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Description

This is an injection-plastic ship model kit.

Fujimi brings us a 1/700-scale model kit of the Japanese battleship Kongo, in her final appearance with her reinforced anti-aircraft armament during the Battle of Leyte Gulf!

• This kit is in adhesive assembly specifications, characterized by detailed construction that pursues modeling.
  
• The molding color is mainly gray.
• The kit is based on the appearance of the Kongo from Operation Sho-Ichi-Go in October 1944 to her final appearance.
• Equipped with No. 21 and No. 22 radars on the bridge, and No. 13 radar on the rear mast.
• Equipped with additional machine gun mounts on the canopies of the second and third main guns.
• Enlarged air defense command post.
• Two searchlights removed.
• Part of the secondary guns have been removed, the casings have been closed, and two 12.7cm twin anti-aircraft guns have been added.
• An anti-aircraft command post has been installed with the lookout compass removed.
• The seventh and eighth guns have been moved to the gun mount near the chimney.
• The 4.5 meter rangefinder on the rear bridge has been replaced with an additional gun.
• An additional single gun has been added.
• The standard specification (STD version) is made up of a minimum number of parts for easy assembly. This kit is unpainted, requiring gluing and painting.
• This is an offshore model that does not include the bottom of the hull.
• This item is made up of the conventional (special series) mold.
• The ship's hull is a one-piece structure with both the left and right sides.
• The portholes, a feature of the later stages of the war, are rendered blocked with convex molding.
• The upper deck is a single piece with delicate carvings on the wooden deck.
• The bridge base is a one-piece part made with a slide mold.
• The linoleum covering on the aircraft work deck is provided as a separate part from the upper deck.
• Only the Kongo has a slanted boundary with the wooden deck, which is reproduced with a special part.
• The chimney is a two-part structure with the left and right sides glued together.
• The strip patterns on the floor of the anti-aircraft gun mounts and other parts are rendered with intricate carvings.
• The funnel cap is removed, and the structure is full of precision.
• The main gun canopy is a Kongo/Hiei exclusive part with a flat side shape.
• The main gun is a one-piece gun barrel and canvas, with a fixed elevation angle.
• The main gun nozzle is open due to the use of a slide mold.
• The shipboard floatplanes include two Zero-type seaplane observation aircraft, and one Zero-type observation plane, molded in gray.
• The decals include markings for the naval flag and aircraft.

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• [Includes]: Decals