That´s true - I did not recognize the title- but our little discussion might just be seen as a sign for our care since Prof. Tilley did not replay for some weeks. For heavens sake everything was fine. The threads title is most likely since the first question was adressed to the here most experienced person concerning these questions, I assume?
I appologize for not starting a new thread with more appropriate title - I did just not think about. Maybe the administrators can fix that … a title might be “Old Pyro Kits”
I was really surprised that there are older kids such as the revenue cutter or the war brigg. I knew about the resin kits which are too expensive for me - with my humble efforts in plastc kits. If I am more experienced I might think about more expensive kits - and I agree : I believe too there is a market for kits with a better researching basis and dealing with interesting ships beside the great “V”, “S” and “C”
For better or worse, folks - yes, I’m still alive and kicking. I had some medical problems back in 2011 (they started exactly three years ago, as a matter of fact), but the medics took care of them. I deeply appreciate the many expressions of sympathy and support that my good friends on the Forum offered.
Back to the original post, time has shown that to be an interesting question.
Since 2008 there’s been a big rise in the middle class in Asia. With our typical Eurocentric viewpoint, it’s not commonly known here that there’s a very rich naval history in Asia among the Chinese, Koreans and Japanese.
Bronco has a very excellent range of cruisers and battleships from the imperial Chinese Navy.
Japanese manufacturers have long IMO favored stuff they sank, hence no CV-6 but there’s a Gambier Bay.
I’d bet that Dragon and Trumpeter saw this coming.
Since 2008 there’s been a big rise in the middle class in Asia. With our typical Eurocentric viewpoint, it’s not commonly known here that there’s a very rich naval history in Asia among the Chinese, Koreans and Japanese.
Chinese and Koreans yes, Japan very much less. Chinese explorers had contact with the classical Mayan civilization and merchant ships ventured to the Red Sea, and around the Cape in South Africa. The “Junk” (the literal and subjective translation of the ship’s type). Easy to build and last forever.
Our good Professor spent some time away from the fora–for number of personal reasons–and that absence was noted with a distinct sense of loss, (Several threads started up on the topic; several more brewed up upon his return, too.)
The Japanese had 89 ships at the Battle of Tsushima.
Besides the Mikasa:
Ships built by Cramp and Sons; Thames Iron Works; John Brown Clydebank; Ansaldo in Genoa; Armstrong Whitworth; Yokosuka Arsenal; Union Iron Works (my home town San Francisco); Ateliers de la Loire; Stettiner Vulcan; John Brown and Co.
A truly verdant field of good pre-dread subjects.
In other navies that fought in pre-world war one conflicts;
The definitive Cramp pre-dread is the Zvezda Varyag.
Bronco makes the Ching Yuen cruiser built by Armstrong Whitworth.
And the Ting Yuen battleship built by Stettinger.
The Olympia was built at Union Iron Works, but that digresses from the original subject.
