RN Roma Italian Navy Battleship 1943 1/350 Trumpeter

The largest and most powerful warships ever built in Italy, the battleships of the Littorio class, were the first “35,000 tonners” to come under the provisions of the Washington Treaty.  Although the Washington Naval Conference of 1922 gave Italy the authority to build up to 182,800 tons of new capital ships (including 70,000 tons prior to 1932), the Italians waited more than a decade before beginning construction. The RN Roma was commissioned in June 1942.  In August she arrived in Taranto, where she joined the 9th Naval Division.  She was the last Italian capital ship to enter service, and had a very brief and tragic career.  The RN Roma went to sea in September 1943.  En route to Malta, in the Golf of Sardinia, she was attacked by the German aircraft “Fritz X”.   The RN Roma was sunk by a powerful new type of guided missile specifically designed for use against heavily armored targets.  Of a total of 1849 officers and men on board only 596 survived. The RN Roma’s career lasted 15 months, during which she participated in no combat missions.  She made 20 sorties, steamed 2,492 miles during 133 hours and consumed 3,320 metric tons of fuel.  She was out of service for 63 days during her career.

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Product Details:

Scale: 1/350
Skill Level: 3
Length: 27.1”
Beam: 3.75”
Parts: 620+
– Painting and assembly required
– Build waterline or full hull version
– 23 sprues
– 1 photo-etched fret
– 2 clear sprues
– Nameplate and display stand
– Realistic slide-molded gun barrels with hollow ends
– Includes onboard aircraft: one Re.2000 and one Ro.43
– Slide-molded upper hull
– One-piece waterline plate
– One-piece upper and lower hulls
– 7” metal chain
– Wood-patterned deck
– Onboard boats
– Decals
– Illustrated instructions and paint guide

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Paint Guide:

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