Secondhand Mini-ships 1/1200 Superior 302J modified Atago, Japanese heavy cruiser in 1944

Atago is a 1/1200 scale, waterline metal model of the Japanese heavy cruiser in 1944. This model has been made from a Superior Models Inc. kit of the Takao/Chokai so as to get to the best fit for Atago shortly before she was sunk in 1944. Compared to her sisterships (Maya, Takao and Chokai) Ataago had the aircraft handling arrangements removed and the mainmast moved forward to abaft of the second funnel (see photograph).

The decks have been painted to represent the tan linoleum used to save weight over wood on the main decks of Japanese "Treaty" cruisers.