TAM31460 1:700 Tamiya IJN Destroyer Shimakaze

The Shimakaze was a destroyer that once could boast being one of thefastest on the seas at 40.9 knots, thanks to 75,000hp from her steamturbines. Her quintuple torpedo launchers were designed especially forher. While 16 ships were originally planned for her class, she ended upthe only one of her kind. She was commissioned on May 10th, 1943 andserved across the theater of conflict until she was sunk in an attack byU.S. aircraft in the Battle of Ormoc Bay, November 1944.

The Shimakaze Waterline model kit was originally released in 1972.This 2017 version of the model kit is completely new as it was designedusing up-to-date documents to re-capture her with superb accuracy.