This ship model book focuses on the last heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II: "Tone" or "Chikuma". The work documents the construction and operational history of the ship and shows a large number of models of this great surface warship.
Overview of the models presented here: "Tone" (Aoshima in 1:700); "Tsukuma" (at the beginning of the war; Aoshima in 1:700); Tone (at the time of the Battle of Leyte, ; Fujimi in 1:700); "Tsukuma" (at the time of the Battle of Leyte; Fujimi in 1:700); escort ship "Chikuma" (Hasegawa in 1:700); heavy cruiser "Ibuki (Fujimi in 1:700); "Tone after conversion (Fujimi in 1:700).
Group
Books (first-hand)
Title
Vessel Model Special. Heft 79: The last heavy cruiser of the Japanese Navy "Tone / Chikuma"
Details
Japanese text, paperback, very many mostly colour photos. 136 pages.
