Tamiya 31460 - 1/700 Shimakaze Japanese Navy Destroyer No.460  [31460]

Shimakaze Specs

• Displacement: 2567 tons
• Length: 129.5m
• Power: 75000hp
• Max. Recorded Speed: 40.9 lnots
• Torpedos: 61cm quintuple pipes x3
• Principal tool: 12.7cm double firearms x3
• Radar: Type 22x1, Tpe 13x1
• Commissioned: might 10, 1943 at Maizuru Naval Arsenal

The Shimakaze are a destroyer that whenever could boast being one of the main quickest about the seas at 40.9 knots, as a result of 75,000hp from the girl vapor turbines. The woman quintuple torpedo launchers had been produced specifically the lady. While 16 ships was indeed initially prepared on her behalf course, she finished up really the only individual for the woman type. She was commissioned may tenth, 1943 and served through the movie theatre of conflict until she finished up being sunk in an attack by U.S. aircraft in the Battle of Ormoc Bay, November 1944.

The Shimakaze Waterline model kit finished up being originally released in 1972. This 2017 kind of the model kit is wholly brand new since it is made utilizing up-to-date papers to re-capture the girl with superb accuracy.

• Length: 185mm.
• The slimline hull is recreated using left and right halves.
• Separate deck components work exquisite molding, with details like anchor chains.
• Slide-molded 12.7cm double gun turret depictions provide exemplary accuracy.
• Major tools and quintuple torpedo tube mounts are put together making use of poly caps to allow their rotation.
• Features a faithful making the connection and mast.
• Decals are inside the kit to replicate linoleum deck parts plus much more.
• The model completes through the waterline, permitting relaxation from Shimakaze at ocean.