Hasegawa HP001 Soya Antarctica Observation Ship 2nd Corps. Scale 1/250. Soya was a Japanese icebreaker, research and supply ship of World War II and post-war times. The unit was launched in February 1938. At the end of the service the ship was 83.5 m long, 13.5 m wide and had a displacement of about 4,100 tons. The maximum speed was 12-13 knots. Soya was originally built to order for the Soviet Union as a commercial ship adapted for sailing in northern waters, with floating ice. Her original name was Wołoczajewiec. However, due to political tensions on the Tokyo-Moscow line, the ship was not delivered to the customer and the ship initially became the property of one of the Japanese shipping companies, which bore the name Chiryo Maru. In 1939, however, it was confiscated by the Navy and from 1940 (under the name Soya) served as a research and ammunition transport vessel. The ship happily survived the war and in 1950 was converted into Japan's first Arctic exploration vessel. In the period 1956-1962, the ship traveled on the Japan-Antarctic route, conducting research and delivering supplies to the Japanese polar base Showa (another name: Syowa). In 1978, Soya was decommissioned and converted into a museum ship. We do not ship to the Canary Islands