Aoshima 1/700 Waterline No.441 Japanese Navy Destroyer Suzutsuki japan NEW

Aoshima's Water Line has been renewed with more precision! A 1/700 scale plastic model kit of the third ship of the Akizuki class destroyers, the Ryougetsu, which participated in the "Operation Ten-ichi" together with the battleship Yamato. The kit is simple, easy to assemble, and accurately reproduces the late stages of the Great War, when anti-aircraft firepower was greatly enhanced, with a parts configuration that keeps the essentials in check. Various outfits, such as the "10cm high-angle gun" and the enhanced anti-aircraft machine gun, which are the characteristics of the Akizuki class destroyer, have been newly designed and added. The use of slide molds allows for a more detailed and precise molding! ? Mainly armed with the destroyer's main gun, machine gun, etc., the ship's aircraft and various outfits have also been updated! New outfitting parts renewed with new molds! Type 96 25mm triple-barreled machine gun 70cm signal searchlight Direction finder antenna Type 98 10cm twin anti-aircraft guns No. 13 electric search No. 22 electric search Type 92 quadruple torpedo launcher Type 94 torpedo launcher Quadrant davits Radial davits 7-meter internal fire boat 7-meter cutter Anchor [Type of ship: Destroyer] [Country: Japan] [Ship's history] On December 29, 1942, she was completed at the Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard as the third ship of the Akizuki class, an air defense destroyer equipped with a 10cm long gun. After completion, the 61st Destroyer Squadron was formed with four ships, Akizuki, Suzutsuki, Hatsuzuki, and Wakatsuki. Suzutsuki's first mission was to transport property for an air base on March 22, 1943. On May 22, upon returning to the mainland with the completion of this mission, she returned to Yokosuka escorting the battleship Musashi. Thereafter, she was engaged in fleet escort and transport operations. In 1944, she was severely damaged twice by lightning strikes from U.S. submarines, which severed her bow, but each time she recovered and returned to the front, demonstrating the strength of her military fortunes. On April 6, 1945, Suzutsuki participated in Operation Ten-ichi, a suicide attack on the Yamato, and together with Fuyutsuki, defended the battleship Yamato. The USS Suzutsuki was under heavy fire from American planes while conducting anti-aircraft fire for the defense of the Yamato. In this attack, the bridge was completely damaged, and the engine and front hull were cut off, rendering her inoperable. After the battle, it was thought that Suzutsuki had been sunk, but she managed to return to Sasebo by aft proceed, and was hastily accommodated in the dock. However, she managed to return to Sasebo by aft proceed, and was quickly accommodated in the dock. When she was repaired at the Sasebo Arsenal, the bridge was changed to a simple rectangular structure, and she was converted into an air defense battery without power. During an air raid on Sasebo after this air defense turret modification, she shot down one P51 Mustang fighter that had attacked the city. The Ryougetsu was to face the end of the war with her air defense battery in place, but after the war the structures above the hull were removed and she and her sister ship Fuyutsuki were used as a breakwater at Wakamatsu Harbor in Fukuoka Prefecture. *The image shown is a prototype. *Series No. will continue after renewal. We recommend that you confirm the contents when you reserve or purchase the product. [Plastic model]. Brand AOSHIMA Series 1/700 Water Line No.441 Scale 1/700 (From Aoshima Bunka Kyozai website)