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Re: Japan - Never built IJN ships.

Posted: April 26th, 2014, 3:51 am
by emperor_andreas
AWESOME work!!!

Re: Japan - Never built IJN ships.

Posted: April 26th, 2014, 7:13 am
by eswube
Wow! Fabulous work!

Re: Japan - Never built IJN ships.

Posted: April 26th, 2014, 7:35 am
by Colombamike
Outstanding work :shock:
This G-15 maybe represent the "paramount", the "best possible" (real or never-were) WW2 japanese CV Carrier design

Re: Japan - Never built IJN ships.

Posted: April 26th, 2014, 7:36 am
by Colombamike
Colombamike wrote:Outstanding work :shock:
This G-15 maybe represent the "paramount", the "best possible***" (real or never-were) WW2 japanese CV Carrier design
*** in term of airwing-size, AA armaments, speed & armor/hull protection

Re: Japan - Never built IJN ships.

Posted: April 26th, 2014, 8:53 am
by Novice
Remarkable work, really top notch!
Well done BB1987

Re: Japan - Never built IJN ships.

Posted: April 26th, 2014, 9:26 am
by Hood
I've been waiting to see how this would look. Really great work!
I think this is perhaps the most good looking of all the IJN carriers and I agree with Colombamike that these were probably the most all-rounded carriers designed by the Japanese, even if they were too late and perhaps too expensive for wartime construction.

Re: Japan - Never built IJN ships.

Posted: April 26th, 2014, 11:08 am
by BB1987
The main drawback of the Taiho and Kai-Taiho CVs was a relatively small aircraft complement when compared to the US Essex Class (60, against 90/100). But this is due to the fact that many Japanese carrier-based aircrafts had no full folding wings. The B5N was for a long time the only true wing-folding IJN carrier-based plane, B7A and A7M folded only the wingtip, and the D4Y had neither (as far as I know).

Re: Japan - Never built IJN ships.

Posted: April 26th, 2014, 11:38 am
by heuhen
excellent work

Re: Japan - Never built IJN ships.

Posted: April 28th, 2014, 12:06 am
by BB1987
How the Kai-Taiho might have looked once commissioned.
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Camouflage pattern is based on a late-war scheme planned for IJN Taiho herself (Although Taiho was never painted this way because of her sinking during the Battle of the Philippine Sea). IJN Junyo was painted in a similar way.

Re: Japan - Never built IJN ships.

Posted: April 28th, 2014, 12:07 am
by emperor_andreas
WOW! EPIC AWESOME!!!