The Biggest Warship kit in my stash reviewed as requested by Members

I'll watch you build this

You've had her for a decade? Impressive. That takes dedication!
Now I think about it, I have kits that have sat in my insanely large stash for nigh on 55 years.
Crikey, I am lazy sod.

The items you were unsure about are paravanes. They are towed at the ends of cables and the cables deflect mines.

The box art is gorgeous… far more enticing than some of the offerings from the likes of Trumpeter.

Good morning Harry great video as usual do enjoy the opening of a kit but may take a few years yet for the build

I knew it was a jap tin can 😂😂😂.

Thank you. It's a rare , expensive kit. Especially second hand on Ebay . Thank you 😊

another Ironclad video thanks Harry

Beautiful kit and great review Harry. Those “torpedo type things” are paravanes. Here is a brief description as to their use. “Initially developed to destroy naval mines, the paravane would be strung out and streamed alongside the towing ship, normally from the bow. The wings of the paravane would tend to force the body away from the towing ship, placing a lateral tension on the towing wire. If the tow cable snagged the cable anchoring a mine then the anchoring cable would be cut, allowing the mine to float to the surface where it could be destroyed by gunfire. If the anchor cable would not part, the mine and the paravane would be brought together and the mine would explode harmlessly against the paravane. The cable could then be retrieved and a replacement paravane fitted.”

Good day Harry that looks a great kit a bit complicated for me 😅.I have just started my tamiya 1.350 king George v battleship and would like some advice should I paint the decks or get one of the wooden after market decks as this is the first ship I have built since the 1960s I am not familiar with these decks are they easy to use anyway matey all the best from here in the UK to you and bask the cat and happy modeling everyone 👍🍺🍺🐱

Have this in my stash as well as a few more Aoshima ship kits. Great kits and worth the money for the level of detail and fun of building. They look so complex but once you start and follow the instructions it's a simple build

Wow what a beauty Harry! 🤩 Beautiful box art to draw you in! It looks a lovely kit with nice detailed and easy to follow instructions. I reckon I could manage to build it! 🤔😄 Hopefully see you build it before the next decade is up Harry! 🤞
Thanks for showing us this one mate. 🙏👍
Take care 👊

Gday Harry, clearly, you love this kit, and in this video, you sound relaxed and happy. A very nice kit of which i no nothing, but, as you said, it didn't sink and, that, is very rare for nearly every Japanese vessel was. In the late 1960s, i built the Ark Royal, Missouri, a then modern USS Longbeach, and a 4th kit I've forgotten. Enjoyable but a bugger to clean the dust off. I've still got the Missouri box, i keep my vintage spares in it haha. Thankyou Harry for sharing, most enjoyable, cheers, Gaz, 🇰🇷🇦🇺.

You know the rules Harry... Once you cut the first sprue you're committed

I try to listen to you on a regular basis Harry.

Harry, looking forward to seeing you build it in 10 years time. All the best from Blighty.

Wasting away, as if😁. I'm mainly aircraft myself but i like to do a ship now and again. This looks a great kit and i can't wait for you to start her mate.

What an interesting ship Harry. And a very nice model kit. 👍🏻👍🏻

Harry, have you ever indulged in the paper/ cardboard scale modelling. Massive ships available and at decent prices..

I have the Chokai from Aoshima and the Mikuma (gunned version) from Tamiya I'm currently building. The Aoshima one warped a little with storage, so there's a gap between bridge structure and deck, which was disappointing when I finally constructed that part. Probably too expensive for my taste these days (especially if you add 3D resin - or the dreaded photo-etch) to upgrade the fine detail. I enjoy building them, but they sit as WIP for long periods as well.

Hi Harry, Beautiful ship and model🤩. I love Japanese ships and their, sometimes, very tall superstructures with rolled mattress for shrapnel protection , they look really beautiful.
Something that I would like to mentioned are the Tamiya paints, they make both Kure and Sasebo arsenal colors (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) and, to my point of view, they are both completely wrong, they are a very dark, close to German grey, as on photos, it's obvious that the tone is wayyy lighter, I suspect that they got original paint samples and didn't scale them. Thanks for this review and good continuation👋🏻

I have the Aoshima Atago - It is a fun build but I have to stop over-detailing if I'm ever going to finish it

A Japanese cruiser.

Nifty kit....when I grew up in Japan a lot of these kits were motorized ...really nifty for a ten year old ..lol..

Hi Harry, haven’t watched your channel for a while, sorry. I am glad that you hold the same opinion as me regarding P.E and/or aftermarket parts, I would only replace the parts or add parts that were/are necessary to make a kit, of whatever type, more realistic or to change it up or down to a specific era or Mk, if you start using so much aftermarket parts that you spend more money and time incorporating then you might as well not bothered buying the kit in the first place, especially if, as I do, buy a kit that you don’t ever intend to build, for whatever reason, for example I have a 1/48 scale B-1B and it will never see my workbench, I really would like to build it but I just don’t have the space for it, at least not to the standard I want to achieve, and also because I don’t view my “stash” as something that necessarily needs building, it is just part of the hobby, like collecting stamps or coins etc.

I am not a ship/naval vessel builder but I do love how they can come to life when built by someone, like yourself, who has the expertise, time and love of them, I was put of building ships as a boy, I remember having a small kit of HMS Belfast and I could not get the two hull sections to fit together and the deck either, it just didn’t fill me with joy to even try another ship ever, and that was in the late sixties or early seventies, and I still don’t have the inclination to try again, not that there is anything wrong with ships etc I am an aircraft enthusiast and spent most of my working life working on the real thing.

Good Morning Harry, from California the box art I see it was a Jap tin can.

Harry, it's not a vinyl deck, it was linoleum. Nice model; though.

Great kit and nice review. Now I'd like to see it built.

I heard Myoko collides destroyer Hatzukaze while battling Cleveland class cruisers at night

Part M24 - Paravanes used for Mine-sweeping. Prominent on Bismarck...
Hey, Harry - greetings from the Great White North, eh!

Will You paint the brass (or bronze) strips that join the vinyl deck cover together separately though Harry ?

Ship that looks like it has been on a diet!

It's a beautiful ship! The Japanese pronounce the name this way: "mee-YO-ko". Those Japanese heavy cruisers were among the finest looking warships ever built as far as I'm concerned, and building them up is a delight. An interesting feature on those ships is the brown linoleum decking, and fortunately Tamiya and some other model paint companies do provide that color in their line of bottle paints and spray cans.

Very very nice kit..👍

loss of your curry man is a real crisis!!! what types of curry does he do?

Great review Harry love your enthusiasm. Best wishes from the windy UK.

harry as an aside, if you ever get to Bangkok in Thailand get out to the navy training school. On the grounds you will find a cut down superstrucure of the Thai pocket cruiser Ayuthia. This vessel was sunk by theFfrench , but the interesting part is that the 8 inch turret came off the Carrier Akagi. Exactly the same turrets as depicted on all Japanese 8' cruisers.