IJN Hosho Aircraft carrier

The IJN CV Hosho was the first commissioned ship that was built as an Aircraft Carrier for the Imperial Japanese Navy.  She could carrier 15 airplanes.

She survived the WW2 and was scrapped in 1946.

The model as provided is in the post 1924 setup, thus the island is not part of the model.

Copyright Allan Smit 2024
Non Commercial and personal use only. May not be shared, uploaded or otherwise distributed.

The model are provided in 1/1000 scale and are Resin print only. (FDM is possible for the Base)

1/1800 – resize to 55,56%

1/1200 – resize to 83,5%

There are named bases provided. The base comes in 2 versions. Text recessed and the raised. I used the recessed version for FDM printed bases. Do not forget to also re-scale the bases if you print in 1/1200 or 1/1800 scale.

Included 1/1800 scale pre-supported model which I used for the test-prints on my Anycubic Mono SE (0.05mm layer) using standard resin. Use at your own risk, might be best you create your own supported files, which prints best on you own printer. Some parts are rather delicate, mainly the gun barrels, and you will need to remove support carefully.

The base was printed on an Ender 5 pro (0.16 mm layer) standard PLA.
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