Hasegawa 1/350 Japanese Navy battleship Nagato 1941 years during the war japan NEW

Plastic ship model assembly kit 847 parts. The battleship "Nagato" was launched on November 9, 1919 and was launched on November 25, 1920,
It was completed as the first ship of the eighth fleet plan, when it was completed, equipped with the world's largest 41 centimeter main gun,
The maximum speed was 26.7 knots (final public trial time) and it was the world's fastest battleship, the strongest in the world.
He served as a flagship for the Allied Fleet for a long time and was heavily used for public relations activities to show off Japanese naval power,
"Nagato and Mutsu is called Japan's pride" and it is said to be the battleship most familiar to the people in Japan in the war since the war.

Boasting a long range of about 30,000 meters, equipped with 41 centimeter main gun,
It is necessary to position the main gun commander, observatory, battle bridge etc. to a high position, so it is a complex and unique bridge bridge.
There is a large pillar in the center, the structure supported by the six pillars is called okoro (roof)
After "Nagato" was completed, it became the attention of European and American strong navy.
It is the first battleship to attach a commander elevator to the bridge for a high bridge.
In addition, the top of the tower was equipped with a large range finder with baseline length of 10 m for the first time in Japan.

In 1949 (April 1934), the Kure Navy Arsenal started modernizing large renovation work.
In order to increase the artillery distance, the elevation angle of the main gun was raised from 30 degrees to 43 degrees, and it was replaced with a 45 caliber 89 cm type 41 cm gun.

The defense is focused on underwater defense and equipped with a huge bulge on the side of the ship.
At the same time as defense against torpedoes it prevented the increase in draft due to weight gain.

All of the 21 boilers were heavy oil-fueled cans, and four of them were large,
With a total of 10 boilers, we achieved an additional 2,000 horsepower, reaching 82,000 hp,
Therefore, the two chimneys were gathered up into one, and the induction chimney familiar to the citizens for many years disappeared.

Weight increased by about 6,500 tons with stern extension and bulge enhancement, but speed was still able to sail at 25 knots.

In this way, "Nagato" is a completely new battleship with a modernization of public expenditure drainage of 43,500 h and 80 tons,
Reborn on 19 January (1936) on January 31, it almost came to open war in this form.

Number of parts 847 points
Completed dimensions 643 × 110 mm
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