1/700 Plastic Injection Contains 1 model ship. IN STOCK Model kits contain many small parts. They require assembly, glue & paint unless otherwise stated. Quantity: Add to Wish List Price £16.45 High Street Price: £17.99 % Saved: 8.56%

Tamiya Scale Models - 1/700 Waterline Series: TA31349 Light Cruiser Abukuma. Due to a collision with the cruiser Kitakami during an exercise in 1930, the Abukuma featured a different bow shape than her sister ships and was thus easily distinguishable. Fast and well-armed with seven 140mm guns & 8 torpedo tubes, the cruiser first saw action in Chinese waters, protecting transports near Shanghai. It then acted as flagship for the destroyers that escorted the Pearl Harbor carrier strike force in December, 1941. The Abukuma was also present at several battles in the South Pacific as well as the Aleutian Islands, before finally being sunk off the coast of the Philippines by U.S. aircraft in 1944.

Catapult and all seven 140mm gun mounts feature polycaps for free rotation even after assembly.

Suggested Paint Colors

TS-66 - IJN Gray (Kure Arsenal) TS-69 - Linoleum Deck Brown X-10 - Gun Metal X-11 - Chrome Silver XF-1 - Flat Black XF-11 - J.N. Green XF-12 - J.N. Grey XF-2 - Flat White XF-24 - Dark Grey XF-56 - Metallic Grey XF-57 - Buff XF-64 - Red Brown XF-9 - Hull Red