This is an injection-plastic ship model kit.
1/700 Scale Imperial Japanese Navy Aircraft Carrier Taiho (Wood Deck)
Introducing the Taiho, a distinctively armored carrier with an enclosed bow and a smokestack integrated with the bridge, now featuring additional new parts!
This unpainted kit requires assembly and painting. It is a 1/700 scale waterline model, excluding the hull bottom. The product combines traditional "Special Series" molds with newly designed additional parts.
Kit Features:
- Historical Accuracy: Depicts the Taiho from its completion to the Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 1944).
- Wood Deck: The flight deck is modeled with detailed engravings representing the wooden deck.
Newly Designed Parts:
- Type 21 Radar: Features delicate engravings, including the insulator base for the front element.
- 12-meter Launch: Separate parts for canvas, pilothouse, and engine room roof for easy painting and assembly.
- 12-meter Internal Motor Boat: Features three-part construction with separate hull and deck parts for easy painting and assembly.
- Bow Chrysanthemum Crest: Newly designed part.
- Side Lights and Life Buoys: Additional parts for increased detail.
- Stern Name Decals: Includes decals for the stern name in ship color.
- Type 96 25mm Triple Machine Guns: Two-part construction for easier painting and enhanced detail.
- Aircraft: Includes four types: Zero Fighter Type 52, Type 21 (armed with bombs), Suisei, and Tenzan, representing the aircraft during the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
Detailed Construction:
- Hull and Deck:
- The hull sides are one-piece molds, eliminating the need for seam removal.
- Sealed anchor chain deck with visible internal details through openings.
- Engraved portholes and eaves.
- Flight Deck:
- Wood deck engravings from bow to stern.
- Elevators can be positioned up or down.
- Detailed truss structure on the underside of the flight deck.
- Searchlights in stowed position, crane in standing position.
- Bridge and Superstructure:
- Five-sided bridge base using slide molds.
- Smokestack integrated with the bridge, split into left and right parts with separate steam pipe and support parts.
- Funnel cap with detailed open structure.
- Separate binocular parts for the anti-aircraft command center.
- Anti-Aircraft and Machine Gun Platforms:
- Separate parts for high-angle gun and machine gun platforms with engraved tread patterns.
- Dedicated parts for Taiho's long 10cm twin high-angle guns.
- Various rigging and deck fittings as separate parts.
- Standard 2018 molds for 25mm triple machine guns with easy-to-paint two-part construction.
- Aircraft:
- 16 aircraft representing four types used in June 1944.
- Zero Fighter Type 52: Four planes with separate canopies and propellers for easy painting.
- Zero Fighter Type 21 (armed with bombs): Four planes with detachable drop tanks and 250kg bombs.
- Suisei Dive Bomber: Four planes with detailed 11-type liquid-cooled engines.
- Tenzan Torpedo Bomber: Four planes with detachable 250kg bombs and four-blade propellers.
- Included Decals:
- One sheet for aircraft markings.
- One sheet for stern name and mast white stripes.
- One sheet for flight deck markings and naval flags specific to Taiho.
Contents:
- Runners x41
- Assembly Instructions x1
- Decals x3
Please note that the color of the product may differ from the actual product due to monitor and image resolution issues.
