1/700 Japanese Navy Heavy Cruiser Takao
$26.00
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■Product Description
Aoshima's Waterline series has been renewed with even greater precision! !
The Takao, the name ship of the Takao-class heavy cruisers, which remains popular to this day due to its imposing appearance, has been made into a 1/700 scale plastic model kit. In addition to the distinctive bridge of the Takao-class, the Takao in the later stages of the war, including the radar and anti-aircraft guns added through modernization, can be accurately reproduced with a simple and easy-to-assemble parts configuration that focuses on the essentials. Various fittings such as high-angle guns, machine guns, and aircraft catapults have been newly designed and added.
Slide molds are used to achieve intricate and precise molding! !
The armament, mainly destroyer main guns and machine guns, as well as the aircraft and various fittings have also been updated! !
Newly molded outfitting parts
・Type 96 25mm triple machine gun
・Type 96 25mm machine gun
・Type 13 radar
・Type 22 radar
・60cm signal searchlight
・Type 89 12.7cm twin high-angle gun
・110cm signal searchlight
・11m motor launch
・12m motor launch
・12m motor boat
・9m cutter
・Radial davit
・Kure Type 2 Model 5 catapult
・Chrysanthemum emblem
・Anchor
【Ship type: Heavy cruiser】
【Country: Japan】
【Ship history】
The Washington Naval Treaty thwarted the realization of the Eight-Eight Fleet, and the Japanese Navy was further forced into a disadvantageous position with only 60% of the capital ships possessed by the United States. With the idea of compensating for this disadvantage with other ship types, attention was focused on the Type A cruiser, a type of ship with a displacement of 10,000 tons or less, which had no particular restrictions on the number of ships it could possess, and which could be equipped with the largest 8-inch caliber guns among auxiliary ships. The policy was to build a large number of these Type A cruisers to cover the inferiority of the main battleship force. Following this policy, four Myoko-class cruisers were built with a displacement of 10,000 tons, just within the treaty limit, equipped with 10 20 cm (7.9 inch) guns and 8 torpedo tubes. However, since the American and British Type A cruisers of the same class were equipped with 8-inch (20.3 cm) caliber guns as stipulated by the treaty, it was decided that subsequent ships would be equipped with 8-inch guns to improve the firepower of the naval guns and torpedo tubes to enhance their offensive capabilities. These were the Takao-class cruisers.
■Product Specifications
Manufacturer: Aoshima Bunka Kyozai Co., Ltd.
Product Specifications: 1/700 Waterline No. 337
Release Date: Scheduled for April 2024
Scale: 1/700
JAN: 4905083066560
■Notes
*The images shown are of a prototype.
*The series number will continue even after the renewal. We recommend checking the contents when making a reservation or purchase.
1/700 Japanese Navy Heavy Cruiser Takao
$26.00
Aoshima's Waterline series has been renewed with even greater precision! !
The Takao, the name ship of the Takao-class heavy cruisers, which remains popular to this day due to its imposing appearance, has been made into a 1/700 scale plastic model kit. In addition to the distinctive bridge of the Takao-class, the Takao in the later stages of the war, including the radar and anti-aircraft guns added through modernization, can be accurately reproduced with a simple and easy-to-assemble parts configuration that focuses on the essentials. Various fittings such as high-angle guns, machine guns, and aircraft catapults have been newly designed and added.
Slide molds are used to achieve intricate and precise molding! !
The armament, mainly destroyer main guns and machine guns, as well as the aircraft and various fittings have also been updated! !
Newly molded outfitting parts
・Type 96 25mm triple machine gun
・Type 96 25mm machine gun
・Type 13 radar
・Type 22 radar
・60cm signal searchlight
・Type 89 12.7cm twin high-angle gun
・110cm signal searchlight
・11m motor launch
・12m motor launch
・12m motor boat
・9m cutter
・Radial davit
・Kure Type 2 Model 5 catapult
・Chrysanthemum emblem
・Anchor
【Ship type: Heavy cruiser】
【Country: Japan】
【Ship history】
The Washington Naval Treaty thwarted the realization of the Eight-Eight Fleet, and the Japanese Navy was further forced into a disadvantageous position with only 60% of the capital ships possessed by the United States. With the idea of compensating for this disadvantage with other ship types, attention was focused on the Type A cruiser, a type of ship with a displacement of 10,000 tons or less, which had no particular restrictions on the number of ships it could possess, and which could be equipped with the largest 8-inch caliber guns among auxiliary ships. The policy was to build a large number of these Type A cruisers to cover the inferiority of the main battleship force. Following this policy, four Myoko-class cruisers were built with a displacement of 10,000 tons, just within the treaty limit, equipped with 10 20 cm (7.9 inch) guns and 8 torpedo tubes. However, since the American and British Type A cruisers of the same class were equipped with 8-inch (20.3 cm) caliber guns as stipulated by the treaty, it was decided that subsequent ships would be equipped with 8-inch guns to improve the firepower of the naval guns and torpedo tubes to enhance their offensive capabilities. These were the Takao-class cruisers.
■Product Specifications
Manufacturer: Aoshima Bunka Kyozai Co., Ltd.
Product Specifications: 1/700 Waterline No. 337
Release Date: Scheduled for April 2024
Scale: 1/700
JAN: 4905083066560
■Notes
*The images shown are of a prototype.
*The series number will continue even after the renewal. We recommend checking the contents when making a reservation or purchase.