MODEL ART N°81: 1/700 Waterline Series 50th Anniversary

The focus of this edition of the "Vessel Model Special" series is the 50-year history of waterline models on a scale of 1: 700. Three Japanese model construction companies, well known to this day, pioneered this type of model: Aoshima, Tamiya and Hasegawa. The work tells the history of the 1: 700 waterline models and presents a number of interesting models from the 1970s to the present day.

The models: Heavy cruiser "Myoko" (Hasegawa, first edition 1971); Heavy cruiser "Suzuya" (Tamiya, first edition 1971); Battleship "Yamato" (Tamiya, first edition 1971); Destroyer "Ayanami" (Tamiya, first edition 1972); British aircraft carrier "Illustrious" (Aoshima, first edition 1974); Hospital ship / cargo ship "Hikawa Maru" (Hasegawa, first edition, 1973); Aircraft carrier "Shokaku" (Fujimi, first edition 1972); Aircraft carrier "Shokaku" (Tamiya, first edition 1993); Battleship "Hyuga" (Hasegawa, first edition 1972); Light cruiser "Agano" (Tamiya, first edition 1972); Battleship "Yamato" (Tamiya, first edition 1998); Escort ship "Murasame" (Aoshima, first edition 1999); Supply ship "Mamiya" (Aoshima, first edition 2015); British heavy cruiser "Kent" (Aoshima, first edition 2020)