Hasegawa 40107 1/350 Antarctica Observation Ship Soya 宗谷 "Antarctica Observation 2nd Corps" (Super Detail)

Highlights:
- full hull

- photo-etched parts

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Weight: 0.63 kg

Description

海上保安庁所属南極観測船宗谷「PL107」第2次南極観測時

（1957年9月30日改装工事完了 1957年10月21日出航）

Sōya (宗谷) is a Japanese icebreaker that serves as a museum ship in Tokyo now.
World War Two - as an auxiliary ammunition supply and survey vessel. Sōya survived the war.
Antarctic Research Ship (1950 ~ 1978)

Sōya first voyage (1956) - modifications included the replacement of her steam engine with twin diesel engines and the installation of a helicopter deck for Bell 47G.
Sōya second voyage (1958) - rescued personnel stranded at the Showa research station in the face of approaching winter, but 15 Karafuto-Ken huskies (Sakhalin Husky 樺太犬) were abandoned to fend for themselves on the ice.
Sōya third voyage (spring, 1959) - Sōya returned to find two dogs (Taro & Jiro) still alive. Movie about this rescue: Nankyoku Monogatari (Antarctica 南極物語 1983)

Sōya was fully decommissioned in 1978 and as a museum ship at the Museum of Maritime Science, in Tokyo.

Images

HA_Z23_box.jpg	HA_Z23_kit

HA_Z23_kit1	HA_Z23_kit2

HA_Z23_kit3	HA_Z23_kit4

HA_Z23_kit5	HA_Z23_kit6

HA_Z23_kit7	HA_Z23_kit8 Sakhalin Husky 樺太犬, Taro & Jiro (not included in this model)

HA_40107_photo Museum of Maritime Science, Odaiba, Tokyo (台場, since 1979)	HA_40107_Antarctica Antarctica 南極物語 1983

HA_CH52_box	HA_CH52_kit

HA_CH52_kit1	HA_CH52_kit2

HA_CH52_kit3	HA_CH52_kit4

HA_CH52_kit5	HA_CH52_detail

HA_CH52_pe	HA_CH52_decal

HA_CH52_parts	HA_40107_box.jpg

HA_40107_detail	HA_40107_marking

HA_40107_decal	HA_40107_pe

HA_40107_parts	HA_Z23_parts