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BB1987, you're right. I've built a 1/700 scale model of the Ashigara, as of 1940, and I used modified turrets, not the ones provided in the kit, and I had no problem fitting the barrels at 0-elevation. I've also used extensively the seminal work on the IJN cruisers (forgot the author's name...)

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Another cracking project, the way this man goes he'll have the entire IJN drawn by Christmas!

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I like the way you think, my friend!

-Matt

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Everything done for Christmas? i can't promise anyting but we'll see Thanks for the comments.

Small update:


It's saturday after all, and this evening i'm off for beer

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Nice work! Giving me ideas for a cruiser for my IJN AU thread! Further proposals for this thread: Nachi (as completed), Ashigara (at Spithead Review, 1937), and Haguro (as sunk, 1945).

-Matt

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my plan was (to quote my first post):

Myoko in 1944
Nachi in 1944 and possibly 1928
Haguro in 1930, 1941 and 1944
Ashigara in 1937, 1944 and possibly 1945

I can switch Ashigara 1945 to a 1945 aguro, that depends on the sources i found.
But tomorrow, now it's time to go and have fun

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Keep it BB1987, you're doing great!

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Now go drink some beer and get drunk, you`ve deserved it!

Nachi as of 1928, Haguro as of 1930 and the Ashigara as of 1937! Sounds like a yum plan!

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Getting there (at least for 1944 Myoko)


The main thing to do now is to search for aircrafts, then check around if there are errors or missing bits; after that i can craft the 1944 version for the other ships and work on each one separately.

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Sources and documentations are the most welcome.

-Koko Kyouwakoku (Republic of Koko)
-Koko's carrier-based aircrafts of WWII
-Koko Kaiun Yuso Kaisha - KoKaYu Line (Koko AU spinoff)
-Koko - Civil Aviation