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<p>The Illustrious class was a class of aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that included some of the most important British warships in World War II. The first ship in this class was HMS Illustrious. She was laid down on April 27th, 1937, launched on April 5th, 1939 and commissioned on May 25th, 1940.</p> <p>The Illustrious class relied on their anti-aircraft armament and the passive defense provided by an armored flight deck for survival.</p> <p>In the Illustrious class, armor was carried at the flight deck level and formed an armored box-like hangar that was an integral part of the ship's structure. This armor scheme was designed to withstand 1,000-pound bombs The flight deck had an armored thickness of 3 inches.</p> <p>Molded in gray plastic, includes decals. </p> <p>This is an injection-plastic ship model kit.</p>

<p>USS Midway which began construction in 1943 and entered service a month after its launch in 1945 and the surrender of Japan, was the first U.S. warship to bear the name of Midway, the CV-41, to commemorate the famous naval battle that turned the tide of the Pacific War. The Midway participated in a number of military operations, including the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Iranian hostage crisis, and the Gulf War, and was decommissioned in 1992 and decommissioned in 1997. In 2003, it was converted into a museum ship in San Diego.</p> <h3>Features</h3> <ul> <li>Detailed Hull is a one piece part</li> <li>Detailed decks</li> <li>Extensive photo-etched details included</li> <li>Aircraft Wing includes: F4U, SB2C</li> <li>Complete ship and aircraft decal sets</li> </ul>

<p>Detailed waterline kit of the Amagi, A Japanese aircraft carrier that never saw battle in WWII before being sunk at its moorings.</p> <p>Amagi (Japanese: Heavenly Castle) was a Japanese aircraft carrier, the keel of which was laid in 1942, launched in October 1943, and commissioned in the Imperial Japanese Navy in August 1944. The ship was 226 meters long, 22 meters wide, and had a full displacement of 20,450 tons. The maximum speed of the aircraft carrier Amagi was around 34 knots, and its main armament consisted of 65 on-board planes.</p> <p>Amagi was the second of 16 planned Unryu-class aircraft carriers. In fact, only three ships of this class entered service. Amagi, like its twin units, was based on the modified Hiryu aircraft carrier. The differences between the two types of ships were small and mainly related to the layout of the starting deck. The participation of the aircraft carrier Amagi in World War II was symbolic - suffice to say that such a powerful unit never took part in a fight on the open sea! From August 1944 to January 1945, Amagi was transferred from base to base on the territory of the mother islands, and finally reached the base at Kure. Due to the lack of fuel and the impossibility of embarking the air group, the ship was camouflaged in this naval base, which, however, did not prevent it from being detected and bombed by American on-board planes in March and July 1945: the first raid seriously damaged it, and the second one - sent it to the bottom .</p>