RARE MIB Nichimo 1/500 Japanese WW2 MUTSU Battleship
Mutsu (Japanese: 陸奥, named after the ancient Mutsu Province) was the second and last Nagato-class dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) at the end of World War I. In 1923 she carried supplies for the survivors of the Great Kantō earthquake. The ship was modernized in 1934–1936 with improvements to her armor and machinery, and a rebuilt superstructure in the pagoda mast style. Other than participating in the Battle of Midway and the Battle of the Eastern Solomons in 1942, where she did not see any significant combat, Mutsu spent most of the first year of the Pacific War in training. She returned to Japan in early 1943. That June, one of her aft magazines detonated while she was at anchor, sinking the ship with the loss of 1,121 crew and visitors. The IJN investigation into the cause of her loss concluded that it was the work of a disgruntled crew member. Much of the wreck was scrapped after the war, but some artefacts and relics are on display in Japan, and a small portion of the ship remains where she was sunk.
Features of this kit include:
· Assembled kit dimensions: 17 inches length, 3.26 inches beam (width)
· Impressive “pagoda” architecture is evident in the ship’s superstructure
· Full Hull or waterline display option; the hull, if used, is molded in red, the remainder of the kit molded in grey
· If desired, a Mabuchi motor is included to motorize your model kit
· Fully detailed ship’s armament:
o 4 × twin 41 cm guns
o 18 × single 14 cm guns
o 4 × twin 12.7 cm DP guns
o 10 × twin 25 mm AA guns
· Ship details: Radar, rangefinders, ship’s boats
· Detailed aft tripod mast
· Movable main turret guns
· Biplane scout plane with launching catapult and aircraft handling crane
· Illustrated assembly guide
· Display stand
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