Product Description
Berryfire and Beaver Corporation Collaboration Product 1/700 Japanese Navy Heavy Cruiser Takao 1944 Deluxe Edition
Takao was a heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and the lead ship of the Takao-class heavy cruisers.
Construction began at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal in April 1927, and the ship was given the name Takao in June of the same year. It was launched in May 1930.
Upon commissioning in May 1932, she was assigned to the 2nd Fleet, 4th Squadron.
At the start of the Pacific War, she was involved in the Southern Campaign, taking part in the Second and Third Battles of the Solomon Islands in 1942, and in the Central Pacific in 1943.
After participating in the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944 and the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October of the same year, the ship was sabotaged by a British midget submarine while anchored in Singapore for repairs, and remained moored until the end of the war.
After the war, it was seized by the British Navy and scuttled in the Straits of Malacca along with Myoko in 1946.
The kit is full hull and comes with decals, etchings, metal chains, brass parts, and 3D printed parts.
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Item Size/Weight : 36.1 x 15.3 x 6.3 cm / 418g
Product Specifications
- Item code
- BELBV700904DX
- JAN code
- 4571628250918
Purchase Information
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