Offered by Over The Blue Horizon and recently obtained in Tokyo is a relatively difficult-to-obtain publication from Japan: "DRAWINGS OF IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVAL VESSELS, Volume 2: Cruisers, Auxiliary Cruisers, Armed Merchant Cruisers, Minelayers, and Gunboats".
Published in 1990 and long-out-of-print, this 94-page, 7.25 x 10.25 inch softcover provides nicely done 1/700 scale line profiles (and in the case of the major vessels, overhead profiles as well) of the following IJN vessels/vessel classes:
Light Cruisers – Tenryu Type
Light Cruisers – Kuma Type
Light Cruisers – Nagara Type
Light Cruisers – Sendai Type
Light Cruisers – Yubari Type
Heavy Cruisers – Furutaka/Aoba Type
Heavy Cruisers – Myoko Type
Heavy Cruisers – Takao Type
Heavy Cruisers – Mogami Type
Heavy Cruisers – Tone Type
Heavy Cruisers – Ibuki Class
Light Cruisers – Katori Type
Light Cruisers – Agano Type
Light Cruisers – Oyodo Type
Ex-armoured Cruisers Rated as a 1st Cruiser in 1942
Ex-Chinese Chinese Cruiser Yasoshima Type
Auxiliary Cruisers – Armed Merchant Cruisers
Minelayers -- Katuriki
Minelayers – Tokiwa
Minelayers – Itukushima
Minelayers – Yaeyama
Minelayers – Okinoshima
Minelayers – Tugaru
Minelayers – Minoo
Minelayers – Hakutaka
Hatutaka Class Minelayers
Minelayers – Tubame Type
Minelayers – Satushima Type
Sokukten Type Minelayers
Minelayers – Kamishima Type
Cable Layers – Hashima Type
Minelayers (Old) – Toshima Type
Auxiliary Minelayers -- No. 1 Type
Auxiliary Minelayers -- No. 101 Type
Auxiliary Minelayers -- Merchant Ship
Gunboat -- Saga
Gunboat -- Ataka
Gunboats -- Hashidate Type
Gunboat -- Toba
Gunboats -- Seta Type
Gunboats – Atami Type
Gunboats – Captured Vessels
In addition to the line drawings, some have photographs and
information is presented for each vessel or class of vessels. Although
text is in Japanese, if you know anything about IJN vessels, the major vessel
categories are specified in English, and specifications and dates are numeric
so not all is lost! Condition of this 94-page, 7.25 x 10 inch softcover
is LIKE NEW.
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