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Maciej Bellos
Nice start!

Nicolas
following

Thomas Kolb
Looks promising already!

Robert Podkoński
Broz Tito's reminescences... I am in!

Mr D
Nice 👍👍 like it, looking forward to next step.

Cuajete
Yeah... 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Welcome folks! Great to see you here 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Forgot to photograph the cockpit before adding the canopy - hope you forgive me that 😛

Mr D
Coming along nicely 👍
Did you use masking fluid on the canopy??
Thanks for uploading... interesting build 😃👍

Łukasz Gliński
Yes Mr D, I went for the fluid as I found I haven't stocked my stash with the masks for this particular kit. Hope they will work well enough.

Ekki
Watching!

Guy Rump
Following 👍

Cuajete
Well done so far, Łukasz!
That screw in photo 2 looks like a worm that is in the process of metamorphosis inside a sabre dog 😛

Łukasz Gliński
It evolved into that big nose I guess 😛

Cuajete
I guess that's the nose of a good truffle hunting dog. 😛

Łukasz Gliński
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Cuajete
😄 😄 😄

Mirko Römer
Still subsonic, I can follow easily 🙂

Sergej I
following 🙂 👍

Cuajete
Very nice painting job so far, Łukasz! 👍

Ben M
Looks great so far!

Tom B.
Cool to see some Vessels of the IJA´s "mini-navy" built 👍 There are definetly some interesting vessels among them. Looking forward to more!

Evil toungs might of course argue that the Imperial Japanese Army had ships for one reason only: to battle their eternal rival and foe... the Imperial Japanese Navy!

Landlubber Mike
Thanks Tom! I also have the Five Star Shimane Maru and Kumano Maru IJA carrier kits. Five Star does a really nice job on these kits - minus the instructions - with their resin hulls and PE detail pieces. Interesting vessels and color schemes indeed!

And you're not kidding about the rivalry between the IJN and the IJA. I've read a few books on the Japanese side of the war and you'd think they were mortal enemies, and not supposed to be fighting on the same side!

gorby
I didn't know the Japanese army had ships! 😄
Looks like an interesting build.

Landlubber Mike
Thanks for looking in Gorby! Yeah, they had a few ships that were converted

The Akitsu Maru was originally intended as a passenger liner until it was taken over by the Imperial Japanese Army before completion. Interesting thing about the Akitsu Maru is that it was designed to carry planes as an escort carrier as well as vehicles for the IJA as a Type C landing craft depot ship. The planes were carried on platforms above the wooden deck (and under the flight deck), while vehicles were carried in the hull that exited through doors that opened in the stern (you can see one of the four doors in the picture). The ship also could carry landing craft in the hull, where the well deck could be flooded so the landing craft could float out of the ship.

gorby
Wow, remarkable ship.

Christian Abraham
Great work so far

Landlubber Mike
Thanks Christian! It's been a fun kit to work on so far.

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Lovely result. 👍

Jan Peters
Very nice indeed 👍🏻

Sebastian Meyner
I am not into ship models, but this a stunning piece of art 🙂 very well done mate 👍

Spanjaard
same as Sebastian 🙂