Fujimi No17 1/350 IJN Aircraft Carrier Zuikaku 1941 - Outbreak of War

This 1/350 scale full-hull kit reproduces the aircraft carrier in her early-war configuration around the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor and the subsequent period. The model represents an appearance close to her as-completed configuration, before the installation of radar and additional anti-aircraft armament.

Kit Features:
- Large 1/350 scale provides highly detailed and realistic reproduction
- Full-hull configuration including the lower hull
- Reproduces the early-war configuration without radar or the additional bow and stern anti-aircraft gun platforms fitted by 1944
- Hull sides are moulded as a single-piece structure with finely engraved degaussing cables and numerous portholes
- One-piece flight deck features detailed wooden planking, anti-slip steel deck surfaces, and expansion joints
- Separate underside flight deck girders provide realistic structural detail
- Elevators and windbreaks are supplied as separate parts
- Flight deck edges feature finely engraved anti-slip patterns
- Anchor and boat decks feature finely engraved anti-slip surfaces
- Two-piece funnel is designed with the joint positioned in a less conspicuous area
- Separate binocular parts provide additional detail to the bridge air-defence command station
- Includes 9 clear-moulded aircraft: 3 Type 0 Model 21 fighters, 3 Type 99 carrier bombers, and 3 Type 97 carrier attack aircraft
- Includes dedicated photo-etched arresting barriers and arresting wires
- Metal chains are included for the bow and stern anchor chains
- Paper stickers are included for signal flags and the naval ensign

Scale: 1/350

** This is an unpainted model kit requiring assembly and painting. Glue, paints, tools, and other modelling supplies are required and sold separately.