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Fujimi has been busy retooling a host of 1/700 World War II Imperial Japanese ships. There are aircraft carriers and battleships, aircraft carrying battleships and a couple of Pearl Harbor veterans.

Starting off the cavalcade of kits is:

1/700 IJA Seaplane Carrier Sado Maur / Sakito Maru
Release date: January 2011
Retail price: $26.63

1/700 IJN Heavy Cruiser "Tone" 1945
Release date: January 2011
Retail price: $26.63
Details: Fujimi's all new tooling of the IJN heavy cruiser Tone depicts the ship as it appeared during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944.

1/700 IJN Battleship "Nagato" - Full Hull
Release date: January 2011
Retail price: $34.23
Details: This is Fujimi's recent all-new tooling of the Nagato, now with lower hull parts to build a full-hull model. Can still be built as a waterline model.

1/700 IJN Battleship "Ise" 1944
Release date: January 2011
Retail price: $26.63
Details: An all-new tooling of the aircraft-carrying battleship Ise in 1/700 scale. Builds into a waterline model. Also available separately are a photo-etched metal detail set and wooden deck set (linked below). Includes Zuiun and Suisei scout aircraft.

1/700 IJN Aircraft Carrier "Akagi"
Release date: January 2011
Retail price: $26.63
Details: This all-new kit builds into a waterline model, with three each of Type 21 Zeroes, Type 99 Carrier Bombers, and Type 97 Carrier Attack Bombers molded in clear plastic. Hull construction features a clever internal truss system to keep it strong and straight.

1/700 IJN Aircraft Carrier “Shokaku”
Release date: January 2011
Retail price: $26.63
Details: Following up on their big 1/350 Shokaku release comes an all-newly-tooled version of the Pearl Harbor attacker in 1/700 scale. Builds into a waterline model.

1/700 IJN Aircraft Carrier "Taiho"
Release date: January 2011
Retail price: $26.63
Details: Fujimi keeps the IJN subjects coming with this all-new tooling of the IJN aircraft carrier Taiho. Builds into a waterline model.


Some kits are already available through Japanese retailers.

Images courtesy of Hobby Link Japan.