Italian Navy Battleship RN Roma 1943 1/700 Trumpeter

Roma was the third Vittorio Veneto class battleship of Italy’s Royal Navy, constructed to bolster Italy’s existing naval force in light of rising tensions between world powers. By the time Roma was completed there was a severe fuel shortage in Italy and she was kept docked around the coast to defend various Italian cities. During the La Spezia bomber raids she was twice hit with heavy damage. After repairs she became the flagship of Admiral Carlo Bergamini and was scheduled to attack a group of Allied ships approaching Salerno just one day after the Italian armistice with the Allies. Ordered to Malta to formally surrender and spotted en route by Luftwaffe’s specialist wing, Roma and her sister ship Italia (formerly Littorio) were bombed. Roma capsized and took nearly 1400 men to the bottom of the sea with her.

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Product Details:

Scale: 1/700
Skill Level: 4
Length: 13.6”
Width: 1.9”
Parts: 440+
– Painting and assembly required
– 13 sprues
– Build waterline or full hull version
– Two RO.43 and three RE.2000 aircraft
– Clear parts
– One-piece hulls and waterline plate
– Includes display stand and nameplate
– Accurate weapons and placing
– Detailed island
– Multi-piece deck
– Onboard lifeboats
– Slide-molded hulls
– Deck wood pattern finely rendered
– One photo-etched fret
– One decal sheet
– Illustrated instructions and paint guide
*Experience with photo-etched parts is recommended*
*Cyanoacrylate glue is required for photo-etched parts*

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Paint Guide:

IJN Green
RLM 75 Grey
Grey
Silver
Navy Blue
Bright Red
Flat Black
Hull Red
Tan
Gold
Flat White
Orange Yellow
Tire Black
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