Plastic kit for the Japanese battleship NAGATO 1941
She long served as flagship of the United Fleet and was used extensively in public relations to demonstrate Japan's naval power. She was called “Nagato and Mutsu, the Pride of Japan” and was considered the most popular battleship in Japan before and during the war.
Since it is equipped with a 41 cm main gun, which has a long firing range of about 30,000 meters, the main gun command post, observation post, battle bridge, etc. must be installed at a high position, resulting in a complex and uniquely shaped bridge leads .
The structure, which has a large pillar in the center and is supported by six columns, is called a tower and became the center of attention for European and American naval forces after Nagato was completed. It was the first battleship to install a commander's elevator on the bridge due to its high bridge. In addition, a large rangefinder with a baseline length of 10 meters was installed at the top of the tower for the first time in Japan.
In April 1934, extensive modernization work began in the Kure naval arsenal. To increase the firing distance, the elevation angle of the main gun was increased from 30 degrees to 43 degrees and it was replaced with a twin 41 cm Type 89 gun with 45 calibers. Defense emphasizes underwater defense and the ship is equipped with a huge bulge on the side. It simultaneously provided protection from torpedoes while preventing an increase in draft due to increased weight.
All 21 boilers were can boilers fired with heavy oil, and 4 of them were large, so a total of 10 boilers increased the output by a further 2,000 hp to 82,000 hp, so that there was only one chimney instead of two. , and the induction chimneys, which had been familiar to people for many years, disappeared. Lengthening the stern and strengthening the bulge increased the weight by about 6,500 tons, but the ship could still travel at a speed of 25 knots.
Thus, on January 31, 1936, the Nagato was reborn as a modernized, all-new battleship with a trial displacement of 43,580 tons and entered the war in almost this form.
- Scale 1:350
- Dimensions LxW (built): 643 x 110 mm
- 847 parts
- not built, not painted
- Paint and glue not included
She long served as flagship of the United Fleet and was used extensively in public relations to demonstrate Japan's naval power. She was called “Nagato and Mutsu, the Pride of Japan” and was considered the most popular battleship in Japan before and during the war.
Since it is equipped with a 41 cm main gun, which has a long firing range of about 30,000 meters, the main gun command post, observation post, battle bridge, etc. must be installed at a high position, resulting in a complex and uniquely shaped bridge leads .
The structure, which has a large pillar in the center and is supported by six columns, is called a tower and became the center of attention for European and American naval forces after Nagato was completed. It was the first battleship to install a commander's elevator on the bridge due to its high bridge. In addition, a large rangefinder with a baseline length of 10 meters was installed at the top of the tower for the first time in Japan.
In April 1934, extensive modernization work began in the Kure naval arsenal. To increase the firing distance, the elevation angle of the main gun was increased from 30 degrees to 43 degrees and it was replaced with a twin 41 cm Type 89 gun with 45 calibers. Defense emphasizes underwater defense and the ship is equipped with a huge bulge on the side. It simultaneously provided protection from torpedoes while preventing an increase in draft due to increased weight.
All 21 boilers were can boilers fired with heavy oil, and 4 of them were large, so a total of 10 boilers increased the output by a further 2,000 hp to 82,000 hp, so that there was only one chimney instead of two. , and the induction chimneys, which had been familiar to people for many years, disappeared. Lengthening the stern and strengthening the bulge increased the weight by about 6,500 tons, but the ship could still travel at a speed of 25 knots.
Thus, on January 31, 1936, the Nagato was reborn as a modernized, all-new battleship with a trial displacement of 43,580 tons and entered the war in almost this form.
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