Product Description

We are pleased to announce a new full resin kit from Triumph Models China: 1/350 Japanese Navy Destroyer Matsu 'Transport Mission to Iwo Jima in 1944'.
The kit includes resin hull parts, 3D-printed parts, metal wire, and decals.

Matsu was the lead ship of the Matsu-class first-class destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Construction of this ship began at the Maizuru Naval Arsenal in August 1943 and was completed in April 1944. After its completion, it was engaged in escort duties to the Ogasawara Islands and Iwo Jima.
On August 4 of the same year, while escorting a convoy in the Ogasawara area, it engaged in combat with and was sunk by surface vessels (cruisers and destroyers) of the US task force.
Its service life was approximately three months after its completion.

[Summary]
Standard discharge volume: 1,262 tons
• Trial displacement: 1,530 tons
• Length: 100m • Speed: 27.8 knots
・ Crew: 211
Armament: 1 x 12.7cm twin 40-caliber anti-aircraft gun, 1 x single 12.7cm anti-aircraft gun, 4 x 25mm twin machine guns, 12 x 25mm single machine guns, 1 x 61cm quadruple Type 91 torpedo tube launcher, 2 x Type 94 depth charge launchers, 2 x depth charge rails.



Item Size/Weight : 38.7 x 13.7 x 7.3 cm / 435g

Product Specifications

Country

Japan

Item code

TRFM35006FH

JAN code

4571628260337

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