Following on from the previous Chidori class, the Kou class was a torpedo boat redesigned after the Tomozuru incident (the capsizing of the Chidori class torpedo boat Tomozuru), and the first boat, the Kou, was completed in October 1936 (Showa 11).
With a standard displacement of 840 tons and equipped with three 12cm single guns and one Type 94 triple 53cm torpedo tube as main armament, as well as a depth charge launcher for anti-submarine use, the vessel was different from previous torpedo boats and could be called a small destroyer.
- 1/700 scale plastic model
- Can choose between offshore model and full hull model
- New parts: full hull hull bottom, minesweeping buoy, 7.7mm single machine gun, etc.
- Can be built from the time of commissioning in 1936, the time of patrol on the coast of mainland China in 1937, or the time of 1944 when radar and anti-aircraft armament were added in the latter stages of the war
- Includes decals for the names of all eight Kou-class torpedo boats (stern: hiragana/side: katakana): Kou (goose), Hiyodori (starling), Hayabusa (falcon), Magpie (magpie), Kiji (pheasant), Kari (geese), Sagi (heron), Hato (pigeon)
- Total length: Approximately 126mm
- 2 ships included
The image shows a prototype assembled and painted
Package size (cm): 13 x 29 x 3.5
Weight: Approximately 110g
(Old product number W39)
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