The Imperial Japanese Navy … in 1/1200th-scale

I have recently been acquiring a number of 1/1200th-scale models of Imperial Japanese Navy warships. It started when I bought a model of IJNS Fuso (a Fuso-class battleship). This was for sentimental reasons, as I ‘commanded’ her during the famous Madasahatta campaign.

(35,900 tons; 25 knots; 12 x 14-inch guns, 14 x 6-inch guns; 8 x 5-inch AA guns; 37 x 25mm AA guns; a catapult & 3 floatplanes)

I then bought some smaller units, the IJNS Yubari (a one-off light cruiser), …

(3,587 tons; 35 knots; 6 x 5.5-inch guns; 12 x 25mm AA guns; 4 x 24-inch torpedo tubes)

… the IJNS Shimakaze (an experimental one-off destroyer), …

(3,048 tons; 39 knots; 6 x 5-inch guns; 6 x 25mm AA guns; 18 depth charges; 15 x 24-inch torpedo tubes)

… and IJNS Asagiri (a Type II Fubuki-class destroyer).

(2,090 tons; 38 knots; 6 x 5-inch guns; 18 depth charges; 9 x 24-inch torpedo tubes)

I have now added to this collection by buying the models of a Kongo-class fast battleship …

(36,601 tons; 30 knots; 8 x 14-inch guns; 14 x 6-inch guns; 8 x 5-inch AA guns; 8 x 25mm AA guns)

… a Myoko-class heavy cruiser …

(14,980 tons; 34 knots; 10 x 8-inch guns; 8 x 5-inch AA guns; 8 x 25mm AA guns; 8 x 24-inch torpedo tubes; 2 catapults & 3 floatplanes)

… an Aoba-class heavy cruiser, and …

(10,822 tons; 33 knots; 6 x 8-inch guns; 4 x 4.7-inch AA guns; 8 x 25mm AA guns; 8 x 24-inch torpedo tubes; a catapult & 2 floatplanes)

… Isuzu, a Nagano-class light anti-aircraft cruiser.

(5,570 tons; 36 knots; 6 x 4.7-inch AA guns; 50 x 25mm AA guns; depth charges)

I also have three more destroyers on their way to me. They are IJNS Fubuki (a Type I Fubuki-class destroyer), IJNS Amagiri (a Type II Fubuki-class destroyer), and IJNS Hatsuharu (a Hatsuharu-class destroyer).

All I need now is at least one aircraft carrier to complete my Imperial Japanese Navy task force.