is the Hasegawa 1/350 IJN Seaplane Tender AKITSUSHIMA just a modified snowberry???? if so i'm doing one in the revell kit!

Hi Jason!

Do you mean the hull form and proportions are really close between the designs?

--Karl

yes as i know that the british sold loads of ships to japan and everyone else after ww1.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Akitsushima (秋津洲?) was a flying boat tender of the Imperial Japanese Navy, serving during the World War II.
Name: Akistushima
Namesake: Another name of Japan
Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down: 29 October 1940
Launched: 25 July 1941
Completed: 29 April 1942
Commissioned: 29 April 1942
Decommissioned: 10 November 1944
Maiden voyage: 29 April 1942
In service: 1942–1944
Fate: Sunk on 24 September 1944

I don't think it was a snowberry.

In comparing pics of the two ship types, while they are superficially similar, the Akitsushima is some 175 feet longer and 17 feet broader in the beam. In fact, the Akitsushima sizes up more like a fat fleet destroyer.

--Karl