1/350 40090 Hasegawa Mikasa IJN Battleship - The Battle of the Japan Sea - With Two Figures Toga And Akiyama
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
Superbly molded and detailed full-hull model has 420 pieces and includes two cast metal 54mm figures. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. Mikasa was the only ship of her class and took part in the Russo-Japanese war. In the late 1890s the Japanese shipyards were not quite yet ready for such a project, so the Navy contracted with Vickers in Great Britain to build this ship, which is actually a highly modified Formidable class. Mikasa saw a great amount of action at Port Arthur and the Battle of the Yellow Sea. She was preserved as a museum ship in 1923. Mikasa suffered from neglect during and after WWII, but was restored to her former glory in the 1950s after a campaign led by the Japan Times and Admiral Chester Nimitz. The Mikasa is the only surviving pre-dreadnought in the world.
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