Hasegawa 43173 1/700 Japanese Navy Light Cruiser Tatsuta

This is a plastic model kit, which comes unassembled and unpainted. So glue, model paints and other basic modelling tools are additionally required.

Taking on the world
Designed, essentially, as an enlarged destroyer. Tatsuta carried four 14cm guns, and a continuously fluctuating anti-aircraft armament. Tatsuta was used primarily as a transport and escort vessel during WWII. She ran supplies and men to the contested Islands of the Pacific and sometimes brought back the shattered remnants of those forces when they were expelled. She was eventually sunk by Sand Lance-an American submarine on March 13, 1944. Kit features photoetched parts, full hull, rudder, screw, and display stand plus two sets of decals.
Decal Options:
IJN Dec.,1941 (the outbreak of war)
IJN July, 1942 (After anti-aircraft weapons are increased.)