Description

The series of ‘Ten-Go’ operations comprised a joint Army-Navy kamikaze campaign conducted as part of the overall defense of Okinawa against Allied forces in the spring of 1945. Each Ten-Go operation was given a code number according to the area in which it took place. Ten-Go #1 was carried out in waters around Okinawa, #2 near Taiwan, #3 along the East China Sea coast, etc. Ten-Go #1 was centered around the final sortie of the superbattleship Yamato, which was escorted by the light cruisers Yahagi and Yukikaze and eight destroyers. The original plan was for this force to blow through the Allied naval picket lines around Okinawa, then the Yamato would beach itself and fight as a fixed gun emplacement while the crew disembarked and joined the Imperial Army and Marines to fight as infantrymen. However, the Yamato – along with a large portion of its escort force – was sunk on the way by American naval aircraft. The cruiser Yukikaze and three escorting destroyers just conducted survivor rescue operations in the aftermath before making for home port.

Please see the paint guide below for the manufacturer’s suggested colors.

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Product Details

Scale: 1/350
Skill Level: 3
Parts: 218
Length: 13.7”
Width: 1.3”
Height: 3.5”
- Painting and assembly required
- 12 sprues
- Molded in grey plastic
- One decal sheet
- Metal anchor chain
- Display stand and nameplate
- Clear parts
- Poly caps
- 13mm and 25mm triple and single machine guns
- Twin 12.7cm main guns
- Type 94 depth charge launcher and azimuth board
- Quad Type 92 torpedo tube launchers
- Illustrated instructions and paint guide

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Paint Guide:

IJN Destroyer Type KOH Yukikaze, ‘Operation Ten-Go 1945’
Red
Green
Silver
Gold
Cocoa Brown or Hull Red
Dark Grey
Flat Black
Wood Brown
Kure Naval Arsenal Color
Sasebo Naval Arsenal Color
Maizuru Naval Arsenal Color
Type 21 Camouflage Color
Type 22 Camouflage Color
Linoleum Deck Color
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