-Completed as a light cruiser equipped with 5 15.5cm3 artillery guns, and later replaced the main gun with a 20cm artillery turret, reborn as a heavy cruiser. , Suzuya was in service following the second ship, the third base.
-Reinforcement work was added to Suzuya, where thorough restoration improvement measures were incorporated from the beginning of the groundbreaking, with the aim of improving the lack of strength by reducing the weight of the hull, which was a problem at Mogami and Mitsumata. The shape of each part was very different from that of Mogami and Sankei.
-Suzuya, which was completed in October 1945 and completed the main gun replacement work in September 1944, was launched in the Malay landing operations, the Battle of Batavia, the Battle of Midway, etc. along with the opening of the Pacific War.
-However, a torpedo explodes in the Battle of Leyte in October 1941 due to the attack of the ship-mounted aircraft, and disappeared off the coast of Samar Island.
[About the model]
-Plastic model assembly kit for the Japanese heavy cruiser Suzuya.
-1/700 scale, total length 286.5mm, total width 35.3mm. Modeled just after renovation to heavy cruiser.
-Faithfully reproduced Suzuya's unique styles such as hull cross-section, bridge structure, induction chimney, etc., which are different in shape from the top and third base.
-The hull full of volume is divided into left and right sides, and the side of the harpoon has a three-dimensional finish.
-A poly cap is used to mount the main turret, allowing it to rotate after assembly.
-Weapons such as 12,7cm high angle guns and torpedo launchers, main masts, cranes for carrier aircraft, and carrier aircraft are also sharply finished.
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )