(https://www.wargames.cat/minairons/nav/nav019/m_03NAV019_02.jpg)
I'm pleased to share our latest 1:600 scale Age of Sail ship model release. Now it's been the turn for a Japanese warship from the Sengoku Jidai and early Edo periods - the fearsome Atakebune (https://minairons.eu/en/1-600-scale-ships/1470-1600-atakebune-8436545324332.html).
Conceived as floating fortresses, atakebunes were primarily used as formidable boarding platforms, with little ordnance on board - generally four cannons, or six at most.
(https://www.wargames.cat/minairons/nav/nav019/m_03NAV019_01.jpg)
As for the model itself, it consists of a high quality cast resin hull completed by a set of seven 3D-printed alternative parts - oars sets, a couple of masts with unfurled sails, a laid down mast and two alternative on-deck housings. The kit is complemented by a flag sheet comprising a number of Tokugawa shogunate flags (https://minairons.eu/en/1-600-scale-17-century-naval-flags/1469-1600-japanese-war-flags-8436545324325.html) - that can also be purchased separately.
Lluís Vilalta
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That's a wonderful little model, Lluis. And fabulous painting!
Simon
It just looks really good Lluis!
martin :)