Product Description

--The first New Mexico-class battleship, New Mexico, was commissioned in 1918 at the end of World War I.
――It was the final type of World War I battleship in the United States, but World War I ended during the post-commission pacing training.
--In a large-scale modern renovation carried out during the disarmament period of naval vessels commonly called Navy Holiday, the Nelson class of the Royal Navy was referred to and the front and rear basket-shaped masts, which were the biggest feature, were removed and the ship's contents changed significantly. did.
――After the repair, I was assigned to the Pacific Fleet and made Pearl Harbor the home port, but I escaped the difficulty because I joined the Atlantic Fleet before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
--In the Pacific War, he was active in escorting the fleet and shooting naval gunfire at the Japanese army. Was continued.
--Once you return to Pearl Harbor for repairs and the repairs are complete, you will participate in the Battle of Okinawa.
--Again, the special attack aircraft was allowed to enter again during the naval gunfire, and many crew members were killed or injured, but the operation continued here as well.
――We repaired it again and entered Tokyo Bay via Okinawa at the end of the war while berthed at Leyte Gulf, and watched the instrument of surrender signing ceremony on September 2.
――Two years later, he retired in July 1947, and in October of the same year he was scrapped and ended his turbulent life.
-A resin kit that reproduces New Mexico in 1944, which was fighting fiercely with the Japanese Navy in the Pacific Ocean, on a 1/700 scale.
-Delicate parts such as handrails and shooting radar are etched parts, and the barrel of the main gun is made of brass that is precisely made without distortion.
――You can choose either full hull specification or WL specification for the hull.
――It is a good kit that you can know while assembling New Mexico, which has become a unique ship by combining the battleship design ideas of both World War I and World War II.


Item Size/Weight : 42 x 8.2 x 6 cm / 346g

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Country

USA

Item code

OREN07170

JAN code

4589913344389

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