Shipbucket

Ho do you continuously turn out such high quality work so rapidly?

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𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐍𝐄𝐓- 𝑻𝒐 𝑪𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆

He's in Groundhog Day But seriously, some folk just seem to have the time and the talent

For some it indeed looks like there are in some kind of Groundhog Day. Awesome work!

well, when working on multiple ships of the same class the biggest job is draw the first ship, after that redrawing efforts to get the other units are quite few (except for particulary extensive refits, like it was done on IJN battleships), reliable sources are also an important part of the job, in this case for the cruisers i'm using Eric Lacroix "Japanese cruisers of the pacific war" as the main one, plus a good amounts of other ones wich emperor_andreas sent me and line drawings from colombamike collection an the like...
another (hard) truth is that despite my efforts i've failed to find a work yet (curse you economic crisis..) so except for my morning spent at university and the time spent with friends i have plenty of time to draw

anyway, here is another triplet of drawings:

Yura as of 1934:
she was refitted between june 1933 and january 1934 following the same lines of the Nagara, altough her different bridge structure make her identification quite easy from her sisters, also a new RDF equipment was installed and the rangefinder was a 3,5meter one (it was a 4,5 one on Nagara)


Kinu as of 1934:
refitted from february to august 1934 kinu Looked exactly like Nagara, the differences where a built-up derrick and a 3,5meter rangefinder instead of the 4,5 one fitted on the lead ship.


Abukuma as of 1935:
reditted again between june 1934 and february 1935 while she was in reserve Abukuma had the take-off platform removed and the quadruple 13mm machine gun shifted to just in front of the bridge, the 3-inch (76mm) anti.aircraft guns where replaced with twin 13mm machine guns, a new RDF equipment was installed and a new Kawanishi E7K seaplane was embarked.

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

Amazing work!

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

The Official IJN Ships & Planes List

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Abukuma as of 1938:
between april 1937 and february 1938 Abukuma underwent modifications to improve her capabilities as a destroyer squadron flagship, the bridge structure was modified rearrangin the spotting platforms and replacing the old 3,5meter rangefinder with a 6meter one, also a type 94 fire control director was added to the formest wich was also reduced in height, the twin 13mm machine guns fitted abreast the first funnel where replaced by newer 25mm ones, the original pole derrick was replaced by a built-up one, the lookout post on the mainmast was removed.


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My Worklist
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

Great job!

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

The Official IJN Ships & Planes List

#FJB

Really excellent work!

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Natori as of 1941:
between 1932 and 1941 Natori underwant many minor refits wich led to her 1941 appearance, the flying off platfor initially retained ahead of the brighe was finally removed and the quadruple 13mm machine gun mount finally moved in front of the bridge, the foremast height was reduced, the original four 90cm searchlights where replaced by three 110cm ones, the 7.7mm machine guns where removed and the 3-inch (76mm) anti-air guns replaced by twin 25mm machine guns, boat complement was changed, a new RDF system was fitted, the seaplane upgraded to a Kawanishi E7K, depth charge embarked; finally a degaussing cable was added less than a year before the start of the war.


Abukuma as of 1941:
during the first months of 1941 the torpedo armament of Abukuma was revised, the original fit of four twin launchers was changed to four quadruple ones capable of firing the long lance torpedoes, the original fore mounts where removed and their platform plated over and converted to crew space, deptch charge where imbarked and a deguassing cable fitted, boat complement was also revised.


Nagara as of 1942:
before the start of the war Nagara had her anti-aircraft suite changed from one quadruple and two twin 13mm and two 7.7mm machine guns to two twin 25mm and two twin 13mm ones, the foremast was reduced in hieght, the searchlight changed from 90cm to 110cm ones, seaplane replaced with a Kawanishi E7K, depth charge where embarked, degaussing cambe fitted, RDF system added and boat complement revised; initially Nagara was to be modified in torpedo armament like Abkuma by mid 1941, but shortages of type92 quadruple torpedo tubes prevented it.

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My Worklist
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

Yura as of 1942:
she underwent a small refit in 1938 to lower the height of the foremast, in that occasion the 7.7mm machine guns where removed and the twin 13mm ones fitted abreast the first funnel where replaced with twin 25mm ones; by the time of her sinking in october 1942 the only other changes done on her where the fitting of a degaussing cable, the boat complement beign modified and the Kawanishi E7K replacing the older Nakajima E4N.
Yura was the first IJN light cruiser to be lost during WWII.


Natori as of 1944:
after beign torpedoed in january 1943 (and completely losing her stern) Natori reached Singapore in february and was drydocked untill april 1944, during the reparis of the stern many other modifications where implemented, a type 21 air search radar was fitted on top of the bridge in place of the original rangefinder, n°5 and n°7 5.5 (140mm) gun mounts where removed, like the aircraft catapult as well as the tripod mainmast derrick, a twin 5-inch (127mm) gun mount was then fitted in place of the n°7 gun mount, also two triple and four single 25mm machine guns where fitted.

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My Worklist
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