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In the wake of the First World War, the Japanese looked to improve upon their 5500ton class cruisers, then building for service as destroyer squadron leaders. New, contemporary cruiser construction in the United States (Omaha class) and Great Britain (Hawkins class) dictated the need for a larger, faster, and more heavily armed reconnaissance type cruiser. The new IJN ships were designed by Admiral Yuzuru Hiraga to carry six new 20cm mounts and a sizable torpedo battery on a flush deck hull of approximately 7000+ tons (Class A cruiser in IJN parlance).

Contents

• Plastic sprue, Decalsheet (waterslide)

Sovremiennyj (also known as Project 956) is the name of a class of Soviet, and later Russian, missile destroyers that entered service from 1980. In total, 19 units of this type were created. The total length of this type of ship is 156 meters, the overall width is 17.3 meters, and the full displacement is about 7,900 tons. The maximum speed is 32 knots. The on-board armament of the earliest ships of this class included, among others: 2 quadruple SS-N-22 rocket launchers, two SA-N-7 rocket launchers, two twin 130 mm cannons and 4 sets of 30 mm AK-630. Units of this type can be based on one on-board helicopter, eg Ka-27 Helix.

Features

• Photo-etched parts included
  
• Ready-to-assemble plastic model kit
  
• Includes hundreds of pieces
  
• Glue and paint not included

Specification

• Model Dimension: 79.2 x 82.8 x 15.2 centimetres (LxWxH)
• Material Plastic

USS Lassen (DDG-82) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She was homeported in San Diego, CA until she shifted homeport to Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka, Japan in August 2005, where she remains as of June 2008. Lassen is named for Clyde Everett Lassen, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his courageous rescue of two downed aviators while commander of a search and rescue helicopter in Vietnam. Displacement: 9,200 tons Length: 155.3 m Beam: 20 m Propulsion: 4 × LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 hp Speed: 30+ knots Armament: 1 × 32, 1 × 64 cell Mk 41 VLS, 96 × RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, 1 × 127/62 mm, 2 × 25 mm, 4 × 12.7 mm guns, 2 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes Aircraft carried: 2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters

Kaiser's steel fist.

Includes 4 kits.

The battleships (dreadnoughts) of the Konig class were built according to the German shipbuilding program of 1911-1913. From August to November 1914, they joined the High Seas Fleet (Hochseeflotte) in the 3rd Battleship Squadron. The dreadnoughts were distinguished by their reliable armor, which proved effective in naval engagements during World War I, including the famous Battle of Jutland (late May 1916). As their main armament, they carried ten 305-mm guns, each capable of firing 405-kg shells at a range of up to 18 kilometers. Their propulsion system allowed them to reach speeds of 21 knots. The armored belt was 350 millimeters thick, one of the best protection levels among ships of the same class. These dreadnoughts were actively used by the German High Seas Fleet and participated in most major operations throughout World War I

Specification

• Number of details: 214+241+240+214
  
• Box size: 294 x 230 x 58 mm
• Scale: 1:700

HMS Exeter was the second York-class heavy cruiser built by the British Navy under the Washington Treaty. Equipped with a low bridge different from the first ship in her class, HMS Exeter had a more practical style, and participated in numerous battles, including the Battle of La Plata. This model kit from Trumpeter thoroughly reproduces her upper hull and upper structure with delicate slide molds, and basic photo-etched parts are included too.

Specification

• [Size]: 25cm long, 2.5cm wide when completed

Includes

• Photo-etched parts

Gneisenau was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship and battlecruiser, of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. She was the second vessel of her class, which included her sister ship, Scharnhorst. The ship was built at the Deutsche Werke dockyard in Kiel; she was laid down on 6 May 1935 and launched on 8 December 1936..

This waterline kit comes with basic photo-etched parts and a metal chain.

Specifications

• 33.5cm long, 4.3cm wide when completed

• Includes: Photo-etched parts, metal chain