TAMIYA : REF : 31114 : 1:700 : WATER LINE SERIES : Japan : Musashi (Battleship / Cuirassier)

Tamiya REF :
31114

Fabricant

TAMIYA

ISBN : 4950344999071.

Scale :
1:700

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Length: 375mm. Image shows assembled and painted kit.

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This is an assembly kit of the Musashi, which was laid down in 1938 as the second ship of the Yamato-class and completed in August 1942 as Japan's last battleship. The armor belts on the hull sides as well as the boat storage hangar at the stern feature a high degree of detail. The barrels of the triple 46cm gun turrets are individually-molded and feature sharply reproduced waterproof covers. The secondary 15.5cm guns, 12.7cm DP guns, radars, rangefinders, etc. are also highly detailed. Furthermore, the gun turrets can be freely rotated thanks to the use of poly caps.

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Plus d'Histoire :

Le Musashi (武蔵), du nom de l'ancienne province japonaise de Musashi, était un cuirassé de la marine impériale japonaise, le second de la classe Yamato. Avec son sister ship, le Yamato, c'est le plus lourd et le plus puissant cuirassé jamais construit, le dernier de la marine japonaise (un troisième navire de la même série, le Shinano, sera converti en porte-avions en cours de construction).

Il est coulé par l'aviation américaine lors de la bataille du golfe de Leyte le 24 octobre 1944.

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More History :

The Musashi (武蔵), named after the former Japanese province of Musashi, was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the second of the Yamato class. Along with its sister ship, the Yamato, it was the heaviest and most powerful battleship ever built, and the last of the Japanese navy (a third ship of the same class, the Shinano, was being converted into an aircraft carrier during its construction).

It was sunk by American aircraft during the Battle of Leyte Gulf on October 24, 1944.

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Sources : Wikipedia.