Hasegawa 1/700 Japanese Heavy Cruiser Aoba japan NEW

Plastic ship model assembly kit 172 parts.
Aoba was launched in Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard as the first ship of the rebirth hawk in February 1913 (1924), and completed in September 1927 (1927).

Korakaku was a design by Colonel Hiraga Shipbuilding and boasted another unprecedented attack power as a light cruiser of the 7, 100 ton class, but the arrangement of 20 cm single weapon 6 gates can not be welcomed as a naval navy It was something.
For that reason, both Aoba and Kinugasa stuck to the main gun arrangement that 20 cm cannon is put in 3 connected turrets from the beginning.
During this period, the military command division who disliked Colonel Hiraga who did not try to compromise elsewhere forced the colonel of Hiraga to go downtown and dared to take the emergency measures to the successor, Colonel Fujimoto, to launch this green leaf grade .
However, the 7,100 ton class cruiser had a heavy load on the turret, but it seems that there was no doubt that a modern cruiser was born as a result.
Aoba commissioned in this way formed the 2nd Fleet, the 5th Squadron with Furutaka, Kako, Kinugasa, and was dedicated primarily to training in China and Utsumi.
Although the Aoba class was a groundbreaking cruiser, I could not deny the sense of imposing excessive force and applying strong armament.
In addition, the times advance rapidly.
It was getting worse than the 10,000 ton class convention cruisers made after this class.
Therefore, following the old Haka class, we will be subject to modernization renovation work.
The basic refurbishment point is the same as Kokakaku, but since we were equipped with a turret turret from the beginning, this part was only to redraw the main gun 's bore diameter from 20 cm to 20.3 cm.
The renovation work of Aoba started in October of 1937 and has been completed in October of 1940 (1940), spending 3 years.
In this way Aoba is subject to military service as the flagship of the 1st Fleet, 6th Squadron, and in the following Showa 16 (May 1941), it will be wearing the outdoor electric path and entering the Pacific War.
The sixth squadron is formed of Aoba, Kinugasa, Old Hawk and Kako 4 ships, and it is mainly deployed to the South Ocean from the beginning of the war, supporting Rabaul strategy strategy, Lae, Sarahmore strategy strategy, Bougainville Island strategy strategy etc. , I have not experienced full battle during this time.
In May 1942 (May 1942) I participate as the main corps of the Coral Sea Battle Corps as an MO Capture Force Corps, but I have been withdrawn to the north after losing the aircraft carrier Shoho.
Aoba who returned to Kure once again enters Rabaul and throws himself into a battle over Guadalcanal.
Participated in the 1st Solomon naval battle in August 1942 (1942) and cooperated with each ship of the bird sea, the 6th squadron, Australia, 4 heavy cruiser ship sinking, 1 warship wrestling fighter is raised .
The flagship Aoba of Sixth Sentai led by Major General Goto who was planning to bombard Haderson Airbus in Guadalcanal Island immediately after that in October suffered a great loss due to the shooting of a US cruiser ambushing as a friend and destroyer fleet, Major Goto Fujio is seriously injured by a shell hit directly against the bridge, and it will be killed later afterwards.
The old hawk who tried to protect the green leaves at the battle of Sabo island bore the sinking, and the green leaves barely survive the sinking with briskness of Kinugasa.
In 1943 (1942) he reached Rabaul again after repair work for about 4 months from October to the next February 1943 (April 1943) under the aircraft attack of the US military in Meow Pasage After hitting the hit shot 1, closing the bullet bullets in the seat, in Kavien after the emergency repair after the track island through the track island, 1943 (1943) from July to November will receive repair work for about four months again .
At this time, No. 21 Electric Search, Equipped with a number of anti-aircraft guns.
Also, the 3rd turret was damaged in the naval battle off Sabo island, and it was removed, and this place was restored by the repair at this time that the 25mm continuous machine gun was placed.
By the end of Showa 18, all Kotaka, Kako and Kinugasa same-type ships will fight, only Aoba will survive and will be deployed to Singapore on the 1st South Korean fleet 16th Squadron.
After that, I had several transportation duties between Singapore and Linga Nakajiri, and I was also carrying out transportation duties between Borneo and various parts of the Philippines such as Balikpapan, Penang, Tarakan, Davao, Solon.
While doing this, the battle force becomes increasingly disadvantageous to Japan, and the Japanese Navy, who was defeated in the battle off the Mariana, will play a big game against the battle of the Maiken, activate Jijo No. 1 operation.
In response to this, I will depart from Linga Narita Airport as an escort ship as the first fighter party, but at the point of 70 nautical miles southeast of Manila Gulf, October 23, 1944 (1944) under the sight of the enemy submarine 's stroke It will suffer the impossible damage, it will be towed to the light cruiser and will return to Manila.
The next day, next time it was damaged by American bombing in Manila, and also on the 29th, it was returned to Kure through December 1944 (1944) through Kaohsiung Harbor, but here it is It will not be repaired nor will it remain anchored outside of Kure port.
However, there is no reason for the US military to release it, the ship's tail will be disconnected by two raids at the end of July 1945 (1945), and the wreck will be destroyed, and will be put down on August 15th.
In this way, Aoba survived the Pacific War in the class, but in December 1946 it was dismantled and its lifetime closed.
In retrospect, I feel like a ship with less warfare, but have I run out of luck with the winning of the 1st Solomon Naval Battle?

(Summary) Final standard wastewater volume: 9,000 tons Water line length: 183.53 m Maximum width: 17.56 m Main can: R type ship type oil heavy oil dedicated cans 10 Base speed: 33.43 knots Navigation force: 14 knots 8,223 Nautical miles weaponry: 20.3 cm interlocking artillery × 3 units 12.7 mm Single piece high angle gun × 4 25 mm 3 consecutive machine gun × 9 group 25 mm consecutive machine gun × 6 group 61 cm 4 consecutive launch tube × 2 units

Number of parts ... 176
Model full length ... 264 mm
Model full width ... 25 mm