Russ Amott review, builds and finishes the Flyhawk offering of the Imperial Japanese Navy Battlecruiser Kirishima, 1915 fit in 1/700th scale.

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Russ,

Thank you for this outstanding review! Photographs of the parts are of course clear and helpful, but including images of the completed model really tells the story. Excellent job!

Darren, thank you for getting this up. You and the other editors do a lot of work behind the scenes that I don't think gets the recognition you deserve.

Tim, thank you. I don't have your skills but wanted to do my best to show the completed product.

Beautiful kit and nice review. I love the uncluttered look of WWI era capital ships.

Sharp model. Thanks for showing us its potential. Nice work with the sea diorama.

Kenny and Fred, thank you. Kenny, I also wish there were more early ships available. It is the closest most will come to holding the past in their (our) hands.

I believe Kajika also do a kit of her sister ship, KONGO, which was the first of the class and constructed in the UK. The Barrow Dock Museum have several photos of her under construction which can be seen on-line. They also have the original builder's model on display - scale 1:48. No, I haven't missed a digit, it's freakin' HUGE...

Regards,

M