Japanese Navy A6M2b Zero Fighter Model 21 "Battle of Midway".
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service shipboard fighter aircraft, A6M Type 0, Reisen or Zero (Allied reporting name Zeke). Japan’s best fighter of WWII… until the Battle of Midway, June 1942. The Japanese fleet suffered heavy losses inflicted by the US, in retribution for the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
New Tooling. Assemble with canopy open or closed, ailerons up or down, optional folded wingtip position. Choice of 5 markings:
(1) A6M2b Model 21 (Zeke) AI-102, Carrier Akagi, Div 1, Lt Saburo Shindo;
(2) A6M2b Model 21 (Zeke) AI-152, Carrier Akagi, Div 2;
(3) A6M2b Model 21 (Zeke) AII-168, Carrier Kaga, Div 1, NAP1/c Akira Yamamoto;
(4) A6M2b Model 21 (Zeke) BI-151, Carrier Soryu, Div 2, Lt Fusata Lida;
(5) A6M2b Model 21 (Zeke) BII-124, Carrier Hiryu, Div 2, NAP1/c Tsuguo Mastuyama.
1:48 scale plastic model kit from Academy, requires paint and glue.
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