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Model Forum / General / Models / May 200664 years ago today!
U.S.S. Yorktown and Lexington vs. H.I.J.M.S. Shokaku and Zuikaku in the Coral Sea, and the nature of naval warfare changed forever. Only the Lexington has a decent kit available in something other than 1/700 "dinky scale". A Yorktown from the Hornet kit is possible with a lot of extra work but of the Japanese contenders not a sign. I am still surprised that Tamiya, who started the 1/350 scale ship trend, has never done any of the really important Japanese ships. Bill Shuey Nope, The 1/350 Lexington is simply a decent basis to rebuild the boat pockets (almost all of them) and you might as well scratchbuild the bridge and stack, they're not even close. Trumpeter has access to the correct drawings, backed up by photos, to get it right but they didn't want to pay $500 for proper research (they refused it from three different sources). > U.S.S. Yorktown and Lexington vs. H.I.J.M.S. Shokaku and Zuikaku in the > Coral Sea, and the nature of naval warfare changed forever. Only the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Bill Shuey > U.S.S. Yorktown and Lexington vs. H.I.J.M.S. Shokaku and Zuikaku in the > Coral Sea, and the nature of naval warfare changed forever. Only the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Bill Shuey Yes, that's pretty strange, Bill. I know that Hasegawa released several Japanese carriers; were those 1/350 or other? By the way, Mitsuo Fuchida's account of the battle of Midway is currently available as far as I know. I read it a long time ago and still have my copy. Forward by Adm. Raymond Spruance, second introduction by Adm. (IJN) Nobutake Kondo!! It's fascinating; if you've not read it before, I strongly recommend it. --- Stephen >> U.S.S. Yorktown and Lexington vs. H.I.J.M.S. Shokaku and Zuikaku in the >> Coral Sea, and the nature of naval warfare changed forever. Only the [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >--- Stephen what is it called? i think i read it long ago. > >> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > what is it called? i think i read it long ago. > "Midway: The Battle that Doomed Japan" ISBN:0345346912  SignatureBill In Hamptonburgh, NY To Email, remove the double zeroes after 'at' >> In article <tontoni-1C6621.14294907052006@comcast.dca.giganews.com>, Stephen >> [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >> >"Midway: The Battle that Doomed Japan" ISBN:0345346912 yup, that's it. Read it recently, it is a great book. Hasegawa never did 1/350 but did a couple 1/450 or 1/400( can't remember which) carriers >> U.S.S. Yorktown and Lexington vs. H.I.J.M.S. Shokaku and Zuikaku in the >> Coral Sea, and the nature of naval warfare changed forever. Only the [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > --- Stephen 1/450, I happen to have 2 of the Akagi one of which is the upgrade kit > Read it recently, it is a great book. Hasegawa never did 1/350 but did a > couple 1/450 or 1/400( can't remember which) carriers [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> >> --- Stephen a 1/350 battleship with those massive pagodas would be fantastice, the Ise, etc... what a huge untapped area of ship models in large scale. Craig > a 1/350 battleship with those massive pagodas would be fantastice, the > Ise, etc... [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Tamiya makes the 1/350 Japanese battleships Yamato and Musashi SignatureBill In Hamptonburgh, NY To Email, remove the double zeroes after 'at' Bill, There is a new book out on Midway called "Shattered Sword" which shows how close to a near run thing it was. It covers Japanese carrier operations in great detail and shows why they suffered such catastrophic losses. Can't recall the authors but it was $35 in B&N. Cookie Sewell > Bill, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Cookie Sewell Cookie: Got it at Barnes & Noble a few weeks ago. Very good read indeed. The comments on the Hornet's performance in the battle are particularly interesting. I have a 2nd Cousin who was a divebomber pilot in W.W.II. He went aboard Hornet in July 1942 as a replacement for Midway casualties, a very green Ensign. He said the ship's air group was "no band of brothers" and morale was pretty low. He said the air group commander, Stanhope Ring, was the only Naval Officer he ever saw who carried a swagger stick. Of course Ring was relieved shortly after he went aboard and no tears were shed by the veterans in the air group. Bill Shuey Bill Shuey I was thinking more along the lines of the older BB's; Hiei, Kongo, Haruna, etc... Craig |
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