Internet Hobbies.com sale

[norgale]

IH is having a sale during May.Two ship models caught my eye and I wonder how long they are and if they are good for R/Cing.
Hasegawa--AKAGI aircraft carrier retail is $420 on sale for $261
Fujimi------IJN Haruna battleship retail$322 on sale for $192

Pete

[herrmill]

Pete,

The Akagi would make an interesting, but daunting project than what you've had with your existing CV. Its quite narrow & filled with bulkheads that would have to be cut & dealt with to allow RC. The photo etch needed to detail it to its proper level would drive any sane person nuts! :eek:

There's an excellent build on Modelshipwrights:

Akagi Build (http://www.modelshipwrights.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=SquawkBox&file=index&req=viewtopic&topic_id=129658)

Haruna would be your best bet. Here's a kit review that contains a lot of photos for your reference:

Haruna Review (http://www.modelshipwrights.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=3774
)

Chuck

[Umi_Ryuzuki]

At 1/350 scale,

The Carrier Akagi would be about 29 - 3/8" long.
The Battlecruiser Haruna, 25 - 3/8" long

:)

[more coffee]

Its a nice model the Akagi... but wholy molly there's gotta be 5lb of brass PE in there ...the scrap would be worth enough for a couple of sud's

[herrmill]

Here's another option for you IJN 1/350 carrier fans who'd like to do an RC conversion:

http://www.fujimimokei.com/prod_syosai/shokaku.html

Price is much cheaper too:

http://www.hobbybuy.com/us/prodi.asp?pid=FUJ60003

[norgale]

Thanks for the input everybody. For the money I would have thought the models would be a lot bigger. However this is not the case so I assume the detail with the kits would account for the price. I'm having enough trouble R/Cing the Enterprise witout going on to a smaller model. Nice display models though. Pete