Tamiya ventured into the modeling business in 1948 with a scale wooden ship model kit. Since then Tamiya has been striving to offer merchandise that can truly be called First in Quality Around the World. Now Tamiya is offering more than 300 different products both in the fields of precision static models and high performance radio control vehicles. These products are not only sold in Japan but also exported in vast quantities to the United States Europe South East Asia and to many other parts of the world. The standard of excellence achieved by Tamiya is regarded as among the very finest in the world of model hobbies. The British Battleship Prince of Wales was the second ship of the King George V class. Soon after her completion in March 1941 she was involved in the historic hunt for the German battleship Bismarck. In October she was deployed to South-East Asia to fortify the important British post of Singapore. However her short career of a mere 9 months came to a dramatic end when intercepted by Japanese bombers in what was to be known as the Battle of Malaya . Tamiya is proud to add the Prince of Wales as she stood during this historic naval battle to our high quality Water Line Series. Kit also features Japanese planes Type 96 Nell and Type 1 Betty attack bombers for a complete set to accurately recreate battle scene. Overall length: 12.7 in (322 mm). Kit featuresfinely detailed weapons including 35.6 cm L45quadruple guns dual-purpose 13.3 cm twin guns and 40mm Pom-Pom guns.Kit includes 1/700 scale Type 96 Nell (3 units) and Type 1 Betty (4 units) Japanese bombers.Stand and base is included to depict Japanese fighter bombers in flight. This finely detailed plastic model kit requires assembly and painting.