IJN Battleship Mikasa Battle of Japan Sea

I recieved this kit as a gift and although I have not started it yet, it is very impressive in detail and the parts breakdown looks well thought out. The photoetched parts are quite delicate and I would recommend using a folding tool and fine point tweezers to do this part of the model. I was stationed at Naval Base Yokosuka from 1994 to 1996 and I had the pleasure of visiting the Mikasa twice while there. The Mikasa has very distinguished history and was the ship where then Ensign Isoroku Yamamoto began to learn the lessons that would make him the master strategist for the Japanese navy. Mikasa is the only pre-dreadnought battleship left in exsistence and is a suprisingly small vessel.