Showcase-Sundey IJN destroyer Kagero (Aoshima, 1/700).

More: https://www.scratchbaer.de/ships/japan/ijn-kagero/

Built for the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Hiro G2H was a long range bomber, which first flew in 1933. Of the eight that were built, one crashed, while the others operated during the against the Chinese mainland during the Second Sino-Japanese War. In 1937, five of the remaining aircraft were destroyed in a fire at their base on Cheju Island.
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Showcase-Sunday: IJN Aoba (Hasegawa, 1/700) More: https://www.scratchbaer.de/ships/japan/ijn-aoba/

Working with the PE parts: Crew and railing

Secondary/Heavy AA guns added. The one on the left is the printed replacement of the missing part.
Everything is now assembled, only the PE parts are missing.

Adding aircraft to catapult and flight deck

More parts added: Catapult, forward mast and a new, 3D printed AA gun as one was eaten by the Carpet Monster.

Assembly continues, adding torpedo tubes, flight deck and second funnel.

Adding the command tower and some AA guns

Starting with the assembly, main guns first.

More parts completed: Flight deck, forward mast, forward funnel

Camo completed on the hull of the Aoba.

International Journalists' Network: *Bypassing censorship to reach audiences in Iran: The case of Zamaneh Media*

https://ijnet.org/en/story/bypassing-censorship-reach-audiences-iran-case-zamaneh-media

"For nearly two decades, Zamaneh Media has brought the people of Iran valuable information about their country, one of the most closed information ecosystems in the world. The outlet, which operates from the Netherlands and whose name means “time” in old literary Persian, is one of the most visible media platforms writing about Iran today, reporting stories in Persian and English on topics such as mass executions in prisons, child labor, and treatment of Afghan migrants.

“As a news organization, we have something that a lot of advocacy organizations, for instance, don’t have, which is reach,” said Joris van Duijne, Zamaneh Media’s executive director at the time of this interview.

The Iranian government is one of the world’s most repressive in terms of press freedom, ranking 176 out of 180 countries in Reporters Without Borders’ press freedom index. Thirty-five journalists are detained by the Iranian government as of September 2024, often under vague and arbitrary laws such as offending religious and political leaders. …"

Showcase-Sunday: IJN Yamato with Godzilla (Revell, 1/1200) This model has a background story, see here: https://www.scratchbaer.de/ships/japan/ijn-yamato/

Working on the funnels with some camo painting on them.

Sabotage! After preparing the four heavy AA guns, one got lost. Stolen? Destroyed? Eaten? No idea, but its gone. So I think I have to print a replacement as there is no spare part in the spare part box.

Starting with something easy: The 8" gun turrets. There will be three of them, two at the bow, one at the stern.

Japanese warships did not use a camo so often, so lets try to add a few colors to the ship like this

It seems as if the previous owner of this kit started it already as the hull was put together. At least no parts seem missing.

Time to start a new ship: The IJN Aoba, an older Hasegawa model I got from ebay many years ago.