USS Battle Ship West Virginia 1945 (Plastic model) - HobbySearch Military Model Store

This item is limited to 3 per household.

Full length: approx 272mm.

- The Colorado class to which this ship belongs was a planned ship of 1916 and four identical ships were planned as improved type of preclass Tennessee class but Japanese Navy Nagato type equipped with 16 inch (406 mm) cannon Although it was constructed, it was commissioned one after another in 1923 as a US battleship's first 16-inch cannon ship. However, the West Virginia was damaged to such an extent as to be wrecked by the Japanese Pearl Harbor attack and was renovated on the mainland, so the appearance of this warship is completely renewed.
- The hull amplified the bulge, all the upper structure was removed, the tower type bridge was newly established, the chimney was also unitized, and the appearance with the rear mast was renewed. At the same time the arms were also reconsidered and the anti-aircraft firearm has been redesigned to eight new 12.7 cm guns, 10 40 mm 4 gun guns, and many Oerlikon 20 mm single machine guns. This renovation took three years and it was 1944 that this ship returned to the Pacific Fleet, but the Leyte landing strategy, the Sligao Straits night battle, the Mindoro operation, Iwo Jima and Okinawa We participated in landing assistance etc. to the.
- In April 1945, special machines hit, but the damage was minor as the bombs were faulty. He arrived in Tokyo Bay in August after the end of the war and also attended the signing ceremony of the surrender sentence on September 2, so it is a ship that unexpectedly saw the beginning and the end of the Pacific War.
- The kit reproduces the figure after amplification of the hull bulge, new tower type bridge and newly renovated chimney.

- 1/700 scale model
- Sea / full hull model selectable
- OS2U King Fisher Observation Machine x 2 units
- With etching parts such as cranes and catapults
- 1 cigarette

Item Size/Weight : 39.7 x 14.2 x 6.1 cm / 402g