Vessel Model Special: Heft 85: Splendid Transformation - Modified Ship

After the loss of four regular aircraft carriers in the Battle of Midway in 1942, the Imperial Japanese Navy decided to transform other ships such as passenger ships, seaplane carriers and submarine carriers into aircraft carriers by fitting them with flight decks. These are so-called "converted aircraft carriers". In addition to aircraft carriers, there are many other types of ships that differed in design or were converted for other purposes between the time of their construction or completion and later years. Similar examples have also been found outside the Imperial Japanese Navy. This issue presents such reincarnated naval ships.

Overview of the models presented here:
Imperial Japanese Aircraft Carrier "Chiyoda" (Eigenbau, 1:350); U.S. Navy Seaplane Carrier "Langley" (Trumpeter, 1:350); Imperial Japanese Battleship "Isei" (Trumpeter, 1:350).Japanese battleship "Ise" (Fujimi, 1:700); Imperial Japanese hybrid battleship "Ise" (Fujimi and Hasegawa, 1:700 (conversion)); Imperial Japanese light cruiser "Oi" (Aoshima and Tamiya, 1:700 (conversion)); Imperial Japanese heavy minesweeper "Oi" (Aoshima, 1:700); Imperial Japanese seaplane carrier "Chiyoda" (Trumpeter, 1:700); Imperial Japanese hybrid hybrid battleship "Ise" (Fujimi and Hasegawa, 1:700 (conversion)); Imperial Japanese light cruiser "Oi" (Aoshima and Tamiya, 1:700 (conversion)); Imperial Japanese heavy minesweeper "Oi" (Aoshima, 1:700)Japanese seaplane carrier "Chitose" (Aoshima 1/700); Imperial Japanese aircraft carrier "Chitose" (Aoshima, 1/700); Osaka Shosen "Aruzenchina Maru" (Fujimi, 1/700); Imperial Japanese aircraft carrier "Ui" (Aoshima, 1/700).Japanese aircraft carrier "Umitaka" (Fujimi, 1:700); U.S. Navy light cruiser "Cleveland" class (Pit-Road, 1:700); U.S. Navy aircraft carrier "Independence" class (Dragon, 1:700)
U.S. Navy destroyer Fletcher class (Pit-Road, 1:700); Japanese destroyer "Arriake" (Pit-Road, 1:700).