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A [[1:1200]] | A [[1:1200]] second-issue model of the Centaur-class '''HMS Bulwark aircraft carrier''', part of the [[Triang ships|Minic Ships range]] produced by [[Hornby]] between 1976 and 1980. | ||
Triang Catalogue Number: M744 | |||
This Minic Ships model is of the Japanese battleship IJNS Yamato, lead ship of a class of two, which with her sister ship IJNS Musashi were the largest battleships ever built at 65,000 tons. | |||
the Yamato was a significant symbol of national pride, symbolising the power of Imperial Japan. Both were destroyed in WW2. | |||
The Hong Kong model produced by Hornby under the Minic Ships name has three plastic aircraft on the deck and a red plastic bottom fitted with two plastic rollers. It is also marked 'HONG KONG'. | |||
It was released as part of the 'Fightng Ships' line up along with the: | It was released as part of the 'Fightng Ships' line up along with the: | ||
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A 1:1200 second-issue model of the Centaur-class HMS Bulwark aircraft carrier, part of the Minic Ships range produced by Hornby between 1976 and 1980.
Triang Catalogue Number: M744
This Minic Ships model is of the Japanese battleship IJNS Yamato, lead ship of a class of two, which with her sister ship IJNS Musashi were the largest battleships ever built at 65,000 tons. the Yamato was a significant symbol of national pride, symbolising the power of Imperial Japan. Both were destroyed in WW2.
The Hong Kong model produced by Hornby under the Minic Ships name has three plastic aircraft on the deck and a red plastic bottom fitted with two plastic rollers. It is also marked 'HONG KONG'.
It was released as part of the 'Fightng Ships' line up along with the:
Culture and media
The Yamato still occupies a significant place in the Japanese psyche. The Yamato Museum in Japan has a one-tenth scale model of the battleship, and in the cult 1974 Japanese science-fiction anime series "Space Battleship Yamato", the lost wreck of the Yamato is retro-fitted with a warp drive to convert it into a spaceship used to defend the Earth.
