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Download + build your own free papercraft Atake Maru ironclad warship (+lots more, by Heppoko Paper Model Studio):
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ReplyDelete"Iron-clad ships" are large Ataka-sen warships covered in iron plates.
This model is a 1/150 scale reproduction of the "Atake Maru" of the Kuki Navy, which repelled the Mori Navy in the "Ishiyama Battle," a showdown between Oda Nobunaga and Ishiyama Honganji. It
is said that this ship was armored with iron plates about 3 mm thick to protect against the "horokuhiya" (a grenade used at the time), a specialty of the Murakami Navy."
Thank you, I included the name in the description; have fun building!
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