Tamiya 31613 - 1/700 USS BB Missouri (1944-45 Version)  [31613]

Concerning the USS Missouri

The Iowa Class Battleships were the greatest and final great battleships of the usa Navy. They included the BB-61 Iowa, the BB-62 New Jersey, additionally the third ship, the famous BB-63 Battleship Missouri. These ships, which boasted a great 212,000hp permitting a 33knots max rate, were armed with massive 40.6cm primary weapons. The Iowa course vessels stretched 270.4m but were reasonably slim, with just 33m maximum length, enabling these vessels to feed the Panama Canal. Being commissioned in June 1944, the USS Missouri participated in lots of operations during the Pacific War including bombardments on Japanese mainland and money. On September 2, 1945, the treaty the unconditional surrender of Japanese forces had been signed onboard the deck for the historic USS Missouri. Because of the outbreak for the Korean War in June 1950 the USS Missouri ended up being deployed again with all the other Iowa Class Battleships for fire support. The USS Missouri ended up being relegated to reserve responsibility in 1955, but became subject to complete renovation and modernization in 1986 when she ended up being fitted aided by the latest in electronic gun systems, cruise missiles as well as other improvements. In 1991, the USS Missouri was deployed to fight in the Gulf War. Finally, in 1993, after about a half-century of service, this historic Battleship is at last retired.

Specs & Features

• a plastic construction kit regarding the U.S. Navy Battleship Missouri.
• 1/700 scale
• Overall length: 386.5mm, Overall width: 47mm
• The long and slim as a type of USS Missouri's hull happens to be accurately replicated.
• Missouri's faculties for instance the main framework along with leading channel have been reproduced.
• The hull is divided in two halves in order to reproduce the best details.
• The best details of the key framework plus the masts are accurately recreated.
• The primary turrets can turn after conclusion via polycap.
• Equipment such as armament including 40mm and 20mm firearms are sharply reproduced. Kit includes two types of floatplanes, Vought OS2U Kingfishers and Curtiss SC-1 Seahawks.

Visiting the USS Missouri today

To commemorate the rich reputation for the USS Missouri, the "BB-63 Battleship Missouri Memorial" had been opened in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Tamiya has delivered staff to get informative data on this impressive battleship in order to make this model as accurate possible. The following pictures are of these which were taken at this event