Ship Kits (86)

The Yorktown's Faithful Protector The USS Hammann (DD412) was commissioned in August 1939, the fourth ship in the 1,500-ton Sims class of destroyers. Her hull had a raised sheer strake to protect from higher waves, while the use of a single funnel allowed a large area at the stern for her impressive ordnance. She was equipped with four 12.7cm guns, four single 12.7mm machine guns and eight torpedo tubes. After rescuing survivors of the stricken aircraft carrier USS Lexington in the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942, the Hammann screened another aircraft carrier, the USS Yorktown, in the Battle of Midway in June of that year. While attempting to salvage the Yorktown, which had been badly damaged by Japanese aircraft, she was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-168, and swiftly sank. She received two battle stars for her service in two major naval battles of WWII. Features 1/700 scale plastic model assembly kit. Length: 151mm. The form of the ship including raised sheer strake is faithfully reproduced by the one-piece hull. Ordnance is recreated with fine attention to detail, including the ship's 12.7cm guns, 53.3cm torpedo tubes, depth charge tracks, and 12.7mm single machine guns. Also features auxiliary equipment such as stern deck lifeboats and funnel-side cutters, in addition to Mk. 37 gun fire control system, mast and more. This model omits the portion of the hull below the waterline to enable it to be displayed as if it were at sea.

“The Lonely Queen of the North" The sole sister ship of the Bismarck, the Tirpitz was a perpetual worry for the Royal Navy since its presence in Norway was a threat to Allied convoys. Considerable resources were spent countering her potential moves until she was finally sunk by Royal Airforce bombers. Tamiya now brings you this marvel of German engineering as a highly-detailed 1/350 scale assembly kit display model. The elegant lines of the Tirpitz are accurately reproduced and distinguishing features that set her apart from the Bismarck such as quadruple torpedo tubes are also recreated in great detail. The model comes with a specially made display base and a beautiful nameplate for an impressive display.

A Classic British Battleship This kit depicts the HMS King George V, the lead ship of her namesake class of battleships which served the Royal Navy during WWII. Her flat-sided bridge area and distinctive stern shape have been accurately reproduced. Modellers can also enjoy exploring the layout of various superstructure areas such as the navigation and compass decks. Her formidable appearance is completed by her armament of ten 14-inch guns, sixteen 5.25-inch guns, and over 100 anti-aircraft guns. The model comes with a stand and nameplate for a professional display.

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One of Yamato's Final Escorts 1/350 Scale Japanese Destroyer Yukikaze The Yukikaze formed part of the escort force for the Yamato's final mission and returned with many of her survivors. This 1/350 scale model depicts the Yukikaze as she appeared on that fateful mission in April 1945, complete with radar equipment and increased anti-aircraft armament. Yukikaze was commissioned in January 1940 as the eighth ship of the Kagero-class and was referred to as the "lucky destroyer" since she took part in many notable actions, including Midway and Leyte Gulf, and always returned unscathed. Line her up with the Yamato to create an impressive display. Tamiya's Flagship Sets Sail! Based on the latest historical research, this famous WWII battleship has been reproduced down to the finest detail in this 752mm long 1/350 scale model kit. Even parts which had not been seen before in model form, such as the turret barbettes, have been reproduced as Tamiya challenges conventional ship model standards. This model accurately depicts the Yamato with increased anti-aircraft armament as she appeared on her final mission to Okinawa and may be assembled for either full-hull or waterline display. Two sheets of photo-etched parts for details such as ladders and cranes are also included. With this level of engineering, accuracy, and detail, this is literally Tamiya's new flagship model. 20 Sets of Moulds, More Than 1,500 Parts. Reference Booklet Included (B5 size, 32 pages) Reference Booklet which provides background information for the Yamato, descriptions of her features, and some interesting facts about the WWII Japanese Navy is included with kit.

