1/700 Pearl Harbor Attack Aircraft Carrier Set

1/700 Waterline Series

Pearl Harbor Attack Aircraft Carrier Set

Item No：89699　

The Bringers of Infamy
A Collaborative Effort from 3 Shizuoka Companies
(Image above shows assembled and painted model kits)

On December 8, 1941 (Japan Time), six aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy Mobile Fleet successfully launched the infamous surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This historic attack not only altered history, but also helped turn the aircraft carrier and its planes into the most important weapon in naval warfare. Now, three Shizuoka companies have collaborated to bring you all six of the Japanese Navy aircraft carriers that took part in the Pearl Harbor attack in one single 1/700 Scale Waterline Series special assembly kit model set. The Akagi and Kaga were Japan's first true aircraft carriers. The Soryu and Hiryu were refined designs on which later aircraft carriers were based. Finally, the Shokaku and Zuikaku, with their combination of speed, armament, and aircraft capacity, are often regarded as the ideal aircraft design. With all of these models painstakingly researched and accurately reproduced from the waterline and up, modelers can now build and own their own Mobile Fleet.

【 Historically Correct Zuikaku 】　 Finished in September 1941, the Zuikaku, with her 34.2 knot top speed and 84 aircraft capacity, was just in time to participate in the Pearl Harbor attack. Tamiya's previous released Zuikaku depicted the ship as it appeared during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, but all changes have been made to bring the aircraft carrier back to how she appeared in 1941. These changes include a smaller anti-aircraft gun array, different flight deck lines and markings, and a different set of carrier aircraft. This revised Zuikaku model kit is only available with this Pearl Harbor Attack Aircraft Carrier Set.

【 Set Contents 】　 ●Hiryu (Aoshima) ●Soryu (Aoshima) ●Shokaku (Tamiya) ●Zuikaku (Tamiya) ●Akagi (Hasegawa) ●Kaga (Hasegawa) ●Japanese Naval Planes (Early Pacific War) (Limited Edition Clear Version) x 3 ●Ocean Effect Plate A（380×290mm） x 3

■"Operation Kikusui" Box

●ITEM 89679

This special assembly kit model set recreates the Japanese Naval force that took part in Operation Ten No.1, also referred to as "Operation Kikusui." This was the last operation that the giant battleship Yamato took part in.
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※Set Contents: Battleship Yamato (Tamiya), Light Cruiser Yahagi (Tamiya), Destroyers Yukikaze (Aoshima), Hamakaze (Aoshima), Isokaze (Aoshima), Suzutsuki (Aoshima), Fuyutsuki (Aoshima), Hatsushimo (Aoshima), Asashimo (Hasegawa), and Kasumi (Hasegawa) 《10 ships total》

(The information on this page is current as of April 25, 2007.)