1/144 IJN but what?
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:06 am
Any one care to guess what this vessel is and the aircraft?
Dave Wooley
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Re: IJN but what?
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:10 am
Re: IJN but what?
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:13 am
Spot on ! 
Dave Wooley
Dave Wooley
Re: IJN but what?
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:01 pm
I am curious as to the idenity of the carrier behind it with the enclosed(5inch?) gun and Vindicators.
Matt
Matt
Re: IJN but what?
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:33 am
I believe this to be a CLV {Flying Deck Cruiser } that was never built .
The Model and picture are the work of a Douglas Kinloch and was seen
this year at the National Navy Day in Glasgow.
Dave Wooley
The Model and picture are the work of a Douglas Kinloch and was seen
this year at the National Navy Day in Glasgow.
Dave Wooley
Re: IJN but what?
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:06 pm
What scale is the Akitsushima? Looks like that might be Trumpeter's 1/144 "Mavis" on the deck, but I'm not sure. Nice model, anyway!
Re: IJN but what?
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:39 pm
The scale I believe is 1:144.Scratch built with the help of information from "Profile Morskie" here is a shot as seen at Glasgow Warship day.EPinniger wrote:What scale is the Akitsushima? Looks like that might be Trumpeter's 1/144 "Mavis" on the deck, but I'm not sure. Nice model, anyway!
Dave Wooley
Re: IJN but what?
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:12 pm
Some more nice photo,s Dave, 
Re: IJN but what?
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:04 pm
It is a flying boat tender.
Re: 1/144 IJN but what?
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 12:47 pm
Thanks for the nice pix of the ships Dave, it was good to meet you in Glasgow.
To give a wee bit more on the carrier. It's what I've called a CLV (Cruiser/ carrier Hybrid) as examined by many navies between the war. The US came closest actually putting a viable design in the water- if you ignore Japan's Tones etc seaplane cruisers, they had a similar mission profile. The Kreigsmarine liked the idea too, and as I've got some Me109s and Stukas that may yet emerge from the yard!!
I built the USS Start (named for one of the advocates of the hybrid in BuShips) in 1/144th and set the time line at around late 1938, she would have been just launched and it let me populate the deck with "yellow wings"! 3 channel radio and she's about 8 years old, though the hull's over 10 years old. I take that long to finish stuff.
Akitsushima was chosen as I couldn't quite face building Tone- yet- and the paint job is a lot of fun and hides a multitude of sins.
My "large" warships are all to 1/144th stand-off scale, hulls are balsa and superstructure is plastic sheet. Aircraft are usually commercially available kits. Like Trumpeter's Mavis bought in Taiwan about 4 years ago.
Presently on the stocks are a 1/144th stand off scale USS Wolverine paddle wheel training carrier and a 1/25th scale DDR Kliener Schnell Boot form the '70s.
If work would stop getting in the way I'd get them finished!
To give a wee bit more on the carrier. It's what I've called a CLV (Cruiser/ carrier Hybrid) as examined by many navies between the war. The US came closest actually putting a viable design in the water- if you ignore Japan's Tones etc seaplane cruisers, they had a similar mission profile. The Kreigsmarine liked the idea too, and as I've got some Me109s and Stukas that may yet emerge from the yard!!
I built the USS Start (named for one of the advocates of the hybrid in BuShips) in 1/144th and set the time line at around late 1938, she would have been just launched and it let me populate the deck with "yellow wings"! 3 channel radio and she's about 8 years old, though the hull's over 10 years old. I take that long to finish stuff.
Akitsushima was chosen as I couldn't quite face building Tone- yet- and the paint job is a lot of fun and hides a multitude of sins.
My "large" warships are all to 1/144th stand-off scale, hulls are balsa and superstructure is plastic sheet. Aircraft are usually commercially available kits. Like Trumpeter's Mavis bought in Taiwan about 4 years ago.
Presently on the stocks are a 1/144th stand off scale USS Wolverine paddle wheel training carrier and a 1/25th scale DDR Kliener Schnell Boot form the '70s.
If work would stop getting in the way I'd get them finished!