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The BISMARCK was commissioned from the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg on 1 July 1936. Launching took place on 14 February 1939, commissioning on 24 August 1940. The major operation in which the Bismarck took part was „Operation Rheinübung“ in May 1941, together with the Prinz Eugen, to wage trade warfare in the North Atlantic against the Allied convoys. During the battle of 27 May 1941, the Bismarck was hit several times by torpedoes. „HMS Dorsetshire“ hit the starboard side with two torpedoes and another torpedo port side which brought about the end of the Bismarck. The ship sank about 550 nautical miles west of Brest. The keel of the TIRPITZ was laid in Wilhelmshaven on 2 November 1936. Her launching took place on 1 April 1939 and the ship was commissioned on 25 February 1941. Some improvements to the design made the Tirpitz heavier than her sister ship Bismarck and to this day she is the largest battleship ever completed in Europe. “Operation Rösselsprung“ was carried out from 2 to 5 July 1942 against the Anglo-American convoy PQ 17 and consisted of the ships Tirpitz, Admiral Hipper, Admiral Scheer and smaller units. On 12 November 1944, the ship received three direct hits during air raids and sank near Tromsø.

Specifications

• Parts: 664
• Packaging: 335 x 665 x 100 mm

SMS Szent Istvan in 1912 started service in July 1914, is the world's first triple piggyback a gun of dreadnoughts. Turrets and guns are from the well-known Skoda arsenal, which is equipped with a 305 mm main gun loaded triple, a range of 20km. Auxiliary guns Skoda also produced 150 mm cannon mounted on the side of the cabin deck gun inside layer profile.

No use of SMS Szent Istvan was rare flat deck design, the ship is crude fat, host power 27,000 horsepower, speed is about 20.4.

During World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, due to the geographical limitations of the Adriatic sea where Szent István can only be docked in the harbor. June 30, 1918, at Szent István and her sister ship set sail in order to break the blockade and the Italian Navy torpedo boat was sunk.

Features

• kit contains over 570 parts
• hull split into two parts
• Deck wood pattern finely rendered
• Contains display stand
• photo etched parts included

High quality, precision plastic model kit. Paint and glue not included. Requires assembly and painting. For intermediate to advanced skill modellers.

The Takanami class destroyer is the newest class of Japanese ASW destroyer, serving with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). It is an evolution of the Murasame-class destroye, the hull and offensive ability are reinforced. The main battery with 127mm gun is the same type as that of the kongo class. In front of the bridge VLS for short-SAM(Sea-sparrow) and Asroc-SUM was mounted on the higher place from the deck. Instead of Murasame's VLS for Mk-48, SSM-1B missiles were equipped on the center of the hull, and the room for helicopter crew under the missilesuly 2001. She is launched on 26 July 2001,and commissioned on 12 March 2003.

Features

• The kit consists of over 540 parts
  
• Detailed  hull  w/accurate design
  
• 1 sprue in clear with 13 parts for SH-60 helicopters with fine details.
  
• Contains display stand 
  
• Large size photo-etched fret for handrails,deck details etc."

Specification

• Model Brief: Length:431.4 mm   Beam:49.7 mm
  
• Total Parts: 540+
  
• Metal Parts; anchor chain
  
• Photo Etched Parts: 2 PCS
  
• Total Sprues: 9 sprues , hull and deck
  
• Paint Schemes: JMSDF TAKANAMI DESTROYER

The sole sister ship of the Bismarck, the Tirpitz was a perpetual worry for the Royal Navy since its presence in Norway was a threat to Allied convoys. Considerable resources were spent countering her potential moves until she was finally sunk by Royal Airforce bombers. Tamiya now brings you this marvel of German engineering as a highly-detailed 1/350 scale assembly kit display model. The elegant lines of the Tirpitz are accurately reproduced and distinguishing features that set her apart from the Bismarck such as quadruple torpedo tubes are also recreated in great detail. The model comes with a specially made display base and a beautiful nameplate for an impressive display.