Starting back in the 1970s and 1980s, a group of model companies including Tamiya, Hasegawa, PitRoad, Fuji, and others entered into an agreement to reproduce most of the Japanese Navy in 1/700 scale plastic models with no hull below the waterline (hence the name waterline series) - that way, they could be placed on a flat surface. I was just wondering which ones were released in this manner. These are the capital ships I have seen (I don't have time to list cruisers or anything smaller right now):
Battleships:
- Kongo Class (Kongo, Hiei, Haruna, Kirishima)
- Fuso Class (Fuso)
- Nagato Class (Nagato, Mutsu)
- Ise Class (Ise, Hyuga)
- Yamato Class (Yamato, Musashi)
Carriers:
- Hosho
- Kaga
- Akagi
- Hiryu
- Soryu
- Ryujo
- Shokaku Class (Shokaku, Zuikaku)
- Shoho Class (Shoho, Zuiho)
- Junyo Class (Junyo)
- Taiho
- Taiyo Class (Unyo, Chuyo)
- Unryu Class (Unryu, Katsuragi)
- Shinano
Essentially, these are the ones I haven't seen and was wondering about, just for curiosity's sake:
Battleships:
- Fuso Class (Yamashiro)
Carriers:
- Ryuho
- Junyo Class (Hiyo)
- Chitose Class (released as 1/700 Seaplane carriers only)
- Unryu Class (Amagi)
- Kaiyo
- Shinyo
This isn't a life or death question here; I was just wondering if anyone knew of the existence of any of these. Not that I am planning to buy them all...
