1/144 Trumpeter Japanese Soryu Class Attack Submarine - 05911

SORYU Class is a class is a class of twelve non-nuclear submarines (SS) of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) built in Kobe shipyards of Mitsubishi and Kawasaki. The first two boats commissioned in 2009 and 2010, Soryu (SS-501) and Unryu (SS-502), inherited the names of Japanese aircraft carriers from WWII, and the class has the largest tonnage displacement of any JMSDF vessel since the Second World War. Updated from the Oyashio class, diesel-electric SORYU uses four Stirling Air-Independent Propulsion (AIP) engines, two Kawasaki diesel engines and two electric motors. Armament includes Type 89 and UGM-84 Harpoon Anti-ship Missiles (AShM). Other boats in SORYU Class are: Hakuryu (SS-503), Kenryu (SS-504), Zuiryu (SS-505), Kokuryu (SS-506), Jinryu (SS-507), Sekiryu (SS-508) and four as-yet--named craft (SS-509, SS-510, SS-511 and SS-512). Scale: 1/144 Item Type: Plastic Model Warship Kit Model Brief: Length: 583mm Width: 64mm   Total PartsL 40+ Total Sprues: 2 sprues,