1/350 IJN Lt Cruiser Yahagi 1945 Full Hull Hasegawa #40026 Factory Sealed MISB

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I need to clear some space on my shelves, so I need to part with some of my collection.
THIS IS MY LAST ONE!
In my opinion, Hasegawa has released some of the highest quality ships in 1/350 scale in recent years, especially their IJN subjects. The IJN Yahagi had a very honorable service history and demonstrated her loyalty by sacrificing herself in the ill-fated Operation Ten-Go mission.
There are a handful of listings for these on eBay (all from foreign lands) but as a Top Rated Plus US Seller, I can reliably ship this to you very quickly.
If you need a companion to this Light Cruiser, I may still have a listing for the 1/350 Destroyer Yukikaze (Hasegawa #40022) from Operation Ten-Go. If you just need a railing set for this kit, I may still have Hasegawa #40077 (Agano Class PE Set C) listed. I won’t do a big write up on this, but here is what I have found online about this particular subject:
IJN Yahagi was the second of four Agano-class light cruisers. She was completed at Sasebo, Japan at the end of 1943 and was immediately deployed to Singapore for training and patrols. In June 1944, she participated in the Battle of the Philippine Sea where she rescued hundreds of men from the torpedoed carrier Shokaku. After a refit in 1944, she participated in the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea and on the following day, the Battle of Samar. After another refit, Yahagi received her "Operation Ten-Go" orders in April 1945 to attack the American invasion force on Okinawa in a suicide mission with the mighty battleship Yamato. At 1220 on 7 April 1945, the Yamato force was attacked by 386 aircrafts from Task Force 58. Coming in waves of 180 fighters, 75 bombers, and 131 torpedo planes, Yahagi soon found herself under intense bomb and torpedo attacks. At 12:46, Yahagi suffered a direct hit to her engine room, eliminating her entire engineering room crew, bringing her to a complete stop. Dead in the water, Yahagi underwent at least six more torpedo and twelve more bomb attacks, followed by more waves of air blitzes. Attempting to aid her comrade, the Japanese destroyer Isokaze was heavily damaged and sank to the sands below sometime later. At 14:05, Yahagi capsized and sank taking 445 crewmen with her. Few were rescued by Hatsushimo and Yukikaze and looking to the horizon, her survivors could see Yamato in the distance. She was still steaming south as U.S. aircraft continued their attacks, but in reality, Yamato was only minutes away from sinking.
Scalemates.com has a listing showing this is a new tooling from 2009 that has been used as the basis of four additional releases of the ships in the Agano class. There are also many links to aftermarket products and several galleries of some remarkable builds.
Martin Quinn did an outstanding In Box Review for njipms.org (New Jersey IPMS chapter) that shows all of the parts and pieces in large high-resolution photos. After giving an interesting history of the Yahagi, he points out the extreme detail and accuracy of the kit and offers his strategy for the build. He highly recommends the kit, saying: “
For ship modelers, we are living in the Golden Age of Modeling. In the box, this is an excellent kit with sharp detailing.
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Olaf gives an extensive history of the IJN Yahagi before going into great detail about the kit in a posting on the German-language modellmarine.de site. We get dozens of closeup photos of parts on the sprues, the colorful decals and flags, as well as the instruction sheets. He acknowledges the substantial advances made in quality in the 20 years since Tamiya released anything in this scale and said: “
The quality of the components is truly remarkable. The surfaces have the finest details and are finer than I can see in the photos.
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Bill Kluge did an insane Build Review for ipmsusa.org that followed his insane build! He went to the trouble of sawing his hull off to make a fantastic waterline display of this ship just moments before her final battle starts. Sadly, you don’t get much of a look at the parts, but Bill was enthralled with the level of detail and accuracy of this kit. He used many advanced aftermarket products and his results were stunning. As far as the base kit is concerned, he says: “
The Hasegawa offering builds up into a beautiful representation of this famous cruiser. I can only hope that this level of superb detailing in maintained or even improved on future releases.
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This kit is in an enormous and beautifully decorated box about 25.5” x 10” x 6.5”. As you can see from the pictures, the kit is in terrific shape and still sealed with two very large tape disks in the original packaging, so it is
factory sealed and absolutely gift-ready.
This kit contains over 500 pieces to build a stunning, large scale, full hull IJN Yahagi into a museum piece. I use eBay Managed Payments, but I no longer ship internationally. Auction winner pays the winning bid and for a limited time I am offering this huge and heavy item with
Flat Rate Shipping in the US!
No reserve and a low starting bid. Check out my other great auctions for combined shipping. Good luck!
Those familiar with my listings can tell that I really enjoy these products and the modeling hobby. I like to provide more than just the bare facts about the items, trying to lead you into discovering more about the subjects and optimizing your builds (if that is your goal). I started out picking up models that I was interested in, with the eye toward building them when I had time. Always a bargain-hunter, I accumulated many more than I can build, so I found myself in a Collector status (sounds nicer than a hoarder).
As I am sure you have noticed, my items are almost always sealed and in mint condition (I call them Gift-Ready), since I only open them when I am ready to build them. Now I enjoy making these products available to my fellow modelers; both Builders and Collectors. For the Builders, there are probably better (at least cheaper) ways to add to your project lists than buying from me, but you know you are getting top quality. For Collectors, my goal is to save you a few bucks over the competition for the same item in factory sealed and collectible (or resellable) condition.