BRAND NEW SEALED BOX. PLEASE REVIEW ALL PHOTOS FOR GREAT DETAIL OFF THE RETAIL BOX. This is a Hasegawa 1/450 scale assembly model kit of the World War II Japanese Aircraft Carrier Akagi. This kit features: 1:450 scale for static display or can be motorized. 323 parts in light grey plastic. Full, single piece hull with propellers and rudder. Detailed superstructure and flight deck with all armament, lifeboats, cranes, includes 22 aircraft to display on deck: 6x A6M2 “Zero” fighters, 8x Type 97 “Kate” torpedo bombers, and 8x Type 99 “Val” dive bombers. The Akagi took part in the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor (7 December 1941) and launched waves of planes at Oahu. During the Battle of Midway (25 May 1942), the Akagi was struck by one 1,000-pound bomb dropped from a U. Navy SBD Dauntless dive bomber, and the bomb set off explosions among the eighteen fully armed and fueled “Kates” that were being prepared for an air strike against the American carriers. The Akagi did not sink from the attack but was dead in the water, as damage control teams could not contain the flames consuming the carrier. On 5 June Yamamoto ordered her scuttled by torpedoes from the destroyers Arashi, Hagikaze, Maikaze, and Nowaki. This item is in the category “Toys & Hobbies\Models & Kits\Boats & Ships”. The seller is “beaconhillelectronicsworldwide” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Features: Kit, PAINT NOT INCLUDED
- MPN: Z13
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
- Featured Refinements: Aircraft Carrier
- Scale: 1:450
- Brand: Hasegawa
- Theme: Militaria
- UPC: 4967834400139