IJN Mikasa visit -Yokosuka October 2004

[Steve-the-Duck]

Yr welcum!

[Steve-the-Duck]

Right, this is the last sets

I challenge any of you builders to add this detail!

Composite of the charthouse door and bridge companionway

Charthouse door showing Tsushima battle damage

Bridge Binnacle

Bronze memorial plaque of the officers on the bridge

Who stood where on the bridge plaques

Bridge rangefinder


Port side of flying bridge

Main deck access to museum

Casemate splinter damage

Tsushima hits

[Steve-the-Duck]

Well, here's a selection of the museum pieces

'Night attack by torpedo boats' contemporary print

'Mikasa gundeck at the height of the action' contemporary print

'Interactive' model of the fleets coming into action - apologies for the poor quality!

This is either 'Mikasa' or 'Hatsuse' - they're not so easy to tell apart

'Imperator Nikolai I' of the 'Alexander II' class - captured by the Japanese and re-named 'Iki'

Armstrong's manufacturer model for Mikasa, showing the differences as designed and as built

Armoured cruiser 'Yakumo'

Protected cruiser 'Chitose'
The museum also had a complete collection of the 1/700 IJN models, from Aoshima, Tamiya and others. That may be the only complete set of all those kits actually built anywhere

[Steve-the-Duck]

And finally

Main mast - this pic almost got away

Hope this is legible enough!

Anyone feel adventurous enough to fit this panorama together?

Main entrance to the ship

And, to round out, a composite of the view you got arriving in Mikasa park. Gift shop on the right (which I managed NOT to buy a compete set of 1/1250 scale pre-dreadnoughts from!)

So there you have a rainy day in October, 2004. I've got a few pics of other sites around Yokosuka. Unfortunately, I never managed to find Will Adams tomb
Cheers all