Released in May 2024
Aoshima 1/700 Japanese Navy Heavy Cruiser Takao. ABKWL337 Takao Released in May 2024
[Product Introduction]
Aoshima 1/700 Japanese Navy Heavy Cruiser Takao. Aoshima's water line has been renewed with more precision! The name ship "Takao", a Takao-class heavy cruiser that is still popular due to its majesty, has been made into a 1/700 scale plastic model kit. In addition to the characteristic bridge of the Takao type, the late war Takao, including electric probes and anti-aircraft guns added through modernization, can be accurately reproduced in a simple, easy-to-assemble, and easy-to-assemble parts configuration that keeps the main points in check. . Newly designed equipment such as high-angle guns, machine guns, and aircraft catapults have been added. A slide mold is used to create a detailed and precise mold! !! The carrier aircraft and various outfittings have been updated, with a focus on armaments such as destroyer main guns and machine guns! !! Outfitting parts renewed with new molds - Type 96 25mm triple Machine gun, Type 96 25mm machine gun, No. 13 electric probe, No. 22 electric probe, 60cm signal searchlight, Type 89 12.7cm twin high-angle gun, 110cm signal searchlight, 11m internal fire launch, 12m internal fire launch, 12m internal fire boat, 9m cutter, radial Davit, Kure type 2 type 5 injection machine, chrysanthemum emblem, anchor
[Ship history]
The Japanese Navy, which was cut off from the realization of the 8/8 Fleet by the Washington Disarmament Conference, was now 60% of the U.S. Japan was forced to be at a disadvantage in terms of the number of capital ships it possessed. With the idea of ​​compensating for this inferiority with other ship types, we focused on the shell-class cruiser, which had no restrictions on the amount it could carry, had a displacement of less than 10,000 tons, and could be equipped with an 8-inch caliber gun, the largest among auxiliary ships. However, they decided to build a large number of these shell-class cruisers to compensate for their inferiority in capital ship strength. Following this policy, four Myoko-class cruisers were built, each with a displacement of 10,000 tons, just below the treaty limit, and equipped with ten 20-centimeter (7.9-inch) guns and eight torpedo tubes. However, since U.S. and British shell-class cruisers of the same class are equipped with 8-inch (20.3 cm) caliber guns as stipulated by the treaty, the next ships to be built will be changed to 8-inch guns to improve the striking power of the naval cannons, and will be equipped with swivel type guns. Its attack power was increased by equipping it with torpedo tubes. This is a Takao-class cruiser.
[Product specifications]
1/700 scale unpainted assembly kit□