Tamiya 78024 - 1/350 Scale Japanese Heavy Cruiser Tone  [78024]

Commissioned in 1938, the Tone ended up being the lead ship of the woman namesake class of hefty cruisers. She had been 189.1m in length, and had been powered by 4 turbines which permitted the lady to reach a high speed of 35kn. She had a range of 8,000 nautical miles at a 18kn cruising rate and ended up being armed with 8 x 20cm/50 third 12 months kind weapons (4 double turrets), 8 x 127mm firearms, 12 x 25mm AA weapons, and 12 x 610mm torpedo pipes and carried six floatplanes.

During WWII, the Tone ended up being present at lots of the major Pacific Theater engagements. At the start of the war, the Tone was current during the attack on Pearl Harbor and in addition proceeded to see action within Battle of Java water, Battle of Midway, Battle of Eastern Solomons, Battle of Santa Cruz, Battle of this Phillipine Sea, together with Battle regarding the Leyte Gulf. In July, 1945 the Tone, alongside a lot of the surviving big Japanese Navy warships, was based within Kure Naval Arsenal. On July 24th, Task Force 38 established a large scale atmosphere raid on Kure and Tone ended up being struck by three bombs which sank her.

Specs & Features

• 1/350 scale synthetic installation model kit for the Japanese Heavy Cruiser Tone.
• You'll choose to build either a waterline or a full-hull display model.
• Kit includes reinforcing framework components and screws allow accurate installation for both waterline and full-hull models.
• Show means the extremely detailed aircraft models are included to let you produce a flying diorama.
• The connection windows and searchlight lenses are depicted with transparent components.
• The masts and radio posts are manufactured with reinforced ABS resin.-Features metal-plated screw shafts and metal parts for anchor and chain.
• Device gun components feature a laser processing for a sharper, more practical finish.
• Components are included to depict primary gun barrels at various level levels. Polycaps permit switching of gun turrets including free turret rotation for many different displays.
• Compliment of floatplanes included
• Add greater realism towards model with Item 12622 1/350 Crew Set (144pcs.).