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1⁄700IJN Light Cruiser, Nagara
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"MSW crew-mate Kym Knight (Rab) shares a fine gallery of images of his IJN Nagara, in this "On Display" Feature!"
Aoshima 1:350 IJN Nagara
Aoshima photo-etch sets + many spares.
WEM Colourcoat paints.
A beautiful kit from Aoshima highlighted by its ease of construction, intricate detail and simplified water lining option. Another big plus in my book, is the many spare parts left over (25mm guns, ammo boxes, etc.) for use on other projects. This kit is certainly a step up or two in quality from Aoshima's earlier IJN cruisers and am looking forward to their future offerings
Class and type: Nagara-class Light Cruiser
Built & Commissioned: Sasebo Naval Yard - 21st April, 1922
Displacement: 5,570 tons
Length: 534 ft 9 in (163.0 m)
Beam: 48 ft 5 in (14.8 m)
Draft: 16 ft (4.9 m)
Propulsion: 4-shaft geared turbine,
12 boilers (oil-burning 10, mixed 2), 90,000shp
Speed: 36 knots (67 km/h)
Range: 5,000 nm at 36 knots (9,000 km at 67 km/h)
Complement: 438
Armament: (as built) 7 × 5.5 in (140 mm) guns,
2 × 13 pdr (76mm, 3") guns
8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes (12 Type 91 torpedoes) (4x2)
48 mines
Armor: 62 mm (belt) - 30 mm (deck)
Aircraft carried: 1 × floatplane, 1 catapult
As this ole' girl had a long history, I'll just give you the TROM (Tabular Record of Movement) page link. She certainly racked up a few km's in her career!
www.combinedfleet.com
"The Kit"
Aoshima 1:350 IJN Nagara
Aoshima photo-etch sets + many spares.
WEM Colourcoat paints.
A beautiful kit from Aoshima highlighted by its ease of construction, intricate detail and simplified water lining option. Another big plus in my book, is the many spare parts left over (25mm guns, ammo boxes, etc.) for use on other projects. This kit is certainly a step up or two in quality from Aoshima's earlier IJN cruisers and am looking forward to their future offerings
"The ship"
Class and type: Nagara-class Light Cruiser
Built & Commissioned: Sasebo Naval Yard - 21st April, 1922
Displacement: 5,570 tons
Length: 534 ft 9 in (163.0 m)
Beam: 48 ft 5 in (14.8 m)
Draft: 16 ft (4.9 m)
Propulsion: 4-shaft geared turbine,
12 boilers (oil-burning 10, mixed 2), 90,000shp
Speed: 36 knots (67 km/h)
Range: 5,000 nm at 36 knots (9,000 km at 67 km/h)
Complement: 438
Armament: (as built) 7 × 5.5 in (140 mm) guns,
2 × 13 pdr (76mm, 3") guns
8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes (12 Type 91 torpedoes) (4x2)
48 mines
Armor: 62 mm (belt) - 30 mm (deck)
Aircraft carried: 1 × floatplane, 1 catapult
As this ole' girl had a long history, I'll just give you the TROM (Tabular Record of Movement) page link. She certainly racked up a few km's in her career!
www.combinedfleet.com
Comments
Superb build ,Kym.Nearly got me interested in IJN ships!!Could I ask what type of aircraft is perched on the catapult?
Well done again .
Regards Phil
DEC 28, 2009 - 02:58 AM
What an awesome build Kym......well done mate......Just one question which I have been meaning to ask you for a while...where do you put these large fanatstic dioramas of yours ?????
All the best Kym and once again....fantastic stuff...
all the best for 2010...may we see many many others like this one next year.
Louis
DEC 28, 2009 - 04:17 AM
Thanks Phil and the aircraft is a Aichi E11A night recon. seaplane. FYI, tail code was KI-I (KI-One) in red with a white outline.
DEC 28, 2009 - 06:08 PM
Thanks Louis and I'm a big fan of your work also. As for housing my fleet, I built a 24 x 10 meter shed of which 6 x 10 is my workshop with the rest being the display area.
BTW, i just sent 2 more builds to Mark which brings it to about 6 waiting in the staging area.
DEC 28, 2009 - 06:12 PM
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