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<p>Richelieu is a French battleship from the Second World War. The keel for this unit was laid in 1935, it was launched in January 1939, and it was commissioned for service in the French Marine Nationale in June 1940. The full displacement of the ship at the time of launching was approximately 47,600 tons, 248 meters long and 33 meters wide. The maximum speed was up to 30 knots. The on-board armament consisted of, among others: 8 380 mm guns placed in two turrets, 9 152 mm guns and 12 100 mm guns.</p> <p>Richelieu was the first battleship to belong to the class of the same name. The Richelieu-class battleships were designed and built primarily as a French response to the Italian Littorio / Vittorio Veneto-class ships. It was designed to a lesser extent to counter the Kriegsmarine of the Bismarck class. All main artillery was placed at the front of the unit - similar to the battleships HMS Rodney or HMS Nelson. The relatively good armor of the new French battleships was also taken care of. Richelieu did not take an active part in World War II. During the fighting in France in the summer of 1940, he was transported to Dakar, where the finishing works were also completed. He stayed in the port in Dakar until 1943, repelling, inter alia, attacks by the British fleet as part of Operation Catapult. In January 1943, it was captured by the Allies and ended up in the British Royal Navy. In the same year it was rebuilt and in March 1944 it was included in the British Pacific Fleet. In August 1944, he was returned to the French side. In March 1946 he returned to France. He took part in the conflict in Indochina and in the so-called Operation Musketeer related to the Suez crisis in 1956. Two years later (1958) he was placed in the reserve.</p>

<p>Kit builds into a highly detailed waterline model of the Unryu.</p> <p>The Japanese aircraft carrier Unryū was the lead ship of her class of fleet aircraft carriers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. She was commissioned in mid-1944, but fuel and aircrew shortages limited her use to Japanese waters. The impending American invasion of Luzon caused the IJN to order her to transport aircraft and supplies to the Philippines in December. The ship was torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Redfish in the East China Sea during the voyage.</p>

<p>This is a large resin kit of the 12.7cm shielded high angle cannon mounted on the Yamato type battleship. The kit measures about 20cm long when complete. </p>

<h3>Aoshima's Waterline series has been renewed with more precision!</h3> <p>The war situation had already worsened when the ship was commissioned, and it was never used as an aircraft carrier. The third Unryu-class aircraft carrier "Katsuragi," which played an active role as the largest ship assigned to repatriation after the war, is available as a 1/700 scale plastic model kit.The parts are designed to capture the key points, making it simple and easy to assemble while accurately reproducing the details. Various equipment such as anti-aircraft guns and machine guns have been newly designed and added. It effectively expresses the detail of the 1/700 scale.</p> <h3>Features</h3> <ul> <li>Using a slide mold, achieve a highly detailed and precise mold!</li> <li>Various outfits have been updated, focusing on armaments such as anti-aircraft guns and machine guns!</li> </ul> <h3>Includes</h3> <ul> <li>Outfit parts renewed with new molds</li> <li>Type 89 12.7cm twin anti-aircraft gun</li> <li>Type 96 25mm triple machine gun</li> <li>Type 96 25mm triple machine gun (smoke shield)</li> <li>Type 94 anti-aircraft system</li> <li>110cm searchlight</li> <li>9m cutter</li> <li>12m internal combustion boat</li> <li>Anchor</li> <li>Chrysanthemum crest</li> </ul>

<h3>KFK Kriegsfischkutter</h3> <p><strong>WWII German multi-purpose boat</strong></p> <p>The KFK multipurpose boat project was developed on the basis of a fishing seiner by Maierform GmbH Bremen in 1941. Their production began in 1942 and was carried out, in addition to Germany itself, at shipbuilding yards in seven European countries (including Kherson, Ukraine). Simple and technological, with a wooden hull and diesel engines, the boats were quite successful, especially in terms of cost/efficiency.</p> <p>Different armament options allowed the KFK to be used in different roles: as a patrol or escort boat, as a minesweeper to combat sea mines, as a training boat or as ASW boat. The construction of the KFK was the largest shipbuilding series in German history, with a total of 1072 units ordered, of which 612 were built. The boats took part in combat operations in all major theaters of the war, where the German Navy was involved – in the North, in the Atlantic, in the Mediterranean and Black Seas.</p> <!---->

<p>Complete in 1930, the Nippon Maru participated in the famous parade of tall ships on New York's Hudson River in 1976. The Nippon Maru now serves as a floating museum in Yokohama, Japan.</p> <p>Aoshima's kit of the Nippon Maru features authentic detail throughout, including a detailed hull, vacu-formed plastic sails (you have to cut them out), thread for rigging, and a display stand. The split hull allows completion as either a full-hull or waterline model. Measures 27.6cm long when assembled.</p> <p>This is an injection-plastic sailing ship model kit.</p>