Description
Battleship Yamato is the first ship of the last type "Yamato type" designed and built by the Japanese Navy, and was completed in December 1945 at the Kure Naval Arsenal. The main gun to be installed was nine 46 cm guns, the largest in the world, and the displacement was 64,000 tons, which was an unprecedented ship. Immediately after completion, it was incorporated into the Combined Fleet, and while aircraft were becoming the main force in the era and Yamato was undergoing refurbishment to strengthen anti-aircraft armament, it went into the Battle of the Philippine Sea and the Battle of Leyte Gulf. In April 1945, the U.S. Army landed in Okinawa, and Yamato set sail with a light patrol and destroyer of the escort as a surface special attack unit, but was blocked by the U.S. Army aviation unit and sank off Cape Bouno-Misaki, Kyushu. ..
-The product is modeled on the appearance when it was the last sortie toward Okinawa in April 1945.
・ When half of the secondary armament is removed and the 12.7 cm high angle gun and 25 mm machine gun are strengthened.
-Equipped with No. 21 electric probe on the bridge, No. 22 electric probe on the side of the bridge (after relocation), and No. 13 electric probe on the rear mast.
-The hull has a structure in which the left and right sides and the upper wooden deck are integrated.
-The porthole, which is a feature of the latter half of the war, expresses the closed figure with a convex mold.
-The wooden deck is a convex mold expression.
-Parts molding color including the hull and bottom plate is gray.
-The bridge and chimney have a left-right laminated shape.
-Equipment / main gun with enhanced anti-aircraft armament at the final time, the
barrel and canvas are integrated, and the elevation angle is fixed at the locked position.
-There are only two secondary armaments that have been reduced by refurbishment, and the turret and barrel are integrated parts.
-The 25 mm triple machine gun (without shield) comes with conventional molded parts and precision molded 2018 mold parts, and can be selected.
-The barrel elevation angle of the shielded 25 mm triple machine gun can be selected from two types: high elevation angle and locking position.
-The machine gun seat added on the canopy of the main gun and on the stern is reproduced with special parts.
There are two types of ship-based water reconnaissance aircraft, the Zero-type observation aircraft and the Zero-type (Sanza) seaplane reconnaissance aircraft, each of which comes with two aircraft.
The molding color of the carrier-based aircraft is gray.
-The attached decal is a decal that contains 3 types of
1_ warship flag, sun flag, and markings of carrier-based aircraft.
→ Includes the markings of the warship flag, the sun flag, and the carrier-based aircraft. The Hinomaru of the carrier-based aircraft, the identification friend or foe (yellow band), etc. are recorded, and the Hinomaru includes those without a white border in the latter half of the war.
2_ A decal that includes the draft notation, the chrysanthemum flower emblem on the bow, and the ship name notation on the stern (two types of gold and warship color painting).
3_ Decal recorded so that the walking zone on the aviation work deck at the rear of the ship can be easily expressed.
The product is an unpainted kit that requires adhesive assembly and painting.
The scale is 1/700, and it is an offshore model that does not include the bottom of the ship.
The molded parts are composed of two colors, gray and transparent.
Number of assembled parts 287 points
[Included contents] Runner x18 ・ Assembly manual x1 ・ Decal x3
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