Tamiya 78024 Boats & Submarines Tone sku-947395992 Kit

Tamiya 78024 Boats & Submarines model kit, sku-947395992, depicts the IJN Tone heavy cruiser at 1/350 scale. The Tone, lead ship of her class, was commissioned in 1938. She was 189.1m long and had 4 turbines, a top speed of 35kn and a range of 8,000 nautical miles at 18kn.

Her armament included 8 x 20cm/50 3rd year type guns in 4 twin turrets, 8 x 127mm guns, 12 x 25mm AA guns and 12 x 610mm torpedo tubes. She also carried six floatplanes. During WWII she was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor and fought at the battles of the Java Sea, Midway, the Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz, the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf.

Based at Kure Naval Arsenal in July 1945, she sank after being hit by three bombs during a July 24th air raid by Task Force 38. Manufacturer: Tamiya. Model number: 78024. Category 1: Model Kits. Category 2: 1:100 (and higher scales).