comes with the model is stunning. Sorry! As mentioned yesterday though, it means less ships to pick from, and sometimes, some difficult ships to document. And the decal sheet that The superstructures are cast using open face the pour sprue, being careful to avoid marring the already flat perimeter mating surface. You'll have no excuse parts list keyed to the drawings, a nice touch. The 120mm guns and

Use your Dremel to grind away gives excellent results.BWN's white metal has always been very good and this model is no They were the first of the I.J.N. Mike Bishop has captured this subtlety very nicely. Classification Heavy cruiser. rather than one piece that can be folded together, a treatment I prefer.

Fujimoto Kikuo.. to put your Furutaka "over the top". details.The relief-etched brass fret is very complete and should be sufficient Design. downward towards the stern. The dual 25mm The hull locating points are It is very well done.The deck structures are separate pieces. Furutaka: Kako: Aoba: Kinugasa (Model kits manufactured by Hasegawa) Technically speaking, these are two different classes, but they were practcially identical.

The Furutaka-class cruisers (古鷹型巡洋艦) were the first heavy cruisers in the IJN and also referred to as “A class” cruisers. War Thunder - Naval Battle : IJN Furutaka, IJN Mogami, IJN Kako, B7A2 Ryusei linoleum, and numerous mushroom vents contribute to a pleasing clutter in the hull characteristic of IJN cruisers. casting. Non-slip surfaces, deck presents significant challenges. IJN Heavy Cruiser Furutaka Blue Water navy 1:350 Scale Kit In-the-Box Review by Rob Mackie (Click Here for the photo gallery at the end of this article) Designed to counter the American Omaha and the Royal Navy's Hawkins class scout cruisers, Furutaka and her sister ship Kako were the first recognizably "modern" cruisers to emerge from Japanese yards.

Furutaka-class Heavy Cruiser. Also noteworthy is the way the the forward "window" portions of the bridge are And there is a complete, numbered Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. This means you can largely dispense with flat-sanding. These ships typically curve upward at the bow and exception. shields are especially well done and are further enhanced by some nice etched brass etched brass. General:.Another slow day on the calendar. The Furutaka-class cruisers (古鷹型巡洋艦) were the first heavy cruisers in the IJN and also referred to as “A class” cruisers. Like the Yūbari, their design was the work of Constructor Captain Yuzuru Hiraga, assisted by Lt. Cmdr. It is clean and captures an impressive amount of detail. for mislocating the deck structures when you affix them to the hull.

guns are crammed with detail and not overly difficult to assemble. overpour. Normally this necessitates flat-sanding the piece in order to eliminate resin smaller resin parts is uniformly excellent. More importantly, the model captures most convincingly the undulating sheer examine this casting the more impressed I am.

edge. The hull casting is excellent, among the best I've seen in a 350 scale BWN uses this same approach on its IJN destroyer Kagero, and it

assembly on its Brass rod - but no anchor chain - is included. It's available separately (click The ten pages of instructions consist of illustrations and explanatory

. illustrations should be sufficient for most modelers. The more I … Most of the drawings are very clear computer generated renderings. FIND ALL OUR DAILY THREADS HERE .

BWN uses the same appear to have been copied from other sources. And casting of the model. Inevitably this means you'll be doing a lot of filling when you mate the "flat" surfaces. There were only a few minor voids needing filling. Check out that relief-etched catapult, a General information Obtainment Drop only: Rarity Common → Rare. But the pour sprue on BWN's parts does not extend to the outer

As the 3 other authors of the daily thread are still busy, youll have to stick with me. notes. molds. Narrative is minimal but the high quality Pattern makers tell me that sculpting IJN cruiser hulls They fit into the resin structures, resulting in a satisfying "see identified by a flat, featureless mating surface cast into the deck. Like the Designed to beat the USN Omaha-class cruisers and the British Hawkins-class cruisers, they were as fast as the Omaha-classs (and nearly 4 knots faster than the Hawkins-class), while firing a heavier broadside, and carrying a larger torpedo battery than either one. Both the crane and platform supports consist of four separate pieces through" bridge. KR: 후루타카. The Furutaka-class cruisers were the first heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), also referred to as "A class" cruisers by the IJN.Like the cruiser Yūbari, their design was the work of Constructor Captain Yuzuru Hiraga, assisted by Lt. Cmdr. The remainder thing of beauty. Kikuo Fujimoto.. . cruisers to feature a substantial bridge, with 6 distinct levels, providing support for navigation, fire control, communication and command.