Since Hasagawa has released a Yahagi kit, I think it is useful to have a thread dedicated to this class. First question:
What are the steps needed to back date the very late-war Yahagi to an early war Agano class CL?
Moderator Edit: Added the following, courtesy of Dan Kaplan(Updated 10/17/2019)
Agano class kits
1/700 (First Generation, waterline, Tamiya issued)
Agano 1942 -Item #31314, kit # 314, released early 1970s
Yahagi, 1945 -Item #31315, kit # 315, released early 1970s
(Second Generation, waterline, Fujimi issued)
Agano 1942/Noshiro 1943 - item # 431321, SWM (EX)-91, Selective kit – comes with two complete hulls and decks, but has common parts for completion as only one sister or the other, released August, 2015.
Agano 1942/Noshiro 1943 - item # 431635, SWM (EX)-SP65, Selective kit with photoetch – comes with two complete hulls and decks, but has common parts and PE for completion as only one sister or the other, released August, 2015.
Agano 1942 - item # 432052, SWM (EX)-SP101, full hull option and base for Agano only, released March, 2018.
Noshiro 1943 - item # 432090, SWM (EX)-91, EX-1, full hull option and base for Noshiro only, released April, 2018.
Yahagi 1944/Sakawa 1945 - item # 431345, SWM (EX)-92, Selective kit – comes with alternative parts for completion as only one sister or the other, released November, 2015.
Yahagi 1945 - item # 431406, SWM (EX)-93, “Ten Ichigo Operation, April 1945” fit, with photo etch, released July, 2016.
Yahagi 1945 - item # 432213, SWM FH-37, full hull option for Yahagi only, released February, 2017
Yamato and Yahagi 1945 – item # 431505, SWM (EX)-SP53, combination battleship and light cruiser boxing, Okinawa 1945/Operation Ten Ichi Go fit for both, released April, 2017
Sakawa 1945 - item # 432090, SWM (EX)-92, EX-1, full hull option and base for Sakawa only, pending release May, 2018.
1/350(Hasegawa issued, full hull only)
Agano 1942 – Item # 40076, Stock # HSG4079, January 1943 fit, released June 2010.
Yahagi, April, 1945 – Item # 40026, Stock # HSG4026, Z26, “Ten Ichigo Operation” fit, released October, 2009.
Noshiro, October, 1944 – Item # 40089, Stock # HSG4084, “Leyte Gulf” fit, released July 2013.
Yahagi, October, 1944 – Item # 40092, Stock # HSG4092, “Leyte Gulf” fit, released November, 2015.
Sakawa, 1944/45 – Item # 40098, Stock # HSG4098, as completed or as AA upgraded fit, released March, 2018.
Agano Class Gallery Entries:
1/200 ScaleA superbly detailed, scratchbuilt R/C version by Ronald Chan:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.html1/350 ScaleA very nice build of Yahagi 1945 by Zdenek Krcmar:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.htmlAnother great build by Peter Van Buren:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.htmlYahagi by Bill Kluge:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.htmlA nicely waterlined Yahagi by Kym Knight:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.htmlAn exquisite, crisp build of Yahagi 1945 by Ievgen Timonin:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... /index.htmA build of the Yahagi by Claudio Cruciani:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... /index.htmA very nice build of class leader Agano in 1943 by Robert Apfelzweig:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... /index.htmAnthony Alvear's Hasegawa Yahagi (1945):
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... /index.htmJoe Simon's fantastic Yahagi 1945 (H):
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... /index.htmYahagi 1945 (H) and Yukikaze 1945 (T) by Park Jin Kuk:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... /index.htm1/700 ScaleYahagi by Alec Cap:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.htmlAgano by Zenden Ng:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.htmlAnother Agano by Witold Kosinski:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.htmlA beautifully detailed Yahagi in her final sortie fit by Huang Ming-hsiang:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.htmlA conversion of the Yahagi kit to Noshiro, 1944 by Dan Kaplan:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.htmlAnother Yahagi by Waldo Silva:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.htmlAnother Agano by Fred Poon:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.htmlYahagi by Paul Helfrich:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.htmlYet another Yahagi by Tamiya Wang:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.htmlA pretty nice build of Yahagi by Adrian Koh:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.htmlA truly outstanding build of the venerable Tamiya kit by Anthony Kochevar:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... /index.htmYahagi 1945(T) in a diorama exhibiting a torpedo hit by Aron Szebeni:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... /index.htm