Released in April 2024
PIT ROAD 1/700 Skywave Series Japanese Navy Submarine Tender Jinjii 1944. PTW262 Jingai 1944 Released in April 2024
[Product introduction]
PIT ROAD 1/700 Skywave series Japanese Navy submarine tender Jinjii 1944. In addition to replenishing and repairing submarines, the first full-fledged large submarine tender of the Japanese Navy, the first ship of the Jinkei class, was commissioned in 1923, and was equipped with rest and accommodation facilities for the crew. In the early stages of the war, she was deployed to the southern Truk anchorage as the flagship of a submarine squadron, and in 1943 she served as a training ship for the diving school in Kure, and from 1944 she was engaged in transport missions, but was struck by a mine while on a transport mission to Okinawa. Medium damage. It was later sunk by a US aircraft carrier attack. In addition to new parts that recreate the conditions at the end of the war, such as the electric probe, lookout station, and machine gun turret, we will add a full-hull hull and make a major renewal. Offshore/Full Hull model selectable Type 94 No. 1 water reconnaissance aircraft x 1 included Total length: approx. 179 mm
[Newly added parts]
Bottom machine turret for Full Hull No. 21 Electrical search room lookout station Cross tree depth charge dropping platform mooring girder ventilator hawser reel, etc.
[Other changed parts]
Added outboard electrical circuit to the hull Added wood grain mold to the bridge deck Added linoleum mold to part of the aircraft deck Bridge canopy mold Changes
[Product specifications]
1/700 scale unpainted assembly kit□

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Imperial Japanese Navy  Destroyer  Warship  Heavy cruiser  Ship  Submarine tender  Depot ship  Light aircraft carrier  Japanese submarine tender Jingei  Jingei-class submarine tender