This is a plastic model and assembly is required.
- Introducing the "Mogami," an aircraft cruiser featuring a vast aviation operation area towards the stern. This model is now available with newly added molds in a full-hull type.
Basic Specifications:
- This product is an unpainted kit, requiring assembly and painting.
- The scale is 1/700, designed with full hull specifications including the ship's bottom.
- The model features a combination of existing molds and newly added molds.
- The below waterline design is from 2025, while the above waterline aspect is based on designs from 2012.
Product Details:
- The product is inspired by the "Mogami" aircraft cruiser after its refit in 1943.
- The removal of the 4th and 5th main guns and the addition of a new aviation operations deck are key features.
- Notable additions include the 21 radar, enhanced anti-aircraft command posts, and a larger gun platform at the front of the bridge.
Hull Details:
- The hull is a one-piece structure formed as an integrated unit including both port and starboard.
- The side bulges are separate components.
- The hull reflects the reduced number of portholes due to wartime modifications, with unique parts for the aircraft cruiser version.
Hull Bottom:
- Bottom parts are designed as a single-unit piece.
- The side bulge integrates both above and below the waterline into one component.
- Includes realistic representation of shaft bracket shapes and the curved surfaces of the eddy plate.
- Features accurately rendered thickness for the rudder installation area, with a sculpted counterbalanced dual rudder for a realistic design.
- Inlet and outlet ports are sculpted on the hull bottom.
- The bilge keel is integrated with the bulge, representing the improved, enlarged shape.
Upper Deck:
- Fore to stern deck as a single part.
- Enhancements are made with fine engravings for linoleum deck restraints and anti-slip metal deck textures.
- Vents and reels are expressed integrally with the deck.
- The aviation operations deck underside is detailed with finely sculpted anti-slip split patterns.
Various Decks:
- Replicates multiple details including machine gun ammunition boxes, single-mount machine gun installation sites, and hose reels.
- The shelter deck is a separate piece, accurately reproducing the lower level's torpedo equipment compartment.
- The aviation operations deck is a one-piece component, with truss girder formation on the underside.
Bridge:
- Bridge structure base is a unified piece with engravings on all four sides, achieved using slide molds.
- The enlarged shape of the front bridge's gun platform is expressed with dedicated parts.
Main Gun Turrets:
- The turrets' sides and tops are detailed with finely engraved seams of the thermal insulation plates.
Funnel:
- Both front and rear funnels are designed to be split into port and starboard halves.
- Features finely sculpted railings and double platforms.
- The funnel's rain protection grid is designed to expose the inner tube structure.
- Steam pipes are separate components from the funnel.
Mast and Aviation Equipment:
- Rear mast lower truss structure is molded as a single piece.
- A simple approach is employed for replicating the delicate shapes.
- The crane for handling seaplanes is a one-piece component using slide molds.
- A catapult (Kure Type 2 No.5 Model) is also a single piece, detailed with realistic side and top design through slide molds.
Carrier-Based Aircraft:
- Formed in gray to improve workability and prevent damage during gate cutting.
- Includes eight Aichi E13A reconnaissance seaplanes and four Nakajima E8N observation seaplanes.
Included Decals:
- Two types of decals are included, totaling five sheets.
- Features naval ensigns, national flags, Hinomaru markings on aircraft, stern ship name, rear mast white line, waterline markers, among others.
Package Contents:
- 29 Runners
- 2 Assembly Instructions
- 5 Decals