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Item No:31223
1/700 Water Line Series
1/700 SCALE 1/700 SCALE JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ZUIKAKU (PEARL HARBOR ATTACK)
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Length: 367 mm. Image shows painted and assembled kit.
The Zuikaku was seen as one of the best-balanced aircraft carriers in the Pacific War. Commissioned in September 1941, she had been planned after the Japanese exit from the Washington Naval Treaty in 1936 and was as such not subject to some of the limitations it imposed, being built in-line with Navy demands. Together with her sister ship the Shokaku, she formed Carrier Division 5 and took part in the Pearl Harbor attacks of December 8, 1941, during which all of her aircraft made it back. In April 1942 she would sink the HMS Hermes in the Indian Ocean and that May she accounted for the USS Lexington in the Battle of the Coral Sea. Thereafter she served in fighting around the Solomon Islands and the South Pacific, before meeting her end at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944.
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About the Model
This is a 1/700 scale plastic model assembly kit. Length: 367mm. ●The Zuikaku is recreated with less anti-aircraft weaponry than she bore in the Battle of Leyte Gulf (as depicted in Item 31214). ●Decals are included to recreate flight deck lines and other details. ●Fill the deck with recreations of Zero fighters, Aichi D38s and Nakajima B5N aircraft for a super-realistic finish.
This is a 1/700 scale plastic model assembly kit. Length: 367mm. ●The Zuikaku is recreated with less anti-aircraft weaponry than she bore in the Battle of Leyte Gulf (as depicted in Item 31214). ●Decals are included to recreate flight deck lines and other details. ●Fill the deck with recreations of Zero fighters, Aichi D38s and Nakajima B5N aircraft for a super-realistic finish.
Information is current as of September 15, 2011. Specifications are subject to change without notice.
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