1/700 700397 SS-Model Borodino Russian Battleship - Star Model
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
This model is a very highly detailed waterline kit and probably the finest 1/700 Borodino ever available. Features superb cast resin hull, turrets, funnels & other larger parts, two large frets of PE parts & one smaller fret, turned brass gun barrels and more. The brass photoetched parts are exceptional and constitute a great deal of the kit including upper decks, railings, davits, ladder and much more. Also includes brass stock for masts and yards. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes and instructions. Borodino was the lead ship of her class of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the first decade of the twentieth century. Completed after the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, Borodino was assigned to the Second Pacific Squadron that was sent to the Far East a few months after her completion to break the Japanese blockade of Port Arthur. The Japanese captured the port while the squadron was in transit and their destination was changed to Vladivostok. The ship was sunk during the Battle of Tsushima in May 1905 due to explosions set off by a Japanese shell hitting a magazine. There was only a single survivor from her crew of 855 officers and enlisted men.
$38.00