Fujimi

This is a Fujimi 1/700 IJN Heavy Cruiser Ashigara Waterline Model Kit. Ashigara (??) was a Myoko class heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The other ships of her class were Myoko (??), Nachi (??), and Haguro (??). Ashigara was named after a mountain on the border of Kanagawa and Shizuoka prefectures, also known as Mount Kintoki. In World War II she took part in the Invasion of the Philippines in December 1941. In the Battle of the Java Sea on March 1, 1942 she shared in the sinking of the cruiser HMS Exeter and the destroyer HMS Encounter. On June 8, 1945, Ashigara left Batavia for Singapore with 1,600 troops on board, escorted by the destroyer Kamikaze. In the Bangka Strait the two ships came under attack from three Allied submarines, Blueback, Trenchant and Stygian. Kamikaze attacked Trenchant with gunfire, forcing her to submerge, and then with depth charges, but Commander Arthur Hezlet spotted Ashigara and fired eight torpedoes at her at about 12:15. Ashigara was hit five times at a range of 4,000 yards[2] and capsized at 12:37 (01?59'S 104?56'ECoordinates: 01?59'S 104?56'E).[3] Kamikaze rescued 400 troops and 853 crew, including Miura.

• Fujimi
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