Trumpeter 05763 1/700 HMS Repulse Battle Cruiser

HMS "Repulse" is a Prestige-class battlecruiser built in Scotland and completed in 1916. She subsequently underwent extensive refitting, which was completed in 1922. Between 1933 and 1936, Repulse was modernized again, including improvements to deck armor, hangar and aircraft catapults, and the addition of a large number of anti-aircraft weapons. In the first two years of World War II, she accompanied the Home Fleet on missions in the North Sea and the Atlantic. In May 1941, she participated in the search for Bismarck. Next she was sent to the Far East with HMS Prince of Wales. When the two ships arrived in Singapore, Japan was launching the Pacific War, and the Japanese Malay Ozawa Fleet was responsible for covering the Japanese landing fleet's landing on the Malay Peninsula. HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales immediately sailed from Singapore to intercept the Japanese fleet. After many twists and turns, they did not encounter the Japanese fleet, but they encountered the Japanese land-based aviation force. On the way back to Singapore, Repulse and Prince of Wales were attacked in turn by Japanese high-altitude bombers and torpedo planes. Repulse was damaged by bombs and later hit by several torpedoes. After suffering such a fatal hit, she sank quickly, followed less than an hour later by the Prince of Wales.

Features

• One-piece slide-molded upper hull
• Lower hull made from two-directional slide molds
• Sponsons are represented on lower hull by slide-mold