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Like the Yukikaze I am going to try to put in a couple hrs of work 5 days a week which I did this evening.I have been working on the SS tonight drilled out the all the portholes as well as what's on the hull.Till Thursday Kevin

I started the build last night on 8/4/19 the hull went together in a snap and with many many internal supports.The deck required that many holes from the underside be drilled out for this particular ship I would imagine that rest of the holes were for others of the Agano class of light cruisers.I have a PE from Eduard for the Agano class for the railings plus what Hase supplied mainly for the flight deck area. Pictures :profile,supports hull,assembled hull and size Yahagi 19.5" and Yukikaze 11.5"

Came out Great Greg! Now is that the Ise behind Yamato and go with the Cantz501 nice lines Italian A/c look like Ferrari's.All I have built for the last 30 years has been A/C now I am hooked on the Nautical bug esp IJN.You have a Nice Skillset Kevin

Cap I think this is the late war configuration about 44/45 kinda like it have a pic of her in the Panama Canal would suspect going to that final resting place.

Mike the chains came in the kit and they came with the Yahagi both Hase kits might be part of the difference.The way the instructions said lay out those chains made absolutely no sense to me over the top of each other Kevin

Mike this is the Eugen it's a homemade wash and a little more subtle.

Short of two flags I am calling this one done.Thanks for the likes,support and looking in from time to time.The model like all showed me what to do and not to do and more to be learned in the future.Thanks Again Kevin What's next I'm chomp'in at the bit for Yahagi.

I appreciate that Mike but neck time I will do it like the Eugen as sub-assemblies.I have the forward part of the ship rigged with .010" ez-line it loves to stick to itself and thin glue (SG) I will paint the backside of the yards later weras I wrapped the line and started on the rear deck of the SS,This was not to bad about 8hrs maybe and that was after I pulled all fives of the stanchion like part coming off the side of the SS.

Nice Colors and Build!! Kevin

Shoot Phil I liked the foam holder for the hull. Good work thus far. Kevin

So this is were I am at a little rust and highlights and trying to dirty her up a bit deck bags on the guns but not to much.I have done little of this weathering even less in ships some helpful criticism and techniques welcomed,on to the rigging. Kevin having looked at the pics here I feel the wash was still to strong I applied last night does not look strong really in person but looks overdone here.Less is best! we soldier on

Way to Cool Dan !! Kevin

Decals have been applied and started some of the wash balxk was to strong and brown was almost there but not quite so I made my own mixture of 1 black 1 brown and .5 light grey.I still have some more to go but not alot as far as the wash goes but will add some brown pastels to the chain and rope hawes (sp) then gloss clear then flat. Next big thing Yahagi came in today!! I got fine molds single type 93 mgs and Range finders binoculars setups etc,two dimension and three dimension figure ,nice PE kit and two posters Kevin Yahagi!! and The Flotilla and I got a 1/32 early P-51

I kept reading later looked like IJN was satisfied with 10/15% ratio on hits was acceptable .A full read of the data per IJN encounters is available later in the link. CapnMac82 I am really starting to find the PTO of interest I read the book Red Sun Rising about 15 yrs ago found it quite interesting.My interest has always been the ETO since my father was a Radio Operator on a B-17 and was in the first group to make to England without any notable losses.My son now resides in Misawa Japan with the 35FW as a Crewchief E-4 been in since 2016.I keep up with whats going on in that sphere of the world.

Cap I found the answer I was just to curious: http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-067.php 130 torpedoes in one launch Geezs The acumen of World War Two Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser and destroyermen in torpedo attack is an accepted fact. The range and power of their Type 93 torpedo (dubbed the "Long Lance" by historian Morison) have become the stuff of legend. To call the Japanese surface forces the best at torpedo attack is easily defensible. But were they good enough to meet the standard required for their own strategic and tactical preconceptions? Prior to Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku's radical break with pre-war IJN strategy, the accepted method of engaging the US Fleet was a three fold process: Attrition operations by submarines and surface force raids. A night attack by fast battleships, Class A cruisers, and Special Type destroyers. A daylight battle line engagement at dawn following the night attack. If the officer in tactical command judged it appropriate, the battle line could be committed to the night attack if that effort was going better than expected. Torpedo attack was the cornerstone of the night attack, and a critical element of the day attack intended to rectify Japan's initial 3:5 and worsening deficit in numbers. The night attack force was to launch an intricately coordinated long-range salvo of 130 torpedoes from 11 different groups using half their ready torpedoes. This salvo was designed to converge upon and hit 10 American capital ships with 20 weapons (a rate of ~15%). After the initial salvo at long range (20,000 meters), the four Kongo Class battleships and 17 Class A cruisers detailed to the night attack force were to break through the American screen - suicidally if necessary - and clear the way for the force's two torpedo cruisers and the light cruiser and 14 destroyers of a destroyer squadron to expend the remainder of their ready torpedoes in a close range attack from as little as 2,000 meters. Once all ready torpedoes were expended, the night attack force was to fight its way clear, reload torpedoes, and execute further attacks if possible. Survivors would eventually join the battle line for the "Decisive Battle" at dawn. The daylight Decisive Battle was also to feature torpedo attack, including an initial salvo of 280 weapons at long range. As this salvo began to hit, the battle line would open fire. This massive salvo was expected to cripple or sink 10 American capital ships. When the Japanese Admiral judged the situation ripe, the three light cruisers and 48 destroyers of three destroyer squadrons would charge (again, suicidally if necessary) to close range and expend the remainder of their torpedoes. This charge was expected to be able to ensure the destruction of 16 American capital ships. The IJN's battle plan reads impressively and dramatically, but it has numerous flaws. Most of these will not be discussed in this article. Here the principle

PosT a pic here when get a chance Mike of the the turntable and yes that's the Yahagi kevin

GrandpaPhil good looking build Sir and ambitious one at that The Victory! Now I need to find your other build out there.Wallace I totally agree I have worked with some Aromatic Cedar and it smells wonderful while planing that's one time the vacuum hose does not get connected to the planer.It's been said that in the ole days cedar was used alot in walls to keep the bugs out for they do not like the oils in it. Kevin

Some Nice lines in that one the flotilla gets larger Kevin

Thks for the info Cap.I had a thought about those long lance torpedoes use that's an awful long distance to shoot and point.So,I started thinking tactics maybe?I wonder did the IJN use an arc trajectory to launch?In the case of the Maya she could launch 12 torpedoes quite quickly and then you have other ships in the convoy who could launch maybe bringing the total in the water 30-40 torpedoes out looking for targets on a broadside of sorts.I wonder have you heard are aware of battles were this tactic may of been employed?I need to order some books off Amazon Kevin Thks in advance for any response Sir.

So I am building and you are lounging WTH!and don't give me the plant thing I see your yard from my front door!

I forgot to mentioned another part of the flotilla is scheduled to arrive next week. Yahagi IJN Light Crusier won off EBay with all the trimmings

The ship has been about 3/4 coats of Future in perpetration for the Tamy wash but rest of the decals go down first then another coat of Future this will all take place Monday.The wash should get laid on Thursday after all is good and dry.The future hides all the little gloss glue marks and when I go to flat it will all be good.Thks for looking! Kevin

Nuthing(think Sgt. Shultz) wrong with that Gary looks Splendid! Kevin

It's called Honey-Do's mamma been off all summer school starts soon. Kevin

Looking Sweeeett!! Kevin