Product Introduction
Haruna's final battle in the Pacific War, the Battle of Leyte Gulf, is now available with new parts!
This is an unpainted kit requiring assembly and painting.
This is a 1/700 scale underwater model that does not include the ship's bottom.
This product is constructed using the same molds as the previous (special series) and newly designed additional parts.
The battleship Haruna was the oldest of the five Kongō-class battleships that fought in the Pacific War, and was the third ship of the class, completed in 1915 at the Kawasaki Shipyard in Kobe.
With a length of 222m and a beam of 29.04m, it was equipped with eight 35.6cm 45-caliber guns. After undergoing two refits, this battleship was known for its high speed, achieving a speed of 30.5kt.
With the outbreak of the Pacific War, it participated in the Southern Front and accompanied the Task Force in the Indian Ocean Campaign.
During the Battle of Guadalcanal, she participated in many memorable operations, including naval gunfire on airfields alongside the third battleship, the Haruna.
After participating in the Battle of Leyte Gulf (Operation Sho-Ichi-Go) in October 1944, she returned to the mainland, where she was heavily damaged in an air raid in July 1945 and sunk to the bottom, marking the end of the war.
●This product is based on the third Kongo-class battleship, the Haruna, from Operation Sho-Ichi-Go in October 1944, in her most heavily armed anti-aircraft armament.
- Equipped with a Type 21 radar on top of the bridge, two Type 13 radars on the mast, and numerous 25mm machine guns on the upper deck.
- Newly designed parts have been provided to standardize the differences in the level of reproduction of equipment etc. depending on the product release date, and some have been separated to take paint work into consideration.
- The Type 13 radar has a sculpted truss structure, and the shape of the antenna is also recreated, with new parts including the struts protruding on both sides.
- The No. 21 radar is delicately sculpted down to the base of the insulator used to secure the elements on the front.
- The No. 22 radar is made using a slide mold to create a part that shows the open state, and it is also possible to create an extended trumpet shape.
- The 12.7 cm Twin Anti-Aircraft Gun Type A1 is subdivided into four parts, improving the modeling resolution from the existing two-part product.
- The 9 meter cutter is made into two parts to allow for paintability, and the deck mount is available as a separate part, or you can choose between an integrated deck mold.
- The 12 meter motorboat has the canvas and wheelhouse/engine room canopy made into separate parts to allow for paintability. Each part is painted and then assembled and glued later.
- The ship's boat mount has uneven shapes and light holes molded in, adding to the sense of precision.
- A new chrysanthemum crest is provided for the bow.
- New sidelights and life buoys are provided. The former is to unify the sizes of each ship, while the latter is to add additional detail to previously omitted parts.
- Decals have been added for the stern ship name (filled in naval colors) and the white mast line.
- The Type 96 25mm twin machine gun is now a standard two-part part, reducing the amount of painting required.
- The hull has a one-piece structure for the port and starboard sides.
- The portholes, a characteristic of the late war, are depicted with convex molding to represent their blocked appearance.
- The upper deck is a single-piece structure with intricate wooden deck carvings.
- The linoleum covering for the aircraft operating deck is provided as a separate part from the upper deck.
- The funnel is a two-part structure, with the left and right sides glued together.
- The strip patterns on the floor of the anti-aircraft gun mounts and other features are depicted with intricate carvings.
- The funnel caps are removed and have a precise structure.
- The front side of the main turret is a Haruna/Kirishima-specific part with its distinctive curved shape.
- The main gun barrel and canvas are one piece, with fixed elevation and depression angles.
- The main gun barrel is open thanks to the use of a slide mold.
- Two Zero-type observation seaplanes are included as floatplanes, molded in gray.
- The 25mm machine gun is a two-part design that allows for precise modeling and easy painting, and the 2018 molded parts are included as standard.
- The main parts, bottom plate, aircraft, and machine gun parts are molded in gray.
● Two types of decals are included.
- Decals include the naval ensign, the Japanese flag, and aircraft markings.
- The naval ensign comes in three sizes. 1/700 scale versions of the actual dimensions of 10cm wide, 6cm wide, and 3cm wide are included.
- Includes the Japanese flag used on aircraft carriers, the friendly identification band (yellow band), and more, including the Japanese flag without the white border that appeared later in the war.
Decals include draft markings, the chrysanthemum crest on the bow, and the ship's name on the stern (in gold or solid naval colors).
[Included Contents]
- 46 runners
- 1 assembly instruction manual
- 3 decals
This product is made in Japan.
This is a plastic model kit that requires assembly.
Safety Warning
None
This is a plastic model kit that requires assembly and painting. Tools, paints, etc. are required separately.
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