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1/72 IJN Shokaku
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:55 am
by Jose Chaica
..I decided to do this.
Also in 1/72, and naval related too....
One afternoon work, and this is what comes out....what ??? Would you like to know what this is ??? Perhaps you could try to guess....
Obviously, not yet completed (
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Lots of rivets to add to it, too...
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:08 pm
by ARH
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:52 pm
by Avery Boyer
Rivets....my first thought was "looks like a submarine's conning tower" but it's much to large for that. Odd looking thing....c'mon, what is it?
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:19 pm
by Jimmy Conway
......airport tower at Saipan...to detect a lot of p47s comming............
..........."Manila" will become into diorama!!!!
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 4:10 am
by Jose Chaica
Its a carrier superstructure....carrier�s name was "flying crane"....
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 6:42 am
by Sleepwalker
Shokaku
Nice.
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 6:58 am
by Jose Chaica
Sleepwalker wrote:Shokaku
Nice.
We have a winner !!!
Shokaku�s island in late 1941 (Pearl Harbour) config.
More pictures, later this day....
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 9:46 am
by nick
Hi Jose
Are you gonna build the entire Shokaku??!! or just the superstructure?
Nick
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 10:34 am
by Jose Chaica
The superstructure only....for now. I still have to finish Manila Bay. Building Shokaku is a possibility.
I�m facing this (small) build, like an exercise. I will use plastic only. No other material allowed.
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:29 pm
by Jose Chaica
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:38 pm
by Timmy C
A 1/72 Shokaku...dam...should you choose to build the entire thing, it'd be huge!
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:40 pm
by Jose Chaica
Timmy C wrote:A 1/72 Shokaku...dam...should you choose to build the entire thing, it'd be huge!
Better not tell you that I already have all sections cut into 10mm plywood....oh, wait...
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:41 pm
by Timmy C
At least you won't have to scratchbuild the airwing
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:45 pm
by Jose Chaica
Timmy C wrote:
At least you won't have to scratchbuild the airwing
Actual count in my model stash:
- 6 out of 6 1/72 A6M2 Zeros needed (Hasegawa)
- 20 out of 26(??) 1/72 D3A1 Vals (Fujimi)
...To build Shokaku�s 1st attack wave against Pearl Harbour. At least, there won�t be any folding wings to build...
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 3:20 pm
by J. Soca
that's looking real neat Jose
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 6:27 pm
by softsea
Jos� as also been posting many questions on the Shokaku in J-aircraft Forum, mainly about the hull, so I guess my �neighbour� is planning to build it in 2008
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 6:47 pm
by Jose Chaica
softsea wrote:Jos� as also been posting many questions on the Shokaku in J-aircraft Forum, mainly about the hull, so I guess my �neighbour� is planning to build it in 2008
A neighbour ???? Which I don�t know who he is ??? Hummmm......Identify yourself !!!!
A 1/72 Shokaku in 2008 ??? Who knows ????.....
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:53 pm
by Avery Boyer
Whoa!! A 1/72 Shokaku would be almost 12 feet long!! Keep us updated
IJN Shokaku
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 3:01 am
by Josephp13
It is a Shokaku's Island? Very cool
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:41 am
by Jose Chaica
The "Shokaku" project, is one that was started more than one year ago, and then suddenly came to a halt , mainly due to the death of Steve Nutall which was going to manufacture key components, such as AA barrels (125mm and 25mm) and 4 propeller shafts...
I decided to pick this project up recently, because I�ve found someone who can help me with that issue, but I�m not yet sure if I�ll take it to the end. I�m facing the "Shokaku island" more like an exercise (building with plasctic only, no other material allowed), to see what can I do...
Hey guess what ???...the day I took the following photo, I was probably under heavy medication.....each time I look at the photo, it seems to me that I can see not the beggining of one Shokaku, but TWO....Even more strange, one is named "Shokaku 1941" while the other reads "Zuikaku 1944".....
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