Calling all Ise (伊勢) and Hyuga (日向) fans

[TZoli]

Will do Dan. Are there any decent profile and deck drawings of Hyuga in 1941 available?

Let me check in my files.

[ijnfleetadmiral]

Will do Dan. Are there any decent profile and deck drawings of Hyuga in 1941 available?

Here's Hyuga in 1941 from Ishibashi's wonderful book.

https://imgur.com/a/BfCciC9

[TZoli]

This is the best I've got:

Link to larger version here

[Jack G]

Thank you both so much! What a good forum this is.

[Dan K]

Both are excellent examples. The Ishibashi illustration is authoritative.

Some all gun related pics

[Jack G]

Where was Hyuga home-ported during 1941? Sasebo or Kure? Paint question.

I've looked at the TROM over on Combined Fleet, she seemed to switch between the two over her career, it mentions

October 1934 Modernisation at Kure
1937 - departing Sasebo for China a lot
1938-9 - many travels
February 1941 departing from Sasebo again
March 1941 - Kure, then travels
July 1941 - Yokohama, then travels
August 1941 - Fleet base at Hashirajima, then Kure for repairs.
18 September, 26 October 1941 - dry docked at Kure

What paint did she likely have in 1941? A mix of Sasebo and Kure greys depending on the month?

Thank you all for the help above!

Keeping updated Dan, I've got around to this project now, doing the 1/700 Fujimi Hyuga as a 'study model' before putting the big hull together. It's now in primer. I like to see the ship in 3d first...

[Dan K]

I attempted to answer yesterday but was defeated by our site's recalcitrance.

Though Sasebo-based, her two yard visits to Kure in 1941 make the Kure shade most likely.

A few month's ago, I was musing over the possibility of building the all gun version from the 1/350 kit. All the basics are there: planked deck, #6 barbette, crane bulge. It's definitely feasible with some scratch-building.

Way down on my priority list, though.

[TZoli]

Both are excellent examples. The Ishibashi illustration is authoritative.

Some all gun related pics

Those Square-Circle positions on the deck on both sides aft of the 4th turret, am I right that they were the supports for the Hydraulic elevators for the ships aircrafts prior to the stern catapult instalments? The same that was used on the Fuso class for Turret 3 catapult?


Could not find photo of a close-up (I think there are in a Japanese book which I don't have at the moment) so here is a model:
https://ameblo.jp/kimkim180/entry-12881077321.html

[Dan K]

Great question. I don't know. I'll have a look at the Ishibashi book to see if there's anything there.