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<p>The Washington Disarmament Conference prevented the creation of the 8.8 Fleet, and the Japanese Navy was forced to be at a disadvantage, having 60% as many capital ships as the United States. With the idea of compensating for this inferiority with other ship types, they focused on the shell-class cruiser, which had no restrictions on the amount it could carry, had a displacement of less than 10,000 tons, and could carry the largest eight-inch caliber gun among auxiliary ships. However, they decided to build a large number of these shell-class cruisers to compensate for their inferiority in capital ship strength.</p> <p>Following this policy, four Myoko-class cruisers were built, each with a displacement of 10,000 tons -- just below the treaty limit -- and equipped with ten 20-centimeter guns and eight torpedo tubes. However, since U.S. and British shell-class cruisers were equipped with eight-inch (20.3cm)-caliber guns as stipulated by the treaty, the next ships to be built were changed to eight-inch guns, improving the striking power of the naval guns, and using a swivel-type gun. Her attack power was increased by upping it with torpedo tubes. This was the Takao-class cruiser.</p> <p>Aoshima brings us a 1/700-scale waterline model kit of the Takao, a heavy cruiser that is still popular due to its majesty! Her late-war appearance, including her characteristic bridge, plus the electric probes and anti-aircraft guns added through modernization, can be accurately reproduced in a simple and easy-to-assemble parts configuration. Newly designed equipment has been added, including machine guns, high-angle guns, and aircraft catapults. Many parts are slide-molded for density and precision; in addition to armaments such as destroyer main guns and machine guns, carrier-based aircraft and other equipment have been updated. The following parts are updated with new molds:</p> <ul> <li>Type 96 25mm triple machine gun</li> <li>Type 96 25mm machine gun</li> <li>No. 13 electric probe</li> <li>No. 22 electric probe</li> <li>60cm signal searchlight</li> <li>Type 89 12.7cm twin high-angle gun</li> <li>110cm signal searchlight</li> <li>11m fire launch</li> <li>12cm fire launch</li> <li>12m fire boat</li> <li>9mm cutter</li> <li>Radial davit</li> <li>Kure Type 2 Type 5 injection machine</li> <li>Chrysanthemum emblem</li> <li>Anchor</li> </ul>

<p>The light cruiser USS Cleveland was laid down at the New York Shipyard in 1940, and served until 1947. This full-hull kit is a completely new mold, and comes with photo-etched parts and decals too; it'll be about 53cm long when completed.</p>

<p>Control the seas and the skies with this 1/700 scale HMS Illustrious plastic model kit from Aoshima!</p> <p>This is an injection-plastic ship model kit.</p> <h3>Inlcudes</h3> <ul> <li>2 Blackburn B-24 Skua</li> <li>2 Fairey Swordfish</li> <li>Bonus parts for 2 Fairey Fulmar</li> <li>Bonus parts for 6 SM.79 Sparviero</li> </ul>

<p>USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) was an American missile frigate from the Cold War period. The keel for this unit was laid in 1975, and the launch took place in September 1976. At the time of launching, the total length of the ship was 136 meters and a width of 134 meters. Full displacement reached approx. 4,100 tons, and the maximum speed was approx. 29-30 knots. The armament consisted of a single Mk.13 rocket launcher, one 76mm OTO Melara gun, a single 20mm Vulcan Phalanx set, and two 324mm triple torpedo tubes. The ship could use two Kama SH-2 Seasprite helicopters.</p> <p>The USS Oliver Hazard Perry was the leading unit of the class of frigates of the same name, which totaled 69 ships. Units of this type were built for offshore and oceanic operations, as frigates intended primarily for fighting enemy submarines (ZOP). On the other hand, the possibilities of destroying air and surface targets were limited. The USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) was built at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The US Navy was one of the first to undergo a series of very intensive at sea pre-entry tests, combined with the detonation of explosives near the ship. In 1994, the frigate took part in a BALTOPS exercise. Three years later she was withdrawn from active service. In 2005, the USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) frigate was scrapped.</p> <p>Academy's excellent kit of the U.S. Navy's guided missile frigate USS Oliver Hazard Perry features a full hull formed by left and right halves, the option to make it a waterline model (cutting will be required), finely molded masts and radars, two SH-60 anti-submarine helicopters, and decals.</p> <p>This is an injection-plastic ship model kit.</p>

<b>The Heavy Cruiser Tone </b> <p>During WWII, the Imperial Japanese Navy decided to refit the Tone-class as heavy cruisers and the construction of the Tone was completed in November 1938. As the Tone was designed to provide reconnaissance even during battle, she was therefore armed with four 20.3cm twin gun turrets which were concentrated forward of the bridge while the aft deck was dedicated to aircraft operations and could carry up to 6 floatplanes. With a rational hull design, she featured a top speed of 35 knots and had a long cruising range. As the Pacific War broke out in December 1941, the Tone served during the Pearl Harbor attack and was also apart of the Battle of Midway and the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Later in October 1944, the Battle of Leyte Gulf saw the Tone contribute in sinking the USS Gambier Bay. She was then later assigned to the Japanese Naval Academy as a training ship and returned to Kure, where she was damaged by an air attack from the U.S. Navy's Task Force 58 in March 1945. In July, she was attacked in Etajima Bay by aircraft from Task Force 38 and sank in shallow water. </p> <br> <h3>Features </h3> <ui> This is a 1/350 scale plastic assembly kit of the Japanese Heavy Cruiser Tone. <li>Length: 576mm, Beam: 71mm. The sharp form of the Tone has been accurately reproduced. </li> <li>The kit depicts the ship as she appeared during the Battle of Layte Gulf in October 1944. </li> <li>The ships hull separates into port and starboard parts and one-piece lower hull helps to produce the form of the beautiful bow. </li> <li>The precision moldings of the turrets reproduce panel lines and radiator slits. </li> <li>The compact bridge, ventilators, and funnels all have a realistic finish. </li> <li>The aft area features parts such as trolley rails and turntables for floatplanes as well as a sloped rail and a large aircraft crane. </li> <li>Parts such as mast and antenna's are made from strong ABS resin parts. </li> <li>Transparent parts accurately depict glass part such as the bridge's windows and searchlight lenses. </li> <li>Metal parts depict anchor chains and propeller shafts. </li> <li>Set includes detailed floatplanes. Display stands for depicting aircraft in flight are also included. </li> <li>Full hull model display stand included.</li> </ui>

<p>From Aoshima's Waterline series, here's a sharply cast kit of the IJN Destroyer Amatsukaze in 1/700 scale. Parts come molded in gray. Includes decals.</p>