Aoshima AO-00971 - 1/700 Water Line Super Detail Japanese Seaplane Tender Kimikawa Maru SD WWII  [AO-00971]

Excellent steamer's biggest, will be the emergence of Kimikawa round.

And today's design specification, it ended up split hull, deck, the text elements. The Betsu-chi areas of the aircraft train. With deck sheet. Windows clear elements use. Total degree of about 220 x fundamental width 27 x height 50mm.

second ship of Kamikawa circular cargo ship which has been built by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha. 1937 was completed (1937) July 15, brand new - Yo - I've arranged to clock system, by World War II, July 6 1941 is recruited toward Japanese Navy, and unique water transportation linked to seaplane as device mom ship, in islands without land base was certainly active as a base of seaplane. After the outbreak of war are assigned on fifth fleet, Ominato, Akkeshi, it absolutely was active in Horomushiro method. The next year '17 Aryu - participated in Shan strategy, have been undoubtedly to prepare the seaplane troops. 1943 (1943) have been, acted just as before Ominato means, defiance of this Allies because it completed up being deprived of environment superiority in earnest, the playing industry is repaid, it had been redirected to unique transportation ship. October 23, 1944 america submarine in Luzon northwest "Soviet - Fusch" is sinking by torpedo. It became the expulsion and Kaiyatoi in December for similar 12 months. The faculties of Kimikawa round, stretched a woodcut regarding right back deck, and established the aircraft transport train, and had arranged the catapult towards hull component.