Pit-Road 1/700 Sky Wave Series Imperial Japanese Navy Battleship Musashi During Commission 1942 Plastic Model

Musashi was the last battleship constructed by Japan. Laid down in March 1938 at Nagasaki Shipyard as the second ship of the Yamato class, her design incorporated improvements addressing issues found in Yamato and further enhanced flagship accommodations.

- Last Japanese battleship and Yamato class No. 2, laid down March 1938 at Nagasaki Shipyard
- Design improvements implemented based on Yamato lessons, with enhanced flagship facilities
- Built under strict secrecy due to its status as a top national secret; extra security measures were taken because construction occurred at a private shipyard
- Armed with 46 cm main guns that could only be manufactured at Kure Naval Arsenal in Hiroshima; to protect operational security, the Navy avoided civilian transport and built a dedicated transport ship, Kashino, specifically for moving the 46 cm guns
- Commissioned August 1942; one month later a Type 2 Model 1 radar for anti-aircraft observation was installed atop the 15 m rangefinder
- Departed for the Truk Islands, a major strategic base of the Imperial Japanese Navy, in January 1943
- Became the Combined Fleet flagship in February 1943, replacing Yamato

Ideal for history enthusiasts and model collectors seeking accurate background on the Imperial Japanese Navy, Musashi’s story highlights wartime engineering, secrecy, and naval strategy.