Star 1/1250 148 JMDF Oyashio, Japanese submarine, 1960-76
Oyashio is a second-hand, 1/1250 scale, waterline, metal model of the first new Japanese submarine to be built in Japan after the end of the Second World War. The model was made by Star, number 148. The model is in very good original condition, see photograph.
This submarine was based on a WW2 design of submarine, I-201 but with US innovations and the design was optimised for high underwater speed (19Kt.).