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Description

This is an injection-plastic ship model kit.

1/700 IJN Light Cruiser Yahagi (1944/1945) - Special Edition

A newly tooled kit of the modern Agano-class light cruiser Yahagi, offered with selectable configurations from multiple stages of service:

• April 1945 (Operation Ten-Ichi-Go): final sortie with battleship Yamato, armed with 28 x 25 mm single AA guns.
• Late June 1944 (post-Battle of the Philippine Sea): 18 x 25 mm single AA guns, before alterations to the aircraft deck.
• June 1944 (Battle of the Philippine Sea): prior to the addition of reinforced single AA mounts.

Key Features

• Faithful reproduction of the Agano-class's modern hull form.
• Hull designed in port/starboard split; window layout differences reproduced with dedicated parts.
• Exquisite hull-side details, including external conduits with fixing brackets.
• Decks feature detailed linoleum tie-downs and anti-slip patterns on steel plating.
• Bridge shelter section molded as a single slide-molded part with fine engraving.
• Gun turrets with detailed ladders, joints, and viewports using slide-mold technology.
• Realistic openwork funnel tops with separate internal baffles; fine ladders and piping detail.
• Lower mast section reproduced as open truss structure via slide-molding.
• Highly detailed stern aircraft-handling cranes and 4.5 m AA rangefinder.
• Newly tooled long 8 cm AA twin guns with separate shields and barrels.
• Reconnaissance seaplanes: two Type 0 (three-seat) floatplanes, clear parts for canopies.
• Decals for seaplanes, stern nameplate, and mast markings included.

PLUS Version Additional Parts

• Precision 25 mm twin AA guns (2-part construction, easy to paint).
• Detailed binoculars for the bridge air-defense command post.
• New 13/21/22 radars with improved fidelity (open truss structures, insulator bases, etc.).
• 9 m cutter with separate cradle or integrated deck option.
• Newly tooled chrysanthemum crest for the bow.
• New navigation lights parts.

Contents

• Runners x36
• Instruction manuals x2
• Decals x2

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