Discover the Wave Series with its realistic sea surface stage, allowing you to effortlessly portray and display navigation scenes with authenticity after assembly!
Structure and Features:
- Constructed with pre-colored parts to achieve the desired look without painting.
- Snap-fit assembly enables construction without adhesive.
- Includes a sea surface base to seamlessly exhibit the ship navigating on the ocean, enhancing the model's realism.
Product Features:
- Modeled after the April 1945 Ten Ichi-gō Operation (Okinawa Special Attack). The scale is 1/700.
- The display ocean base vividly depicts the wake waves from the bow, sides, and propellers in three dimensions.
Hull:
- The hull is split into left and right sections and separated at the waterline. Molded in a gray color simulating the warship hue used at Kure Naval Arsenal.
- Customized side parts for portholes to show as either closed with convex engraving or open with concave carving for a clear depiction.
Armament:
- Main guns can tilt and rotate, with a design that balances a minimal number of parts with realistic detail.
- 46 cm main gun barrels are open using slide molds.
- Dedicated parts for the main gun turret and gun mount reproduce additional machine gun seats.
- Secondary guns rotate with an integrated one-piece structure of gun barrel and turret.
Bridge:
- The bridge employs slide molds to minimize seams between parts, integrating them into a single unit.
- Includes specialized parts depicting relocated 22-gō radar on the sides of the bridge.
- Features a 15-meter rangefinder and directional instruments with rotatable design.
Funnel/Mast:
- Funnels are composed of left and right pieces, artistically portraying details like steam and whistle pipes, and monkey ladders.
- The cap portion (grid) at the top is hollowed for a realistic depth effect.
- The mast features a two-piece structure, integrating the 13-gō radar used during the period.
Carrier Aircraft:
- Two aircraft types in dark green color parts.
- Includes one Zero (three-seat) reconnaissance seaplane and one Zero observation plane.
- Panel lines are depicted with fine engraving, and propellers integrated with the body using slide molds for precision and accuracy.
Display Ocean Base:
- Crafted from Yamato-style waterline-shaped parts.
- Overall dimensions 396x134x17mm, molded in clear blue.
- Replicates sea waves extending from the bow to the hull, controlled sea surface along the sides, and patterns from propellers.
- Waterline cross-section accommodates both the NEXT series and other specific Yamato models.
Included Stickers:
- Comes with pre-cut, highly adhesive stickers for straightforward, detailed coloring for elements like gun turrets' waterproof canvas, walkway behind the third main gun, naval ensign, and Hinomaru marks for carrier-based aircraft.
Included Components:
- Runners x 24
- Ocean surface parts x 1
- Spacers x 3
- Assembly instructions x 2
- Coloring stickers x 1
Product Specifications:
- Country: Japan
- Product Code: 461151
- JAN Code: 4968728461151
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