Description

      The ATAGO was laid down in April 5 2004,launched in August 24 2005,and completed in March 15 2007 in Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Nagasaki Shipyad.As of 2007,the ATAGO class is fundamentally an improved and scale-up version of the KONGO class,a hangar was newly added in order to carry one SH-60k helicopter.To enhance the function as a command center,its bridge is by two floors higher than the Arleigh Burke Flight IIA class,making its load displacment larger than 10,000 tons for the first time as a JMSDF surface combat vessel.So it features a large accommodation and capable of flexible operation.It carrise Mk-45 mod 4 127mm 62 caliber gun,whose battery is stealth-shaped.Mk41 VLS is capable of launching Standed Missiles,ASROC missiles,and Sca Sparrow missiles.For anti-surface attack,domestically-mode Type 90 surface-to-surface guided missiles(SSM-1B) were carried instead of US-made Harpoon missiles.

Kit Features:

• Scale  :  1:350
  
• Model Brief  :  Length: 439.5 mm   Width: 65mm
  
• Total Parts  :  602 pcs
  
• Photo Etched Parts  :  3 pcs
  
• Total Sprues  :  10 sprues , upper hull , lower hull ,waterline plate , deck , sh-60k and stand
  
• Paint Schemes  :  JMSDF DDG-177
  
• More Features  :  " -  Lower hull made from two-directional slide moulds.
  -  Separate sonar due to her sphere.
  -  Either full hull version or waterline version can be s"