Umi the cranes all work the aft port one carries a motorboat, the stb one has a set of torpedo tubes, the fwd main crane has a triple 25 mm gun replacement unit being refitted the fwd one has a pump and hose all to scale.All brass cranes all with seperate r/c control with speed controllers for correct scale speed slewing etc keen to build her this ship repaired some ships during ww2 will keep you posted having the cranes CAD drawn as we speak. hooks from milled alloy the 1/48 is a great scale to work in even looked at YAMATO in 1/48 could not get some friends to help operate her my bigger models have a Skipper whom controls things Engineer to operate the props, Gunnery officer to man the guns this way we spread the cost and the fun to operate then we all swap positions. still keen on the ships the IJN AKITSUSHIMA is going to be my pride and joy built to museum quailty just for the rivet counters haha tassie48