Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 10:40 PM UTC
NEWS in from FUJIMI Models of three very interesting mid-summer releases in 1/700 scale plastic injection mold!
  • BURAZIRU-MARU
FUJIMI Models have announced an addition of three exciting and interesting new additions to their line of 1/700 scale offerings for the shipwright, all scheduled for an end of July '08 release.

Argentina Maru
No: 40081
Scale-1/700

BURAZIRU-MARU (Brazil Maru)
No: 40082
Scale-1/700

IJN Aircraft Carrier UMITAKA ( KAIYO)
No: 40080
Scale-1/700

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The Buraziru Maru is phonetic spelling of japanese kana into English, in English the ship name would be Brazil Maru, I believe a troopship of WW2 Mike
APR 23, 2008 - 05:29 AM
Umitaka ????????????????????????? I looked at my reference book and there is no mention of this one. So was this a "proposed" or a partially built (kinda like Dragon with all their recent releases of German never was tank kits) or what?
APR 23, 2008 - 06:38 AM
hello all, i am with Steve.it is not in any of my books either.so is this a what if? cheers, Bruce
APR 23, 2008 - 08:03 AM
UMITAKA is the kun-yomi reading of the kanji for "sea hawk"; the ship is actually the KAIYO (the correct on-yomi reading). This same misreading is why the USN incorrectly referred to the JUNYO as the "HAYATAKA" during the war. Regards, Tim:-[ ]
APR 23, 2008 - 10:12 AM
I understood the release would be for Brasil Maru - OSK cargo/passenger and her sister ship Argentina Maru. The Argentina Maru was converted to Escort Carrier 'Kaiyo' in December 1942 . Brasil Maru was also planned to be converted but was sunk near Truk in August 1942 (Jentschura. Jung, Mickel) Great news for those of us who model the civilian ships 'before conversion'. Who knows - maybe we'll see a Japanese convoy (a la North Atlantic Convoy) at Telford sometime!
APR 24, 2008 - 08:12 AM
OK Kaiyo I have
APR 25, 2008 - 07:38 AM
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