Foresight SEALs Models 1/700 Imperial Japanese Navy First-Class Cruiser Nisshin Plastic Model Assembly Kit SMP015

Product Introduction

This ship, built in Italy for the Argentine Navy, had a remarkable fate, being transferred and sold to the Imperial Japanese Navy just before the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War.

It differs from its sister ship, the Kasuga, in its forward main guns.

Replacing two battleships that sank after striking mines off Port Arthur, it formed the First Squadron alongside the Kasuga during the Battle of Tsushima.

Due to its rear position in the First Squadron, it suffered the second-highest damage after the Mikasa during a large turn in front of the enemy.

One of the crew members wounded in this battle was Lieutenant Commander Isoroku Takano (at the time), who would later become Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet.

The hull, photographed on December 25, 1903, was painted white, but by January 9, it had been repainted in warship gray and departed for Yokosuka just before the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War.

The commander of the transfer was Lieutenant Commander Kantaro Suzuki, the Prime Minister at the end of the war.

Finished size: Approximately 155mm in length

*This product is a plastic model kit that requires assembly and painting.

*Assembly and painting require separate adhesives, tools, paints, etc.

*"Plastic Model" is a registered trademark owned by the Japan Plastic Model Manufacturers Association.

Safety Warning

None This is a plastic model kit that requires assembly and painting. Glue, tools, paints, etc. are required separately.

1/700 scale unpainted plastic assembly kit Finished size: Approximately 155mm in length Finished size: Approximately 155mm in length