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DeAgostini is a world-wide company specializing in the manufacture of metal/diecast models of all sorts. This one is from their warship series, a good value-for-money collection which comes in a very nice package. Originally assembled for the German market it comes with a 16-page lavishly pictured German-language magazine describing the model in question.

WWII battleship USS Missouri - 1:1250 scale mounted on a base-plate (see picture) in blister pack with the magazine attacked.

The Iowa-class battleships were four battleships constructed by the United States Navy in the 1940s for use as escorts for the Fast Carrier Task Forces operating in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. They comprised the final class of U.S. battleships and included USS Iowa (BB-60), USS New Jersey (BB-62), USS Missouri (BB-63), and USS Wisconsin (BB-64). They were completed in the early to mid-1940s; two more were laid down but were canceled prior to completion and ultimately scrapped.

Built with cost as no object, the Iowa class was arguably the ultimate in the evolution of the capital ship. The Iowa class was ranked first in the Discovery Channel's list of 10 ships that shaped naval warfare. Yet even as these behemoths entered service, they were being eclipsed by aircraft carriers as the most important naval vessels.

Pictured here is a 1:1250 scale diecast replica of the US Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri.

Length: 8-1/2-inches

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