Tamiya 31460 - 1/700 Shimakaze Japanese Navy Destroyer No.460  [31460]

Shimakaze Specs

• Displacement: 2567 tons
• Length: 129.5m
• Power: 75000hp
• Max. Recorded Speed: 40.9 lnots
• Torpedos: 61cm quintuple pipes x3
• Principal gun: 12.7cm double firearms x3
• Radar: Type 22x1, Tpe 13x1
• Commissioned: May 10, 1943 at Maizuru Naval Arsenal

The Shimakaze had been a destroyer that when could boast being one of many quickest regarding the seas at 40.9 knots, thanks to 75,000hp from her vapor turbines. The woman quintuple torpedo launchers were designed particularly for the girl. While 16 ships had been initially planned on her class, she ended up the only person of the woman kind. She was commissioned may 10th, 1943 and served throughout the theater of conflict until she was sunk in an attack by U.S. aircraft into the Battle of Ormoc Bay, November 1944.

The Shimakaze Waterline model kit ended up being originally released in 1972. This 2017 version of the model kit is totally new as it was created utilizing up-to-date documents to re-capture her with superb precision.

• Length: 185mm.
• The slimline hull is recreated utilizing left and right halves.
• Split deck parts function exquisite molding, with details like anchor chains.
• Slide-molded 12.7cm double gun turret depictions provide exceptional precision.
• Principal weapons and quintuple torpedo tube mounts are put together making use of poly caps to permit their rotation.
• Features a faithful rendering for the connection and mast.
• Decals are within the kit to replicate linoleum deck sections and much more.
• The model completes during the waterline, permitting relaxation associated with the Shimakaze at ocean.