Looking for my next

[Mark1]

So you got a wooden deck,15 photoetch frets and 6 bags of bits

[Mark1]

The model does come with some railings,stairs and a few other bits so youll have a choice of whats the better to use. These are the barrels are i bought.

[Neil Merryweather]

looking at what seem to be the signal flags, it occurs to me that the Japanese signallers must have had to learn the western alphabet before they started- same with Morse code I assume?

[Bri62]

Thx Mark appreciated

[Mark1]

Thx Mark appreciated

No problem :thumb2:

[Airborne01]

A very belated welcome from me mate
Steve

[Dave Ward]

looking at what seem to be the signal flags, it occurs to me that the Japanese signallers must have had to learn the western alphabet before they started- same with Morse code I assume?

The Imperial Japanese Navy was heavily influenced by the Royal Navy, many officers were trained in the UK - most of their early ships were UK built -the Mikasa was built at Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness, 1900. The IJN followed the same practises as the RN, rank structure & even uniform.
The signal flags are international - they can be used to spell out messages, but single flags have specific meanings, whatever the language for example -
Papa - The blue Peter.
In harbour: All persons should report on board as the vessel is about to proceed to sea.
At sea: It may be used by fishing vessels to mean: "My nets have come fast upon an obstruction."
Combinations of flags ( not spelling out any word ) can signal complex messages, that can be understood by all mariners, whatever their language
Dave

[Tim Marlow]

The Imperial Japanese Navy was heavily influenced by the Royal Navy, many officers were trained in the UK - most of their early ships were UK built -the Mikasa was built at Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness, 1900. The IJN followed the same practises as the RN, rank structure & even uniform.
The signal flags are international - they can be used to spell out messages, but single flags have specific meanings, whatever the language for example -
Papa - The blue Peter.
In harbour: All persons should report on board as the vessel is about to proceed to sea.
At sea: It may be used by fishing vessels to mean: "My nets have come fast upon an obstruction."
Combinations of flags ( not spelling out any word ) can signal complex messages, that can be understood by all mariners, whatever their language
Dave

Very interesting Dave. When I was in Japan a few years ago I was amazed to find that the railway employees, even on bullet trains, still wear immaculate fifties style British railway uniforms, including cap and breast badges with job titles like Guard and Driver. Quite strange I thought, slightly wonderful though.

[Bri62]

Also one of the few countries that drive on the same side of the road as us

[Steve-the-Duck]

Twenty years ago I visited Mikasa and took stacks of photos; actual not digital. White Ensign put them on a cd-rom, with the thought to putting them with a detail set for the 1/350 kit put out at the time. I've still got the negatives and pics, but I'll have to see if the cd is still accessible, if you're interested for reference

[Bri62]

Twenty years ago I visited Mikasa and took stacks of photos; actual not digital. White Ensign put them on a cd-rom, with the thought to putting them with a detail set for the 1/350 kit put out at the time. I've still got the negatives and pics, but I'll have to see if the cd is still accessible, if you're interested for reference

That would be awesome how would I access the cdrom ? maybe get it transferred to a memory stick (usb)

[Steve-the-Duck]

Well, perhaps not surprisingly, given that there have been like ten updates to Windows, none of which are reverse compatible, our PC won't even recognise the CD-ROM to access it. No wonder records just evaporate
Curse you Gates!

This being the case...

Here's some scans of the first of the 72 pictures!
I may have to scan the whole lot again, and perhaps PM them on to you?

This may take a while...
Also, somewhere (it may be in the Hasegawa Tsushima Centenary kit box) I've got the guide book, from 20 years ago. that's got a few more pics too I can scan
If it's where it's supposed to be...

[Bri62]

That would be great

[stillp]

Well, perhaps not surprisingly, given that there have been like ten updates to Windows, none of which are reverse compatible, our PC won't even recognise the CD-ROM to access it. No wonder records just evaporate
Curse you Gates!

That's strange Chris, I've got CDs dating back to Windows 98 that are still readable on my Windows 10 64-bit system.
Pete

[Bri62]

I don't even own a cdrom drive it went out with the floppy drive