1/350 Tamiya Ship Accessories

Elevating Your Naval Models with Detail Parts

Aftermarket accessories transform good ship models into exceptional ones. The 1/350 scale offers the perfect balance between detail and practicality, allowing modelers to add fine components that significantly enhance realism without overwhelming the build process.

Photo-Etched Brass Details

The Photo Etched Handrail Set A replaces thick molded plastic railings with scale-accurate brass components that capture the delicate appearance of actual ship railings. Photo-etched parts include deck railings with proper stanchion spacing, vertical and inclined ladders with individual rungs, platform gratings with authentic open patterns, radar and fire control details, and antenna arrays with fine wire elements. These brass parts are chemically etched for precision detail impossible to achieve with injection molding.

Turned Metal Gun Barrels

The Metal 46cm Gun Barrels with Projectiles for Yamato provide the ultimate upgrade for Yamato and Musashi battleship models. These precision-turned aluminum or brass barrels feature authentic rifling detail visible at the muzzle, perfectly straight bore alignment that plastic parts cannot match, scale-accurate exterior contours and blast bags, included projectiles for realistic turret displays, and proper barrel length and taper. The metal construction prevents the warping and seam lines common in plastic gun barrels.

Crew Figures for Scale and Life

The Crew Set 144 Pieces provides comprehensive personnel to populate your warship. This extensive set includes officers in various uniforms and poses, sailors at battle stations and working parties, gun crews loading and operating weapons, lookouts and signal personnel, damage control teams, and aviation personnel for carrier models. Crew figures provide essential scale reference, showing the massive size of battleship turrets, superstructures, and deck areas. Painted figures bring models to life and create narrative scenes.

Small Craft and Ship's Boats

The Japanese Navy Utility Boat Set includes the various small craft carried aboard warships for ship-to-shore transport, rescue operations, and harbor duties. The set typically features motor launches with detailed interiors and fittings, pulling boats and whalers with oars and rowlocks, life rafts and floats, davits and boat handling equipment, and authentic IJN markings and details. These boats can be displayed on deck, in davits, or alongside the ship in diorama settings.

Degaussing Cables and Technical Details

The Degaussing Cable Set replicates the anti-magnetic protection systems fitted to warships to counter magnetic mines and torpedoes. These flexible cables run along the hull exterior in specific patterns, adding visual interest and historical accuracy. The set includes pre-formed cables for common hull configurations, mounting brackets and attachment points, and instructions for proper placement based on historical references. This detail is often overlooked but immediately recognizable to knowledgeable naval enthusiasts.

Installation and Finishing Techniques

Photo-etched parts require careful handling and specialized techniques. Use photo-etch bending tools for clean, accurate folds along score lines. Attach brass parts with cyanoacrylate (CA) glue or specialized photo-etch adhesives. Prime photo-etched brass before painting to ensure proper paint adhesion. Metal gun barrels typically require drilling out the muzzle for added realism and may need light sanding to remove machining marks.

Crew figures benefit from careful painting with multiple thin layers to build up uniform colors and flesh tones. Use fine brushes for faces, hands, and insignia details. Consider painting figures before installation for easier access, then touch up after placement. Utility boats should have interiors painted before assembly, with weathering applied to show use and exposure to the elements.

Complementary Products

Enhance your ship modeling with products from our 1/350 Tamiya Model Ships collection, featuring legendary battleships, carriers, cruisers, and destroyers. Achieve authentic finishes with Tamiya Paints including naval greys, deck colors, and wood tones. Add realistic weathering with Tamiya Weathering products to replicate rust streaks, salt spray, and operational wear.

For additional detail enhancement, explore our 1/700 Tamiya Ship Accessories collection for smaller scale projects. Visit Tamiya USA for complete product information and modeling techniques.