"A Pacific Jutland - 1936" Topic

So…. There I was waiting for a good sale and GHQ has a one day 20% off on Black Friday and me says to meself – "Its time". I ordered 10 Japanese and 11 American battleships and some cruisers and destroyers so that I can game my favorite scenario – a big battleship clash off the Philippines circa 1036. Why this period? It is before radar and before aircraft were really appreciated as the deal breaker.

While I was (am) waiting for my order to arrive, I sez to meself "lets make it interesting… Washington treaty did not happen the way it happened and both sides have more ships". So…. befitting from the rewriting of history, I fast-scratchbuilt some additional 1/2400 forces for the Japanese:

Kaga and Tosa

Tosa beauty shot

Akagi and Amagi

Akagi and a GHQ Kongo

Kii

Kii and Akagi showing my imagined differences

Owari (not the second ship in the Kii class, but built later as part of an elaborate deception)

Those are nice looking models; now you have me looking forward to the battle report.

Rick

Those are great models! I assume the scale is 1/2400. Any chance for a tutorial on making them?

"I fast-scratchbuilt some additional 1/2400 forces for the Japanese"
I wish I could SLOW scratch build something remotely as good as this.

You know, every time I see your work, no matter the scale, I always say "wow", so why break with tradition now? Wow!
I do 1/3000, but if you ever do a tutorial on how you built your 1/2400 beauties I would love to see it.

I love the concept of your project, and the lack of a Washington Treaty really opens things up. One could argue that the USN would have finished the original design for the South Dakotas, and you could also throw in the battlecruisers that became the carriers.

I believe the IJN also had a few never-weres as well.

One could argue that the USN would have finished the original design for the South Dakotas, and you could also throw in the battlecruisers that became the carriers.

One could say that I ran out of scratchbuilding steam and ordered those from Viking Forge. :)

I believe the IJN also had a few never-weres as well."

That would be the last pic…. a design study from around 1932.

Thanks for the comments!

If you can scratchbuild like that, why buy?

Those look great.

If you can scratchbuild like that, why buy?

Time. Takes a lot longer to scratchbuild one than to buy and paint one.

There is a great book that you may find interesting that could give you some more information.

The Great Pacific War: A History of the American-Japanese Campaign of 1931-1933 by Hector Bywater

It was written in 1925 by aleading interwar period naval authority of the day theorizing about a "inevitable" war between Japan and the US

link

If you are going to rewrite history, REWRITE HISTORY!

Good looking models, unblemished by any aeroplanes or anti-aircraft guns which do nothing but clutter up such smooth pretty lines.
If a battleship has to have its sleek beauty cluttered by ugly weapons, I see no point in them.

True in 1036 no aircraft and radar either. But I would expect more longships or junks though. What size gun do you think a longship could handle? Would a 40mm be too big?

Stellar work ! Hard to believe you pulled that off at 1/2400.

Steve

True in 1036 no aircraft and radar either. But I would expect more longships or junks though. What size gun do you think a longship could handle? Would a 40mm be too big?

Go with the title of the thread, not the typo in the text.

OTH, I have always wondered what it would be like if Royal Sovereign and Victory each had an '88 in the prow.

The funnel on Owari is fantastic work, what material are these ships? And really, a tutorial would be great

They are balsa with styrene and brass for details.

Tutorial in process.

Wonderful!