Aoshima 1/700 Full Hull IJN Heavy Cruiser Maya 1944 Plastic Model

*This is a plastic model kit. Assembly requires additional tools and materials such as glue and paint (not included).

Aoshima renews its Full Hull series with newly designed fittings and extensive slide molds to precisely reproduce the fine detail of a 1/700 scale warship. This upgraded Maya model kit captures the 1944 anti-aircraft conversion with high accuracy, making it ideal for collectors and scale modelers seeking historical fidelity and superior detail.

This kit represents Maya after midship damage at Truk in 1943 and her 1944 repair conversion to an anti-aircraft cruiser, which included removal of the third main gun turret and the addition of six twin 12.7 cm high-angle guns and twelve 25 mm triple machine guns.

Features

- Renewed molds with numerous slide mold parts for highly detailed and precise surface molding

- Newly designed fittings to accurately reproduce updated anti-aircraft armament and machine gun installations

- Focused upgrades on high-angle guns and anti-aircraft machine guns for an authentic 1944 appearance

- Full hull format ideal for display and diorama work

Included fittings and accessories

- Type 89 12.7 cm twin high-angle guns

- Type 96 25 mm triple machine guns

- 9 m cutter

- 12 m motor launch

- 11 m motor boat

- Kure Type No.2 Model 5 catapult

- Type 0 reconnaissance seaplane

- Anchor

- Imperial chrysanthemum crest