Takom 1/72 Akagi Island and Flight Deck kit.

Hi Nigel, These are rolled mattresses (Futon) to protect from shrapnel, I believe it's called "mantelets"

Great build and vid 🙏💞💪🍺👍

Nigel, I believe (but have not yet been able to confirm) that Admiral Yamamoto did not accompany the Pearl Harbor attack force, but was back in Japan on his flagship. Admiral Nagumo, as Commander of the the Pearl Harbor attack force, would most likely have been on the Akagi, and would most likely have been on the bridge during the attack. You may wish to obtain a copy of the book "Shattered Sword" by Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully, which has some excellent descriptions of the island and bridge accommodations on the Akagi as they existed at the time of the Battle of Midway. Most IJN carriers did not have what the US Navy would have called "flag spaces", where an admiral commanding a task force, and his staff, could work separately from the captain of the carrier. Thus, Nagumo and his staff would, most probably, have been crowded onto the Akagi's relatively small bridge space with the Akagi's captain and the bridge watch officers.

Hi Nigel, Thanks for another great unboxing. I've seen the videos of the wreck. Takom did a nice job catching the details. This would be a great model to super detail, inside and out. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day. Jeff

That photoetch sheet probably acts like a razor blade on the inside of the plastic bag edges when everything slides about in the box, Nige. Quite the little escape artiste. 😅 Thanks for the review, enjoyed it. I have the Border kit but haven’t had the time to get it out of the shipping box yet, probably risk a hernia doing that.

I'm very tempted by the 1/35 Border models deck with the Kate, but I was told that it doesn't include those anti splinter mattresses. If that is the case, it's a but of a sad omission.

Now getting the right zeros and figures for this... I got one zero from hasegawa and thats it... the waving sailors wont be easy to find

Very nice. For me, I'd have preferred 1/48. One could have used the figures from Tamiya's original A6M5c kit and later G4M 'Betty', as they both have the waving figures. 1/72 is just too small. (For me). Still, good review, Nige. (All you need now is the rest of the hull. 😉👍)

I just received mine yesterday from UPS. Looking forward to building it.

Very nice kit ,I always thought they were sand bags as well.

I may now live in 🇨🇦 but I remember Devizes = Wadworth 6X. Cheers Nigel

I'm sure the aftermarket will be all over this. Scaledecks or someone will surely come out with a proper wood deck. Nice to see they detailed the bridge, especially in 1/72. Wonder if the Border kit will have that. Hope you shake off the grouches. Had a bout of those myself the other day. No reason, just pissy all day.

got mine from MBK a few weeks back, in my kit the PE sheet was in the bag together with the manual and the decal sheet! Great kit, that will be a very nice display together with some figures and aircraft :) edit: ahh I see, you found the reason for the almost lost PE fret... obviously commented prematurely ;)

Another great review! Hopefully, they come out with one of the US carriers from Midway. Glue on!

Can't wait to see how u paint this 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

Great review Nigel looking forward to see the border as well for comparison

Excellent review 👍

My Border Model Akagi arrived two days ago.you'll be pleased to know the molding of the deck planks is irregular.

Maybe a nice dio if one has a 1/72 Dauntless in the stash 😊

Hi Nigel been following you now for some time. Have you heard if they will be producing a 1/72 scale British aircraft carrier any time soon. I have started a project that will work nicely if the do.