Awesome
Turning a Shinano into a Zuiho
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Needed a Zuiho class light carrier for my Midway game to use at an upcoming game convention. Since the Japan sets won’t be out from HBG just yet, I had to get creative with my hobby knife. I still need to do a bit of fine grit sanding tomorrow, but I think it came out well enough to distinguish it from the Shinanos and Akagis out there…
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Couple more comparo photos:
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Helpful idea, Variable. I’d be doing the same thing if I didn’t alread have plenty of classic edition carriers to use as CVE’s (and admittedly, yours look more historically accurate…)
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I used one of the Shinanos so I could get a perfect color match without painting. As long as you’re careful not to stress the plastic, it can be shaved off with a hobby knife without turning white.
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I used one of the Shinanos so I could get a perfect color match without painting. As long as you’re careful not to stress the plastic, it can be shaved off with a hobby knife without turning white.
Yeah, since I’m using classic-EotH pieces for slow task forces, color matching is a low priority for me at the moment. The one thing that Zuiho adds to the actual tactical options that a generic classic-carrier-turned-CVE doesn’t is a fast version, i.e., a CVL as opposed to a CVE. If I could figure out how to turn a Wasp into an Independence class, I just might try turning a Shinano into a Zuiho as well (at which point I’d probably start thinking about the possibility of turning an Illustrious into a Colossus.) I don’t know if that’s remotely possible. I’ll have to take a close look at it tomorow…