Tamiya 31712 - 1/700 US Aircraft Carrier Yorktown - (CV-5)  [31712]

• The USS Yorktown was finished in September 1937 because the first ship of her namesake-class together with U.S. Navy's sixth aircraft provider. If the Pacific War broke away, she became the flagship of Task Force 17 underneath the demand of back Admiral Frank J. Fletcher and conducted a number of operations around the Pacific. During the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942, she helped thwart the Japanese Navy's advance on New Guinea despite enduring severe damage. Afterwards, on Battle of Midway, the Yorktown and the woman sister ships USS Enterprise and USS Hornet defeated japan mobile phone Fleet, however the Yorktown by herself suffered serious damage by torpedo and bomb hits from the aircraft for the Japanese carrier Hiryu. She ended up being finally sunk by torpedoes from the Japanese submarine I-168. The Tamiya 1/700 scale model is a precise reproduction installation kit of the iconic carrier during WWII.

Specs and Features:

• 1/700 scale plastic construction kit associated with the Yorktown (CV-5) as she appeared through the Battle of Midway.
• Hanger doors can be depicted in open or closed place.
• Elevator within stern are depicted in up or down position.
• Includes parts to depict F4F Wildcats, Douglas SBD-3 Dauntlesses, and Douglas TBD-1 Devastators.