1:700 Mogami IJN Aircraft Cruiser

About the Japanese Aircraft Cruiser Mogami
The Mogami together with three cruisers of the same type- the
Mikuma, the Suzuya and the Kumano- was designed and completed in
1935 as a large-scale light cruiser of an 8500-class. Protecting
the Mogami was thickened, highly shell-proof armor effective in
warding off extremely large falling-angle shells of U.S. heavy
cruisers. But most impressive was the Mogami's 152,000hp engine,
the same employed on the battleship Yamato, the biggest
battleship ever produced in the world. With the termination of
the London Naval Reduction Treaty in 1937 the Mogami had its guns

upgraded from 15.5cm triple to 20cm double guns. On March 30,
1942, the Mogami in cooperation the Mikuma and a squadron of
destroyers sank the U.S. heavy cruiser Houston and the Australian

cruiser Perth in the West Java area. In October of 1944, after
going up in flames and being rendered useless from critical
damage incurred by carrier-based planes during a battle off the
Philippines, the friendly destroyer Akebono sank the Mogami with
torpedoes, sending the cruiser to the depths of the Mindanao Sea.


Thirty years after its initial release, Tamiya presents the long
awaited Mogami re-release with all new parts! Despite limited
access to data (recovered photographs, and strategic drawings),
Tamiya's designers have used recently available technology and
talent to bridge the gaps and polish off the Mogami. Outside of
W-Parts (common Waterline Series parts Japanese naval
accessories), all of the kits parts will feature completely newly

molded pieces. Hull has reproduced with left and right pieces.
All accessories have been crisply recreated. Poly-caps allow for
rotation of gun turrets. Previously, common parts had been used
for the Mikuma and Suzuya, however, this time Tamiya refines the
Mogami with all new specialized parts in the true tradition of
the Waterline Series- testing the limits of bringing massive
naval cruisers down to 1/700 scale with the utmost precision!

About the model

1/700 scale, Overall length: 286.5mm, Overall width: 36.5mm.
The compact bridge structure and particular shape of funnel are
reproduced down to finest detail.
Japanese Aircraft Carrying Cruiser Mogami plastic assembly kit.
The layout of the rear part flight deck with rails and turntables

replica is based on most recent references.
The main turrets can rotate after completion via polycap.
Equipment such as armament including 12.7cm gun turrets or triple

tube torpedo launchers, main mast, aircraft crane and catapults
are sharply reproduced.