The Aircraft Carrying Cruiser In the latter half of the Pacific War, the Japanese Navy refitted the Mogami to improve her reconnaissance ability. Construction of the Mogami was completed in July 1935, and she was initially armed with five triple 15.5cm main guns. After the withdrawal of the London Naval Treaty, she was refitted with three triple 20.3cm main guns and became a heavy cruiser. In the first half of WWII, she served at the Malayan Operation and the Battle of Sunda Strait. Later at Midway in June 1942, she was heavily damaged by an aircraft bombing raid but was able to return to port. During repairs, she was fitted with an upper deck which could carry 11 aircraft, and ten triple 25mm anti-aircraft batteries were added for defense. In May 1943, the newly shaped Mogami left the dry docks but due to damaged sustained in November of the same year from air attacks at Rabaul, she underwent further repairs and her armament was once again strengthened. In June, 1944, she served at the defense of the Mariana Islands, and it was in October at the Leyte Gulf where she saw her end when she was attacked by enemy warships suffering catastrophic damage and sank into the depths of the Mindanao Sea. Features The ships hull separates into port and starboard parts and one-piece lower hull helps to produce the form of the beautiful bow. Large sized parts depicting the ship's hull and flight deck are secured with screws allowing you to accurately build the model. The precision moldings of the super structure and funnels provide a realistic finish. Transparent parts accurately depict glass part such as the bridge's windows and searchlight lenses. The main guns, torpedo launchers, high angled guns, and catapult are moveable. You can choose either to have the main guns in a stowed or deployed position. Parts such as mast and antenna's are made from strong ABS resin parts. Each machine gun part, fire extinguisher, and heat dissipation board are rich in detail. Photo-etched parts are included for parts such as the crane, catapult, aircraft propellers, aircraft transport trolley, and catapult trolley for an ultimate realistic finish. Metal parts depict anchor chains and propeller shafts. Set includes detailed 3 Mitsubishi F1M and 8 Aichi E13A. Display stands for depicting aircraft in flight are included. Full hull model display stand included.  

The Big J Circa 1982 The 45,000-ton Iowa-class was the the largest and last battleships built by the U.S. Navy. The USS New Jersey, affectionately known as the "Big J," was the second ship of this class and saw service in WWII from early-1944. However, the advent of carrier airpower changed the nature of naval warfare and New Jersey was withdrawn from frontline duty after WWII in 1948. She was reactivated to participate in the Korean War and Vietnam War, but was again placed in reserve in 1969. However, thanks to President Reagan's policy of strengthening the navy, the modernization of the Iowa-class was proposed in 1981 and New Jersey was chosen as the first ship to undergo this program. She was equipped with new weaponry including Tomahawk cruise missiles, Harpoon anti-ship missiles, and Phalanx CIWS as well as new radars, ECM, and other electronic systems. She served as a missile-carrying battleship until her final decommissioning in 1991 and was eventually stricken from the U.S. Navy register in 1995. USS New Jersey was then restored to become a floating museum in Philadelphia. Features 1/350 scale plastic assembly kit depicts the USS New Jersey as she appeared in 1982. Length: 774mm, Beam: 94.5mm, Height: 182mm The superstructure and slender hull with clipper bow are accurately reproduced. Screw shafts are made from stainless steel. The modern equipment including Tomahawk and Harpoon missile launchers as well as Phalanx CIWS are highly detailed. Comes with parts to depict two SH-60B Seahawk helicopters. Other accessories include two 1/350 scale 16-inch shells and two Tomahawk missiles. Decals are included to depict the helicopter pad. Full hull model display stand is included. Both injection-molded and photo-etched parts are included to depict the discone-cage antenna at the bow. Photo-etched parts precisely recreate the mast radar antennas. Precision-made photo-etched parts enhance detail throughout the model. Helicopter deck fencing may be assembled in up or down position. New parts such as 12.7cm gun turrets, Mk.38 fire control systems, and Mk.13 fire control radars have been included. Comes with a B5-size, 14-page reference booklet.

The "Big E" Commissioned in 1961, the USS Enterprise was nicknamed the "Big E" and was the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. This assembly kit depicts the ship as she appeared after she completed her refit in 1982. The kit features excellent engineering and a high level of detail throughout, with approximately one hundred parts used to recreate the bridge alone. Parts for various vehicles as well as forty aircraft are included for to allow for a busy flight deck and the model also comes with a stand to enable a gorgeous display. Specifications Length: 1005mm, beam: 267mm, height: 203mm  

Packing Ten 20.3cm Guns! The Mogami-class was designed in 1931 as 8,500-ton light cruisers armed with five triple 15.5cm gun turrets, and the lead ship of the class, the Mogami, was completed in July 1935. She was rearmed with twin 20.3cm gun turrets in 1939 and it was in this configuration that she entered the war. She and her three sister ships formed the Japanese Second Fleets's Cruiser Division 7 and were assigned to support the landings at Malaya. During the Battle of Sunda Strait in March 1942, Mogami and her sister ship Mikuma sank the heavy cruiser USS Houston and light cruiser HMAS Perth. Following extensive damage suffered at the Battle of Midway, her stern was dramatically modified to carry reconnaissance floatplanes in an effort to enhance the fleet's scouting capabilities. She took part in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944, where she was severely damaged by U.S. carrier aircraft and had to be scuttled by friendly forces. Features 1/350 scale plastic assembly kit of the Japanese Heavy Cruiser Mogami. Length: 573mm, Beam: 76mm. The ship's hull separates into port and starboard parts and the one-piece lower hull helps to produce the form of the beautiful bow. Large parts depicting the ship's hull and deck are secured with screws, allowing you to accurately build the model. Main and secondary battery turrets, torpedo launchers, and catapult are moveable after completion of the model. Strong ABS resin parts used to depict fore and aft masts. Bridge windows and searchlight lenses are reproduced with clear plastic parts. Anti-aircraft guns have rich details. Parts for Mitsubishi F1M (x2), Aichi E13A (x4) aircraft, together with a stand to enable in-flight display, are also included. Full hull model display stand included. Metal parts depict anchor chains and propeller shafts.

The Heavy Cruiser Tone During WWII, the Imperial Japanese Navy decided to refit the Tone-class as heavy cruisers and the construction of the Tone was completed in November 1938. As the Tone was designed to provide reconnaissance even during battle, she was therefore armed with four 20.3cm twin gun turrets which were concentrated forward of the bridge while the aft deck was dedicated to aircraft operations and could carry up to 6 floatplanes. With a rational hull design, she featured a top speed of 35 knots and had a long cruising range. As the Pacific War broke out in December 1941, the Tone served during the Pearl Harbor attack and was also apart of the Battle of Midway and the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Later in October 1944, the Battle of Leyte Gulf saw the Tone contribute in sinking the USS Gambier Bay. She was then later assigned to the Japanese Naval Academy as a training ship and returned to Kure, where she was damaged by an air attack from the U.S. Navy's Task Force 58 in March 1945. In July, she was attacked in Etajima Bay by aircraft from Task Force 38 and sank in shallow water. Features This is a 1/350 scale plastic assembly kit of the Japanese Heavy Cruiser Tone. Length: 576mm, Beam: 71mm. The sharp form of the Tone has been accurately reproduced. The kit depicts the ship as she appeared during the Battle of Layte Gulf in October 1944. The ships hull separates into port and starboard parts and one-piece lower hull helps to produce the form of the beautiful bow. The precision moldings of the turrets reproduce panel lines and radiator slits. The compact bridge, ventilators, and funnels all have a realistic finish. The aft area features parts such as trolley rails and turntables for floatplanes as well as a sloped rail and a large aircraft crane. Parts such as mast and antenna's are made from strong ABS resin parts. Transparent parts accurately depict glass part such as the bridge's windows and searchlight lenses. Metal parts depict anchor chains and propeller shafts. Set includes detailed floatplanes. Display stands for depicting aircraft in flight are also included. Full hull model display stand included.

