Tamiya 31613 - 1/700 USS BB Missouri (1944-45 Version) 田宮軍事模型食水綫系列 雙星孖星  [31613]

In regards to the USS Missouri

The Iowa Class Battleships were the greatest and last great battleships of the usa Navy. They included the BB-61 Iowa, the BB-62 New Jersey, together with third ship, the famous BB-63 Battleship Missouri. These ships, which boasted a great 212,000hp allowing a 33knots max rate, were armed with massive 40.6cm main firearms. The Iowa course vessels extended 270.4m but were relatively thin, with only 33m max size, allowing these ships to pass through 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 for the unconditional surrender of Japanese forces ended up being finalized onboard the deck of this historical USS Missouri. With all the outbreak regarding the Korean War in June 1950 the USS Missouri ended up being implemented once more aided by the other Iowa Class Battleships for fire help. The USS Missouri was relegated to reserve responsibility in 1955, but became susceptible to complete renovation and modernization in 1986 when she was fitted aided by the latest in electronic weapon systems, cruise missiles and other improvements. In 1991, the USS Missouri was deployed to fight in Gulf War. Finally, in 1993, after about a half-century of service, this historical Battleship was at last retired.

Specs & Features

• a plastic installation kit for the U.S. Navy Battleship Missouri.
• 1/700 scale
• General length: 386.5mm, General width: 47mm
• The long and slim kind of USS Missouri&39;s hull is accurately replicated.
• Missouri&39;s faculties including the primary framework in conjunction with the leading funnel have already been reproduced.
• The hull happens to be divided in two halves in order to reproduce the best details.
• The finest information on the primary structure and masts have now been accurately recreated.
• The key turrets can rotate after completion via polycap.
• Equipment including armament including 40mm and 20mm firearms are sharply reproduced. Kit includes two kinds of floatplanes, Vought OS2U Kingfishers and Curtiss SC-1 Seahawks.

Visiting the USS Missouri today

To commemorate the rich history of the USS Missouri, the "BB-63 Battleship Missouri Memorial" was opened in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Tamiya has delivered staff to gather info on this impressive battleship in order to make this model because accurate as you can. These images are some of the that were taken only at that event