Zuikako Aircraft Carrier - Waterline

plastic kit
scale 1/700
not build or painted

Jap. Zuikaku aircraft carrier waterline

The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku was launched in November 1939.
In the Pacific War, the Zuikaku and her sister ship Shokaku formed the 5th aircraft carrier division.
The Zuikaku was involved in the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of the Philippine Sea in 1944, where it was badly damaged by aerial bombs.
It sank in the autumn of 1944 in the sea / air battle in the Gulf of Leyte. The Tamiya kit is a 1: 700 scale replica of the Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku.
The detailed model reproduces the additional anti-aircraft armament of the Zuikaku as well as the special aircraft types of the late Second World War such as Mitsubishi A6M5 fighters and Yokosuka D4Y bombers.
Length of the model 367 mm