Signaling the End of the Battleship Era The HMS Prince of Wales took part in a number of important actions early in WWII such as the hunt for the German battleship Bismarck. She later had the misfortune to become one of the first capital ships to be sunk by airpower when she was sunk by Japanese bombers together with HMS Repulse. This assembly kit depicts the ship as she appeared during the fateful Battle of Malaya in December 1941. Differences from the HMS King George V, such as the bridge area and anti-aircraft armament, have been replicated. The kit also comes with parts to depict her Supermarine Walrus seaplane as well as Japanese G3M and G4M bombers (1 each). Comes with a display stand with name plate.

The Nelson was laid down in December 1922 at the Newcastle yard of Vickers-Armstrong. She was launched on September 3rd 1925 and completed in June 1927. Her armament consisted of nine 16-inch guns in triple turrets all sited forward of her bridge, twelve 6-inch guns in twin turrets, six 4-7 inch A.A. guns and eight 2 pounder pom-poms. Also two submerged torpedo tubes housed one on each beam forward below the lower deck line. It is insteresting to note these torpedos were of the 24.5 inch type common in the Japanese Navy, but unique to Nelson and Rodney within the Royal Navy as were their 16-inch guns. In order to save weight extensive use was made of new materials in her construction, such as light weight steel, aluminium, fir for her deck in place of the traditional teak, and plywood for many internal non structural bulkheads and fittings, all of which was fireproofed. Her completed displacement was 33,950 tons over a thousand tons under the limit imposed. The Nelson and Rodney were the first British warships to have a tower bridge and mast, also the first to have flush decks since the Lord Nelsons of 1908 and have their engine rooms forward of the boilers. As protection she carried a 14-inch armour belt along her beam which ran from slightly ahead of her fore turret aft to her steering compartment. Her main turrets carried armour 16-inches thick except for their backs which were 9-inch plate, the barbettes were of 15-inch plate and her middle deck A.P. was 6 1/4 inches thick over her magazines, varying to 3-inches over her machinery spaces. She was powered by Brown-Curtis geared turbines driving two shafts and her machinery was supplied by the Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Company. These gave her a speed of 23.5 knots and 46,000 H.P. at her standard displacement on trials, though this speed was seldom attained in service. She carried a complement in peacetime of 1,300 Officers and men, this being increase in wartime to 1,700. Because of her design, a compromise at best, she handled very badly under most conditions, and especially in cross winds or in shallow water. In a following sea or going astern she steered poorly, and was slow to answer the helm under all conditions.

The World's Largest "Submarine Carrier" The I-400 was a submarine the likes of which the world had never seen before. At the time of their completion, the I-400 and her sister ships were the largest, and arguably the most advanced submarines in the world. With a 122m length, 12m width, and 6,560 ton displacement, their size rivalled that of destroyers of the time and their amazing endurance could allow them to traverse the globe one and a half times. Loaded with 3 Seiran bombers, the planned attack on the Panama Canal was only moments away from reality. Diverted to attack the gathering Allied invasion fleet at Ulithi, the war ended before the submarines could launch their strike. However, the I-400 class submarines' technological advances were recognized and it can be said that they helped influence the development of nuclear ballistic submarines after the war. Features 1/350 scale assembly kit model. Length: 348.5mm Hull comprised of upper and lower sections for ease of assembly. Hangar features realistic interior details and can store 3 Seiran aircraft. Parts included for 2 Seiran aircraft with wings extended, which can be posed on the catapult or on the included display stand. Large set of precision-made photo-etched parts included for the ultimate finish. Features such as the crane and antennae can be posed in extended or retracted positions. Includes special display stand.

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