TAMIYA 1/700 77502 WWII BRITISH BATTLESHIP RODNEY

This is an assembly kit of the battleship HMS Rodney, which was completed in 1927 and went on to participate in many well-known actions such as escorting convoys to Malta, the invasion of North Africa and Normandy, and of course the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck. Its revolutionary design consisting of three triple 40.6cm gun turrets all mounted forward of the bridge has been accurately reproduced. The bridge, funnel, and mast near the stern are also brimming with detail. Line it up with the HMS King George V to recreate the major players that sank the Bismarck. 
 
Her armament consisted of nine 16-inch guns in triple turrets all sited forward of her bridge. Twelve 6-inch guns in twin turrets, six 4.7 inch A.A. guns and eight 2 pounder pom-poms. Also two submerged torpedo tubes housed one on each beam forward below the lower deck line. It is interesting to note these torpedos were of the 24.5 inch type common in the Japanese Navy, but unique to the Rodney and Nelson within the Royal Navy as were their 16-inch guns. In ordert to save weight extensive use was made of new materials in her construction, such as light weight steel, aluminium, fir for her deck in place of the traditional teak, and plywood for many internal non structural bulkheads and fittings, all of which was fireproofed. Her completed displacement was 33,950 tons over a thousand tons under the limit imposed.