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He ship was launched on Feb 21, 1939 and completed for service on Oct 1,1940 by which time World War 2 had already been fought for a year. After a trip to USA, she covered the Lofoten raid (March 1941) and Atlantic convoys before becoming flagship of the British Home Fleet in April 1941. In May 1941 she led the chase of the German Bismarck and saw action for the first time. Through 1941-42 King George V took part in numerous search and escort operations in the Atlantic and in May 1943 she went to the Mediterranean taking part in all the big naval operations covering the Allied invasion of Sicily and Italy. After refitting in England she went East as flagship of the second in command of the British Pacific Fleet. In Task Force 57 (later 37) she was part of the big Anglo-American naval force in the Okinawa operations and operations against Japan. In 1946 she became flagship of the British Home Fleet once more, the war now over and in 1947-49 she served as a training ship before paying off into the Reserve Fleet in 1950. She was scrapped in 1957 along with her sister ships Howe, Anson and Duke of York. A furthersister ship Prince of Wales was sunk by Japanese forces in 1941.
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Tamiya is known for excellent kits. This one may of been but based on the dates on the sprues, it is an old mold set. As such, I have run into a couple of places where the fit leaves gaps that have to be dealt with. Also a number of parts are TINY.
Still - it is an interesting subject. There were 5 battleships of this class built. These were unique in the main turrets mounted 4 guns instead of the three found on the US Iowa class and Japanese battleships and the two seen on German ships. One, the Prince of Wales, saw action against the Bismarck...she survived, but was later sunk by the Japanese relatively early in the war. Of the remaining 4, they all survived the war, but where broken up in the late 50's so none survive today. The King George the V, the lead ship, was in the last battle with Bismarck - which is why I built this kit.
So it is what it is. If you are building just for fun - there are a few challenges but nothing a moderately experienced modeler couldn't handle.
Il modello in scala 1:700 è composto di circa un centinaio di piccole parti molto ben dettagliate e con inviti che evitano errori di posizione; le istruzioni sono chiare e forniscono la giusta scaletta per l'assemblaggio. Il prodotto è di fascia alta e richiede abilità manuali, tempo e passione.
DETALLES PERFECTOS, ESCALA IDEAL PARA GUARDAR, EXCELLENT BATTLE SCALE SHIP!! IMPRESIONANTE...AWESOME!!! ESCALA PERFECTA PARA COLECCIONAR...COLECTABLE!! TAMIYA THE BEST PLASTIC SCALE