set of the Flyhawk IJN Railings, which look like they will fit the forecastle (they have two or three different lengths for the forecastle. I'll figure out which ones go where).
But, I need:
• Degaussing cable (I have two sets of these already, one used on my IJN Nagara - I suppose I should buy more).
• Turret handrails.
• Stack Handrails and Grills.
• Torpedo Turret handrails, hatches, and windows.
• Deck.
• Torpedo Reloading rails.
• Torpedo Skid Rails and Cranes.
• Boat Davits.
• Bridge Detailing/railing.
• Gun Barrels (which I think I already have. I think I have about 50 of the IJN 127mm DP gun barrels - do I need different ones?).
What else will I need for these (since I will have more than one of the Shirakumo - again,
not the Shirayuki)?
And, which manufacturers make the relevant parts?
Something occurred to me.
It
might be a good idea to have a catalogued list of the various kits, and the PE kits made for them, and what they provide.
And for those kits without a dedicated PE kit for them, a catalog of the various PE sets that would be needed to complete it.
It would be good to have this information in one place, like the Five Star PE Kit parts list I have completed for the USS SF/New Orleans-class PE-kit (although the various parts are still not completely filled in).
MB
Edit: As a point of reference for others buying the Pit-Road Shirakumo. The kit
SAYS it is a "1944" outfit.
Well.... It
is, but it includes
all of the parts needed to build it as Early-War (deck housing roof/deck with the turret ring, and turret), and simply leave-off the extra AA guns.
So, this kit
really should read "built at any point during WWII"
Edit II:
And, for the Urinami, I went ahead and got another Ayanami, and since I have extra turrets from all of the NE07 equipment sets, and about 50 of the IJN 127mm brass barrels, I am set for getting the correct turrets on the Urinami. The only thing I lack is having handrails on the Type A turrets for all of my Type I Toku-gata that have that turret style (roughly five - six ships).
Also, as a beach about the Anime KanKolle.
The "Fubuki" is the Show's Protagonist, showing her in determined preparation for the
Big Operation (Operation MO - or the Port Moresby Invasion, for which the show has the saga and Akagi participating, yet Yamato withheld real Carrier support from MO, which is likely why it failed - yet in the anime they succeed... No surprise, since the anime is reactionary Japanese revisionism.... But)... They show the Fubuki getting her "upgrade" to a Type B Turrets and late-war AA-upgrade , which never happened to the Fubuki (she was sunk in 1942).
But I suppose the show's makers didn't want to be so downbeat...
Still... Need those handrails for the Type A turrets. I don't want to make Fubuki-chan sad by not having her proper handrails.