WEM 1/350 Takao Class Cruiser (PE 35100).  For the Aoshima kit. Contains two sheets of relief etched brass, in different thicknesses for extra realism.

Large pictures: Fret 1 Fret 2

Fret 1 Contains: 2-Bar Chain Link Railings, 2-Bar Pipe Railings, Single-Bar Catwalk Railing, Handrails for Funnels and Gun Tubs, Shaped Foc’s’le Railings, Main Crane Hook, Small Bridge Searchlights, Main Turret Side Ladders, Main Turret Rear Ladders, Rangefinder Windows (Large), Main Crane Rigging Block, Main Crane Rigging, Rangefinder Windows (Small), DF Loop Antennas, Signal Platform Railings, Mainmast Yardarm Footropes (Takao), Type 1 Vertical Ladders, Type 2 Vertical Ladders, No. 3 & 5 Turret Top Railings, No. 1, 2 & 4 Turret Top Railings, Bridge Roof Small Tripod Antenna, Main Turret Sight Windows (Open), Main Turret Sight Windows (Closed), Foremast Yardarm Footropes, Small Binocular Sky Sights, 11m Ceremonial Barge Fittings, 11m Motor Boat Fittings, Fore Funnel Siren Platform, Main Deck Step Ladders, Director X27 Side Hatches, Funnel Wire Antenna Spreaders, Bridge Roof Large Tripod Antennas, 'Alf' Floatplane Parts, 'Dave' Floatplane Parts, Superstructure Aft Ladders, Swinging Boat Booms, Aft Wire Antenna Masts, Sea Boat Boarding Rope Ladders, Vent Grilles C19 & C20, Vent Grilles H13 & H14, Hangar Side Ladders, Superstructure Inclined Ladders, Vent Grille K19, Vent Grille M11, Vent Grilles D8 & D9, Hangar Forward Inclined Ladders, Vent Grilles C17 & C18, Vent Grilles Boat Well Deck, Type 13 Go Air Warning Radar, 'Pete' Floatplane Parts, Vent Grilles L7, Fore Deck Ladder Landings, Type 21 Go Dentan Kai Air Search Radar, Vent Grilles C22 & C23, Small Inclined Ladders (Early Fit), Model 3 Catapult Mechanism, Model 5 Catapult Mechanism, 'Jake' Floatplane Parts; 

Fret 2 Contains: Foremast Details (Takao), Foremast Details (Chokai), Mainmast Details (Late Fit), Mainmast Details (Early Fit), Main Crane Jib Assembly, 'Jake' Floatplane Cradle, Propeller Guards, Main Sea Boat Davits, Stern Folding Davits, Forward Folding Davits, 12m Motor Launch Fittings, Forward Funnel Brace, 6m Sampan Fittings, Bow Crest (Chrysanthemum), Model 5 Catapult Assembly, Stern Hiragana Letters, Hangar Side Gantries (Chokai), Model 3 Catapult Assembly, 11m Motor Boat Cradles, 12m Motor Launch Cradles, 9m Cutter Cradles, Upper Bridge Windows (Takao), Lower Bridge Windows (Takao), 9m Cutter Oars, 9m Cutter Rudders, 9m Cutter Thwarts, Admiralty Pattern Stream Anchors, Flight Deck Catwalks, Forward Funnel Catwalks, Twin 13mm AA Gun Mountings, Stern Smoke Generator Tubes, Lower Bridge Windows F5 (Chokai), Middle Bridge Windows F6 (Chokai), Upper Bridge Windows F7 (Chokai), Degaussing Coil Conduit Sections, Degaussing Conduit Bow Sections, Tower Top Director X8 Windows, Single Lewis Gun Mountings, Fore Funnel Cap Grille (Front), Fore Funnel Cap Grille (Rear), Stern Lifebuoy Chute, Accommodation Ladders, Tower Top Director Voice Pipe, Bow Crane Jib, Aft Funnel Cap Grille, Main Turret Sliding Doors, 6m Boat Crane Assembly, 'Pete' Floatplane Cradle, Torpedo Loading Cranes, Aircraft Handling Trolleys, Aft Searchlight Platform Stays, 'Alf' Floatplane Cradle, Aft Searchlight Platform Catwalk, 'Dave' Floatplane Cradle, Main Turret Rear Heat Shield, Main Turret Side Heat Shields, Flight Deck Turntables, Flight Deck Rails (Chokai), Flight Deck Rails (Takao), Stern Deck Plate (Late Fit), Single 25mm AA Gun Mountings, Anchor Chain, Triple/Twin 25mm Gun Fittings, Large Awning Stanchions, Medium Awning Stanchions, Short Awning Stanchions, Aft Searchlight Platform Towers J10, AA Director Towers J6, Twin 25mm Platform Towers J9, 12.7cm Single Gun Mount Details, 12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Details, No. 4 Turret Tripod Antenna, No. 2 Turret Tripod Antenna (Early), No. 2 Turret Tripod Antenna (Late), Anchor Chain Stoppers.

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