--Hikawa Maru is a cargo-passenger ship completed by NYK in 1930.
--There are Hie Maru and Heian Maru as sister ships.
--It was operated on the North Pacific route (Seattle route).
――The service is so good that it is highly evaluated by foreign passengers, and celebrities such as Charlie Chaplin also boarded the ship.
――However, in October 1941, just before the start of the Pacific War, it was recruited as a salvage ship and then operated as a hospital ship belonging to the Japanese Navy.
――Until the end of the war, it was spared from sinking, and after the war, it returned to the international route of NYK in 1950 and operated on the North Pacific route until it retired in 1960.
――The kit reproduces the prewar era of NYK affiliation with a completely new mold.
――The hull has a girder inside to achieve reliable assembly and strength.
――As for the area around the guest room, the exterior part that can be seen from the opening etc. is firmly built.
-The deck is curved to improve drainage, and the cross-sectional shape (camber) is accurately reproduced.
--Transparent parts are set for the windows of the bridge and the searchlights.
-Comes with an exhibition stand.
――A large number of cranes (derricks (and their winches), which can be said to be one of the characteristics of cargo-passenger ships, are also precisely made into parts.
――You can enjoy the parts composition and presence that are completely different from battleships and aircraft carriers.
――Hikawa Maru is currently moored at Yamashita Park in Yokohama under the control of NYK, and you can visit it (for a fee).
――If you prepare in advance on the actual ship and then assemble it, you will be able to discover various things and double the fun!
[Product Specifications]
--Nippon Yusen's cargo liner (recreating the prewar era)
--In service on the Seattle route (before the war, from 1930 to 41)
--Enclosed privilege: History manual (monochrome A4 size), color painting drawing / main tension line reference drawing (model full size)
