Hasegawa’s ship kits have a reputation for quality. Here, Andy Davies builds its 1/700 IJN Furutaka to find out if it’s justified
Named after a peak inPrefecture, Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Furutaka was commissioned at Nagasaki, Japan in 1926.
It was the lead vessel in a twoship heavy cruiser (Itto-Junyokan) class, the first to serve in the Japanese Navy, which served as the basis for the succeeding Aobaclass.