This video and kit review is brought to you by John Widmar. This is the story of the Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron during the Russo-Japanese war. The title is
The title is "The Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron - Voyage of the Damned". In fact "Voyage of the Inept" might be more appropriate. I found myself laughing at this Russian folly.
One of the more interesting ships in this Russian nightmare is the repair ship Kamchatka.
John managed to find this ship model from a manufacturer called Fairy Kikaku. They produce interesting naval subjects and cast them in resin in a most unusual way. The hull is broken into segments. As John explained "It was made by Fairy Kikaku so it is a terrible kit to start with, the hull being sliced into four parts which don’t match up very well. All the life boats, guns, and other parts had to be replaced. Then it seemed that when building the ship it was fighting against me and I had a terrible time getting parts to stay on it. After watching the video I realized that sometimes life imitates art. 😊"
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