TAMIYA : REF : 31212 : 1:700 : WATER LINE SERIES : Japan : Junyo (Aircraft Carrier / Porte-Avions)

Tamiya REF :
31212

Fabricant

TAMIYA

ISBN : 4950344999095.

Scale :
1:700

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Length: 311mm. Image shows assembled and painted kit.

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This is an assembly kit of the Junyo, an aircraft carrier converted from a passenger liner in July 1942. In October of the same year, she participated in the Battle of Santa Cruz, where her aircraft were involved in the sinking of the U.S. aircraft carrier Hornet. The distinctive passenger liner bow and the 26 degree forward angled funnel integrated with the bridge island have been accurately reproduced. Smaller parts such as the main mast, anti-aircraft armament, and a full set of aircraft are also included and are rich in detail.

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Plus d'Histoire :

Le porte-avions japonais Taiyō (大鷹 ; « Grand Aigle ») était le navire de tête de sa classe de trois porte-avions d'escorte. Construit initialement sous le nom de Kasuga Maru (春日丸), il était le dernier des trois paquebots mixtes de la classe Nitta Maru, construits au Japon à la fin des années 1930 pour la compagnie NYK Line. Réquisitionné par la Marine impériale japonaise (MIJ) début 1941, il fut transformé en porte-avions d'escorte. Le Taiyō servit d'abord au transport d'avions vers des bases aériennes éloignées et à l'entraînement, puis à l'escorte de convois de navires marchands entre le Japon et Singapour. Torpillé à deux reprises par des sous-marins américains, il subit des dommages mineurs à modérés avant d'être coulé au milieu de l'année 1944, entraînant de lourdes pertes humaines.

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More History : 

The Japanese aircraft carrier Taiyō (大鷹; "Big Eagle") was the lead ship of her class of three escort carriers. She was originally built as Kasuga Maru (春日丸), the last of three Nitta Maru class of passenger-cargo liners built in Japan during the late 1930s for NYK Line. The ship was requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in early 1941 and was converted into an escort carrier. Taiyō was initially used to transport aircraft to distant air bases and for training, but was later used to escort convoys of merchant ships between Japan and Singapore. The ship was torpedoed twice by American submarines with negligible to moderate damage before she was sunk in mid-1944 with heavy loss of life.

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Sources : Wikipedia.