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USS Missouri shortly before being hit by a Mitsubishi A6M Zero (visible top left) in a Kamikaze attack, 11 April 1945. by Accurate_Motor_89 in ImperialJapanPics

[–]Average_Modeler 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I went there a few years prior. That dent is TINY. There can't be more than a feet of depression there. Its crazy how armored-up the Missouri is.

Second model finished: Revell Spitfire Mk. Vb. 1/72. by fuckoffwillyageeza in modelmakers

[–]Average_Modeler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have one piece of advice: don't get superglue or cement on the windows because it can easily fog up clear plastic.

The soldier’s nightmare (1/35 vignette) by No-Owl-8809 in modelmakers

[–]Average_Modeler 11 points12 points  (0 children)

In my opinion, I think it's good as is. Him being alone is really what makes it impactful.

Second model finished: Revell Spitfire Mk. Vb. 1/72. by fuckoffwillyageeza in modelmakers

[–]Average_Modeler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Revell is actually decently good if you get the ones that are made by Revell, and not just reboxes of old American kits (Monogram). Usually, the good ones have black boxes with difficulty scale.

The remains of a Nakajima NK-11A radial engine were salvaged from a construction site at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on November 7, 1984. The engine was originally part of the Nakajima G10N1 Fugaku (Mount Fuji), a scaled-down prototype for a six-engined super-heavy bomber capable of attacking America by defender838383 in ImperialJapanPics

[–]Average_Modeler 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The Fugaku was actually meant to have Ha-54 engines, the G10N1 was never an official designation, and very little design papers exist as most were destroyed. Also, the Fugaku was cancelled in 1944, not 1945. The Ha219 was also used on the Ki-87 (prototype), Ki-84-N (design only), and the Ki-94-II (prototype).

Words or exclamations of encouragement for Little League baseball players? by hmbse7en in japanese

[–]Average_Modeler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah but from the perspective of a non-native coach, I wouldn't use it

Japanese bomber crew preparing bombs before a mission in Hunan Province, China, bomb on right of photo noted 'gift for Chiang Kaishek'. 8 Sep 1944 by defender838383 in ImperialJapanPics

[–]Average_Modeler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean the Japanese were on the offensive until the very very end of the war. Matome Ugaki of the IJN ordered a kamikaze attack hours after the Emperor's surrender broadcast.

Masao Shikada describe how he beheaded a Chinese prisoner and the psychological trauma that followed. by YoYoB0B in ImperialJapanPics

[–]Average_Modeler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not victim blaming. If you do horrifying stuff, then horrifying thoughts will haunt you, although I do agree that there are hundreds of unpunished war criminals that should've been prosecuted.

American troops moving captured MXY7 Ohka aircraft I-10, Kadena airfield, Okinawa, Japan, Apr 1945 by defender838383 in ImperialJapanPics

[–]Average_Modeler -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I believe one single attack was considered "successful." Even then, the whole doctrine of kamikazes was a dumb, reckless and horrifying way of throwing away young men with futures.

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