[Minairons] Japanese warship preview

[Lluis of Minairons]

Minairons' upcoming Age of Sail 1:600^th scale model kit will be the Atakebune, a fearsome Japanese warship widely used during the convulse Sengoku Jidai and early Edo periods.
Atakebunes can be considered floating fortresses rather than true, seaworthy warships, so they were used mainly in coastal actions. Although provided with sails, they were actually powered by oars in combat - and we're going to foresee both propulsion methods, as it can be seen below.



We expect to release the Atakebune at some point this Summer.
If willing to learn more, please follow this link: https://minairons-news.blogspot.com/2023/05/japanese-warship-preview.html

Cheers,

Lluís Vilalta
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[martin goddard]

What a marvellous original Lluis.
That will paint up really nicely.

Well played.

martin

[Colonel Kilgore]

That is certainly a very different model - I look forward to seeing one painted up.

Simon

[Stewart 46A]

Very different looking, was it armed with cannons?

Stewart

[Lluis of Minairons]

Very different looking, was it armed with cannons?

Atakebunes were intended for boarding actions mainly, relying on heavy musketry fire and ferocious hand-to-hand combat to overwhelm enemy ships.
They were armoured against musketry fire solely, while only lightly armed with cannons (2 or 4 at most); so they were no match against more powerful broadsides, such as the Korean ones.

[Stewart 46A]

Thanks Lluis

Stewart