Nine of my Truk-Lagoon wreck models are on display at the CHUUK (United States of Myronesia) booth. The world-famous CHUUK lagoon is a world-renowned diving destination and features a variety of well-preserved wrecks from World War II.
The exhibited models are:
Aikoku Maru
Nippo Maru
IJN Submarine I-169
Amagisan Maru
Betty Bomber
Hoki Maru
Kensho Maru
San Francisco Maru
Shinkoku Maru
Japanese Newspaper
We made it into the biggest Japanese newspaper! Many peope came to the Expo just to see the wreck models of Truk Lagoon. One lady even brought the newspaper article and wanted a selfie with me. ☺️Wikipedia says, they have 23Million readers 😎
Hello Mr Buss,
We almost had to dance in place of the delayed Chuuk Dancers on Thursday. It was nice to meeting you at the Expo Osaka. At last, I met Marz there just before 9 pm. With the permission of my friend who owns a dive store in Chuuk, yesterday I made name tags for each wreck with a 3-D barcode that links to their YouTube video describing each wreck. I would like to share these with you as well, I shall be glad if you send an email back to me.
Please have a save trip and I hope see you again in somewhere.
Holger, superb work on the models! Sorry I just saw the links to Japan Expo July 18. Love to have a couple of models on my shelf. Love your videos on building and painting them. I m eager to learn more about them. Planning on making my first visit to Truk in 2026.