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Fairy Kikaku : WWII Chinese warships
TimReynaga
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Posted: Thursday, February 09, 2017 - 08:00 PM UTC


Fairy Kikaku models of Japan has announced the release of Chinese Navy warships in 1/700 scale.

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Posted: Thursday, February 09, 2017 - 08:59 PM UTC
Are those hulls divided in half at the middle??
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Posted: Friday, February 10, 2017 - 01:30 AM UTC

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Are those hulls divided in half at the middle??


They are - a strange casting choice, to say the least!
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Posted: Friday, February 10, 2017 - 08:24 PM UTC
Now these castings do not look as rough as some of their others. They may cast them in half like this because they are using a low-tech casting system or resin that would warp a full length hull. My MB 1/350 USS Houston hull is 4 pieces - upper/lower front, upper/lower stern; MB improved and later editions had 2-piece hulls: front and rear.
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