--The Chitose-class Chitose and Chiyoda were both born in 1938 as seaplane tenders.
――From the beginning, it was planned to be remodeled into an instep target (special submarine) mother ship, and if necessary, it could be further remodeled into an aircraft carrier.
--Chiyoda was completed in December of the same year and participated in the Sino-Japanese War as a seaplane tender.
――It was remodeled into an instep target mother ship from 1940 to 1941, but after losing four aircraft carriers at once in the Battle of Midway in 1942, the remodeling work to the aircraft carrier started at the end of the same year.
--Completed in December 1943 as a light aircraft carrier equipped with 30 aircraft.
――In June 1944, after participating in Operation A-go, he acted as a member of the Ozawa decoy fleet that attracted the Halsey fleet in order to help the Kurita fleet enter the Leyte Gulf in Operation A-go in October.
--Chiyoda, who was unable to navigate due to an air raid on an American military aircraft off Cape Engaño, sank after being bombarded by the American cruiser fleet that had been pursuing.
―― 1/700 scale plastic model / offshore model
-Includes flag, flagpole color etching parts, and ship name plate (8mm x 40mm).
――The flag can be bent by hand to reproduce how it flutters in the wind.
--Overall length: 278mm
--One ship
* The image is an assembled and painted product.
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )