• Highly detailed and molded in different colors
• Complete deck detail
• 25mm twin AA machine gun, 13mm machine gun. motor boat, and float plane included
• Photo-etched parts
• Display stand included
• Illustrated assembly guide

The Nagara was laid down September 9, 1920 and commissioned on April 21, 1922. Her initial home port was to be in Port Arthur. From here she would patrol the Tsingtao coast and eventually took part in the Second Sino-Japanese war. She took part in the invasion of French Indo-China, the invasion of the Dutch East Indies, and the Invasion of the Philippines, all in 1941.

She kept up the pace by taking part in the Battle of Midway, Battle of the Solomons, and pretty much every action during 1942 associated with the Solomon Islands. During these actions she was flagship for DESRON 10. The night battle of November 15, 1942 saw her and her destroyers attacked American ships with gunfire and up to 30 Long Lance Torpedoes. In the resulting action three US destroyers were lost. Nagara continued to lead her destroyer squadron for the next few months.

During 1943 and 1944 she took part in different operations against the American fleet. Desron 4 was deactivated so Nagara took over as flagship for Desron 2. After being replaced as flagship for Desron 2 she became the flagship for Fourth Fleet. She received many upgrades during the 1943-44 time frame. Most of the modification centered on improving anti-air operations and installing new radar.

In early August while heading back to Japan for more modifications she was struck by a single torpedo fired from the USS Croaker. Even after surviving many different hits during the war she could not survive this single hit. She slowly sank by the stern taking 348 crewmembers and her captain down with her. She was removed from the Naval registry in October 1944.