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| HASEGAWA 1/700 SCALE WATER LINE SERIES |
| IJN Aircraft Carrier KAGA |
Work Date : November, 2000-January, 2002
Click on the images above and below for enlargements.
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| Perspective view / 6 Pics |
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Upper, Side etc... / 6 Pics |
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Details / 16 Pics |
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Island and Aircraft / 8 Pics |
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| With Mitsubishi A6M2b |
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With Mitsubishi A5M |
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JN Striking Force (Kido Butai) |
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| About CV KAGA |
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Japan which received restriction in The aircraft carrier possession total
tonnage by Washington disarmament conference stopped construction of SHOKAKU
class carrier. Instead, the battle cruisers AMAGI and AKAGI under construction
were converted into the aircraft carrier, and abandonment determined battleship
KAGA and TOSA .
But AMAGI was devastated by 1923 Great Kanto earthquake, and she became
abandonment disposal. Instead, KAGA became a plan to be converted into
an aircraft carrier. KAGA was born as the aircraft carrier of a three step
deck as well as AKAGI. But since the problem on employment occurred too,
large modification was received from 1934 beyond AKAGI.
After day, KAGA was included in "Carrier Strike Force, Division 1" which was established newly in 1941,and she constructed the pair with flagship AKAGI. At last, Pacific War started between Japan and USA.
After Peral Harbor attack, Kaga participated in the Indian Ocean raids,
and in the bombing of Port Darwin. and On June 5, 1942, "Battle of
Midway" came. Kaga was smashed by "Dauntless" dive-bombers
of US CV ENTERPRISE, and scuttled the next day. |
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| Kit Review |
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 This is highly quality kit in the water line series of old generation.
The molding is sharp and clear. We can built this kit so that it looks
attractive even if it is out of the box. But the research to Kaga of this
kit is hackneyed. Because it was developed before the above for 20 years
as same as Akagi kit.
This kit is also outdated same as Akagi, and the renewal is hoped for by
many modelers now. |
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| How to build IJN CV KAGA |
I remodeled this kit more than the Akagi model. When I give a specific
example, the inner part of hangar deck. I explained into detail in the
following pages. |
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This 1/700 CV KAGA was published on the American model magazine "Model
Ship Journal" (August 24, 2002)
Reference Books and Video (linking to amazon.co.jp)
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STEP 1: Remodel of hull 
