Battleship Yamato, in 1/2400 scale.
So the battleship is about 4 1/2 inches long, for size comparison with the freighter.
I have been building Japanese freighters for World War Two. They basically started off like these two.
Each one got painted a little differently and like this one some got different accessories. This one sits higher in the water, as if it is empty or lightly loaded, got booms and two smoke stacks. It really changes the look of the ship.
This one got cargo booms but placed at the rear side of the hatches, and is painted with a green deck. Note the white camouflage line at the bottom of the hull makes the ship look lower in the water and farther away.
This one has a shorter smoke stack and a gun on the rear. Booms are a little bit re-arranged.
Closeup on the guns.
2 comments:
Very nice! What are you making them from?
CinC used to give you 5 destroyers in a package. Some classes of destroyer don't have five ships. So I trimmed down some of the extras to make other ships. Most of these were Panzerschiffes and I added planes, or booms, or guns or boats to spice them up a little. Some are just odd ships I picked up and added details. The little ships clean up really will with just a tiny bit of work.
Thanks for visiting Ian, come back every day for more.
Bunkermeister
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