Attention Ship Modelers and WWII buffs! Now Hear This! The Mighty Mo, has arrived!

USS Missouri, BB-63, OcCre’s latest Wooden Model Ship Kit, Now Shipping from Ages of Sail

Looking for a really grand project for this Winter? Maybe something without all the rigging work, but lots and lots of fine detail? Check out this monster of a ship model kit. OcCre’s new 1/200 scale Battleship Missouri kit is BIG, measuring just over 53″ long – that’s almost 4-1/2 feet of ship model!

This is an Advanced Level ship model kit that consists of well over 6000 parts and takes an estimated 1400 hours to complete. Are you up to the task?

The kit includes precisely scaled parts in metal and wood, and the large size makes it ideal for creating an accurate display of this famous warship, aboard which the Japanese formally signed their surrender, marking the official end of World War II.

The Mighty Mo, as she was nicknamed, was an Iowa-class battleship, the last battleship commissioned during World War II, and as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, saw action at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. She also served two tours of duty during the Korean War before being retired to the reserve fleet in 1955. Then, in 1984, she was reactivated and modernized and saw service in Operation Desert Storm in 1991.

The Missouri was decommissioned in 1992 and became a museum ship at Pearl Harbor, where she can still be seen today.