Monday, February 10, 2014

IJN WW2 Coral SeaFleet

 Yet another entry in the Painting Challenge - 1/6000 scale Imperial Japanese Navy Fleet for the Battle of the Coral Sea.  The models are manufactured by Hallmark and have a surprising amount of detail for the tiny size - a large Carrier is only 1.5 inches long!  So far, I've completed 5 Carriers, 8 Cruisers and 16 Destroyers!

 A close up of four Myoko class Cruisers and 8 Fubuki class Destroyers.

 The heart of the fleet - 5 Carriers from top to bottom the Zuikaku, Xuiho, Ryuho, Shoho and Shokaku.  The flight decl detail is a print out that was cut down to size and are available for download from Toshach Miniatures.  They also make some for US carriers.  I think they look very nice.

 A US dive bombers view of the carriers!

 4 more Cruisers (Hatsuharu class) and 8 Shiratsuyu class Destroyers round out the Fleet that's completed to date

Ariel view of the fleet. I was surprised now much fun I found these little ships where to paint.  I plan on using them with the Victory at Sea ruleset once their US foes are completed.

4 comments:

DeanM said...

Miles:

I saw this on the Analogue site, very nice work on those ships. That terrain mat is awesome too. Best, Dean

Phil said...

Looks great, beautiful ships!

Moiterei_1984 said...

What an imposing sight! You did an excellent paintjob on these tiny ships.

Jon Yuengling said...

Great looking ships, I do love the detail on these 1/6000 ships.