1/700 Fujimi / Hasegawa IJN Zuiho

[Ryuji]

Box art and parts.

[Ryuji]

Basic hull build and comparison.

[Ryuji]

Deck.

[Dan K]

Excellent! I look forward to this build, immensely.

[Dan K]

You know, it's hard to know what to make of the Fujimi kit. Certainly, some aspects of the detailing are much nicer, and yet, they didn't bother with any of the hull's portholes, which is a very noticeable omission. Another bizarre (to me) choice.

Ryuji, would it be possible to get a closer-up photo of the flight deck planking, side by side? Thx.

[Aekold]

You know, it's hard to know what to make of the Fujimi kit. Certainly, some aspects of the detailing are much nicer, and yet, they didn't bother with any of the hull's portholes, which is a very noticeable omission. Another bizarre (to me) choice.

Not really, as for me. I'd go ahead and drill my own ones and then insert Flyhawk photo etch afterwards. Not sure about Zuiho, but on some ships porthole position and amount changed radically throughout the service, so this give you more options to build whatever you want.

[marijn van gils]

One of my favourite carriers, and asking for a great paintjob!
I'll be following this one.

Cheers,

Marijn

[Dan K]

Not really, as for me. I'd go ahead and drill my own ones and then insert Flyhawk photo etch afterwards. Not sure about Zuiho, but on some ships porthole position and amount changed radically throughout the service, so this give you more options to build whatever you want.

I guess we will have to agree to disagree on this point. The hull is missing two rows of portholes over most of its length. I find it far easier to cover a hole, in the case of a late war version (would be the bottom row and select portholes on the top) then to first drill them. More importantly, they are using the same hull for Shoho, which never had its portholes sealed.

The portholes aside, the Fujimi kit does look good.

[Aekold]

Yeah, Fujimi generally seems more detailed. Another nice thing is that Fujimi produces much better PE for their Zuiho kit than Hasegawa (or Tom's) - I got one which I will use for my future Shoho and quality-wise (not detail-wise though) it looks on par with Rainbow/FH.

[Ryuji]

Ryuji, would it be possible to get a closer-up photo of the flight deck planking, side by side? Thx.

Here.

[Ryuji]

Detail up.
Fujimi kit with Fujimi photoetching set and Hasegawa with mixed sets.
I will build The Fujimi as 1944 version and the Hasegawa as 1942 (without rocket launchers, extra AA guns and short deck).

[Ryuji]

Comparison with real ship.

[Ryuji]

without deck.

[Dan K]

Thank you for posting that photo, Ryuji. I can see that Fujimi has gone yet again with that incorrect planking pattern. Drat. OTOH, Fujimi has given the forward flight deck curved edges, which is more correct than the Hasegawa straight angled version, though there may be too much curve here. It was Ryuho that had a straight angled forward end to the flight deck.

Great work so far. I love the side by side comparison.

[garyrunnalls]

Nice pics and subject, can't wait for the camo paint. Thanks for taking the time to post pics etc very generous.

[Milan Kuliffay]

Very nice job and comparing models from different manufacturers.

I am for a longer time working on IJN Shoho (Hasegawa). Etchings I was drafting myself and were produced in a reputable company.
You can see some pictures of my models and attached link of my working procedure.

http://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=175&t=77525

Ryuji, good luck and I hope that it will again be so good as your IJN Unryu and Katsuragi.

[cplchanb]

well done so far on both models.
Despite some of the deck inaccuracies it is quite clear that OOTB, the fujimi kit is
far superior to the hasegewa one. The structural details are just incomparable

[Ryuji]

Painted and deck decal.

[marijn van gils]

Wow, you're fast!!!

Ryuji, good luck and I hope that it will again be so good as your IJN Unryu and Katsuragi.

And I hope your Shoho will be as good as your Amagi!
Well, from the looks of your build thread, it looks like it might become even better...
I wish you would also post a buid thread here in English!

Cheers,

Marijn

[Dan K]

They are looking very, very nice.