Calling all IJN Mogami-class (最上) fans

redoctober27 · Post by **redoctober27** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 10:44 am

Any word on the other sisters in this class due to come out?
It's been quiet for some time ... Lol

Atma · Post by **Atma** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 5:41 pm

In 1/700 by Fujimi sometime in 2014. No news on 1/350.

redoctober27 · Post by **redoctober27** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 6:29 pm

Awesome Atma!! Glad to see a post from ya haven't heard from ya in a while lol

Fivi_1241 · Post by **Fivi_1241** » Thu Dec 26, 2013 9:38 am

When were the Japanese flags painted on top of Mogami's and Mikuma's turrets? I know they were marked like this during the Battle of Midway, but did they carry those flags also in Sunda Strait?

Joe Simon · Post by **Joe Simon** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 12:40 pm

Question about the 1/350 1942 Mogami from Tamiya. It appears that they give the late-war bridge and wind deflectors. I am right to assume this is incorrect for the 42 version?

Atma · Post by **Atma** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 6:59 pm

Yes, those where added just before the ill-fated Midway campaign.

Joe Simon · Post by **Joe Simon** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 7:35 pm

Thanks. What is confusing to me is that Tamiya is in contradiction to Lacroix and Wells. Lacroix and Wells states the wind baffle/AA observation platform went in early 1943. I'm not sure which source is correct.

Dick J · Post by **Dick J** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:04 pm

If you look at the photos the USN took of Mikuma at Midway, you can see the baffles below the bridge windows. I haven't seen any shots of Mogami's bridge in the same time frame to confirm her rig.

Joe Simon · Post by **Joe Simon** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:48 pm

I was wondering that. It does look like baffles below the windows.

Dan K · Post by **Dan K** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 12:58 pm

This is a tough one that seems to defy the common wisdom. It's pretty much acknowledged that refits that included wind baffles and AA command positions were not added to the heavy cruisers until 1943, yet it does seem like the 4 ships of Sentai 7 received some sort of upgrade when they entered drydock in late April or early May 1942. A single set of wind baffles below the compass bridge deck windows may likely have been added at this point, but I am surprised to see any sort of AA command position as I don't believe the necessity of such a position would have been apparent until AFTER Midway. Still, while the Mikuma Midway photos are not crystal clear, there may be something up there after all. Interesting and unexpected. Good eye, Joe.

Joe Simon · Post by **Joe Simon** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:38 pm

Thanks Dan. When I build this ship I am leaning towards baffles below the compass bridge, but no AA observation platform or baffles up top.

Dan K · Post by **Dan K** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:10 pm

That's what my initial take on it was.

sirpaul · Post by **sirpaul** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:45 pm

I pondered this myself. But the pictures from Midway do show the baffles. They are smaller than the baffles you guys are referring to in 1943 refits. I also wanted the more plain bridge. But it would have ate me up knowing they were there.