by David Gatt
1/350 IJN Takao (Aoshima)
I've used the Lion Roar P.E. set on this kit. I mainly purchased this P.E. set for it's replacement guns and turrets. I didn't find the etch all that easy to use and in some instances just plain unusable or not needed. I had to supplement the P.E. set with additional P.E. from Eduards that I had left over as the set didn't have enough railing for the superstructure. Paint used on the kit was Tamyia acrylics, finished off with a coat of Testors Dull coat, then weathered using dry pastels. The kit itself wasn't too bad. Overall a beautiful ship, in my opinion..
