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Four builds of the IJN Nashi/JMSDF Wakaba, in distinct phases of her career.
Kits:
Pitroad SPW05, IJN Destroyer Kaki (5th ship in Tachibana Class). This kit comes with a small fret of PE: antenna, AA guns, depth charge rack, radar, etc. Same frets and instructions as kit below.
Pitroad W77, IJN Destroyer Tachibana (1st ship in class). No PE.
2 frets for both of these kits - a generic weapons fret for this class as of WWII, and a second fret with hull, bridge, etc. Notably, this second fret contains alternate bridge for later JMSDF Wakaba, although cast-on deck features and aft superstructure are not identical between the two. But this fret bridges the ships career between IJN and JMSDF.
IJN Nashi was the 6th ship in class, built in Kobe. She was sunk in mid-1945, and then raised and refitted, the subject of the two later builds here. Interesting to note that many ships in this class survived the war, served repatriation duties, or were transferred to foreign navies, including UK, China, and Russia. Perhaps some interesting modeling there.
Pitroad J38, JMSDF Wakaba, to be built as unarmed training ship, her first career post salvage.
Pitroad J38E, IJN Destroyer Wakaba, with PE: will be build as radar trial ship, with SPS-12 and SPS-8B radar units in radar trial ship role. PE for this kit includes radar units and masts, davits and mine racks. No railings.
These latter kits contain an alternate deck layout to Tachibana Class above, but the rest of the main fret is common to the Tachibana Class, above. Second fret is an early JMSDF weapons and radar fit.
Tonight, basic poking around in the kit boxes, review of instructions, initial assembly of waterline plate and hull. Initial airbrushing of Wakaba decks and hulls and dryfitting of Wakaba bridges in both incarnations. I expect I will build the Nashi first, then the Wakabas, and then come back and attempt a diorama of a sunken/salvaged Nashi. Waiting for Ships of the World edition that covers this vessel to arrive by mail; purchased on Ebay.
I'd welcome some tips as to supplemental PE (railings, in particular) for this ship in IJN or JMSDF guise.
Here's a comparison of the two hulls (Wakaba on right).
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