TAM89679 - Tamiya - 1/700 Op. Kikusui Box Set of 10 Ships Ltd. Production - Japanese Release - WWHP113443

TAM89679 - Tamiya - 1/700 Op. Kikusui Box Set of 10 Ships Ltd. Production - Japanese Release - WWHP113443

On 6 April 1945 the battleship Yamato sailed from Tokuyama with a light cruiser and eight destroyers, carrying enough fuel to reach Okinawa but not to come home. The plan was to beach her and fight as a gun battery. American carrier aircraft found the force the following afternoon in the East China Sea, and Yamato, Yahagi and four of the destroyers went down. Fuyuzuki, Suzutsuki, Hatsushimo and Yukikaze picked up survivors and turned back, the last sortie of the Imperial Japanese Navy's surface fleet.

In the box

• Limited production Japanese market box set, 1/700 Water Line Series
• Ten complete individually boxed kits: battleship Yamato, light cruiser Yahagi, destroyers Asashimo, Isokaze, Kasumi, Suzutsuki, Hatsushimo, Hamakaze, Fuyuzuki and Yukikaze
• Kits sourced from Tamiya, Hasegawa and Aoshima, each in its original retail box with its own sprues, waterslide decals and instruction sheet
• Waterline hulls throughout, so the ten ships build into a single fleet display
• Colour print of the 7 April action
• Illustrated Japanese language booklet with the sortie account and a fleet formation diagram
• Rigid presentation outer box with printed ship roster
• Japanese language instructions, glue and paint required, not included