C’était un vieux rêve de gosse. A dix ans j’avais dévoré « Le survivant du Pacifique » de Georges Blond, et de là une passion sans faille de ce qui était porte-avions, était née. Il n’existait que peu de chose sur les PA Japonais. Puis les grandes marques nippones commencèrent à tout produire au 700°. J’en ai fait mais ce n’était pas encore le rêve! Juste ses formes. Et puis le 350°commenca à prendre la reléve, les nouvelles techniques, la résine, la photodécoupe, la documentation, cette fois-ci tout était réuni pour réaliser ce rêve.
It was an old childhood dream. At ten I had devoured «The survivor of the Pacific» of Georges Blond, and from there an unfailing passion for what was an aircraft carrier was born. There was little on Japanese APs. Then the big Japanese brands started producing everything at 700°. I did but it wasn’t the dream yet! Just its forms. And then the 350° began to take the relegation, the new techniques, the resin, the photocutting, the documentation, this time everything was gathered to realize this dream.
The model of Fujimi is splendid. I added the photo-cut of the brand dedicated to the ship, the antenna masts Flyhawk, the wooden bridge. For airplanes too, photocutting allows an unparalleled fineness and the boards are from Rainbow. All 25mm triples and 120 doubles are from Veteran. The Shokaku is represented here in 42 at the time of the Battle of Santa Cruz. Gakken’s book on the subject was very useful to me, and the magnificent photos of the 100° model largely guided the editing. Here is the «Shokaku»a childhood dream!
