Fujimi Imperial Japanese Navy Carrier Aircraft Set 3 (late War) Standard Specification

1/700 scale Japanese late war carrier aircraft set - recreate a carrier task force from around 1945

Overview
- All-in-one carrier air group set ideal for recreating a carrier task force if aircraft carriers remained operational in late war 1945.
- Includes carrier fighters, dive bombers, attack planes, reconnaissance aircraft, and special attack aircraft without having to buy each type separately.
- Molded in gray to reduce the risk of damage during assembly.
- Decal sheet included for national markings.

Contents
- Total 20 aircraft: Reppu carrier fighter x6, Suisei Model 32 carrier dive bomber x2, Ryuusei carrier attack plane x4, Saiun carrier reconnaissance x4, Oka special attack aircraft x4.

Suitable carriers
- Designed as carrier aircraft for late war surviving carriers such as Zuikaku, Zuiho, Ryuho, Unryu, Amagi, Katsuragi, Shinano, Junyo and similar.

Reppu carrier fighter
- Modeled on the larger production fighter developed after the Zero.
- Parts per aircraft: 7 pieces (fuselage, canopy, propeller, drop tank, main gear, tail wheel).
- Multi-piece construction allows realistic four-blade propeller and 400 liter drop tank details.
- Separate propeller and canopy parts make painting easier.
- 6 included.

Suisei Model 32 carrier dive bomber
- Modeled on the Type 33 version fitted with the air-cooled Kinsei engine, replacing an unreliable liquid-cooled engine.
- Parts per aircraft: 7 pieces (fuselage, canopy, propeller, drop tank, main gear, tail wheel).
- Accurate shapes reproduce the distinctive underwing drop tanks and the enlarged nose for the air-cooled engine.
- Separate propeller and canopy parts for easier painting.
- 2 included.

Ryuusei carrier attack plane
- Features an inverted gull wing rare among Japanese aircraft, accurately reproduced at 1/700 scale.
- Parts per aircraft: 7 pieces (fuselage, canopy, propeller, aerial torpedo, main gear, tail wheel).
- Large canopy, aerial torpedo, and propeller are separate parts for easy painting.
- Torpedo and landing gear show fine detail, including propeller and tapered rear shapes, and distinguishable tire and gear cover shapes.
- 4 included.

Saiun carrier reconnaissance
- Modeled on the streamlined Type 11 with the Homare engine, designed for minimal frontal area.
- Parts per aircraft: 7 pieces (fuselage, canopy, drop tank, main gear, tail wheel, propeller).
- Large canopy and distinctive four-blade propeller are separate parts for easy paint separation.
- Includes separate large 726 liter drop tank and finely detailed landing gear with distinct tire and cover shapes.
- 4 included.

Oka special attack aircraft
- Modeled on the Type 11 Oka carried by a mother aircraft derived from the Type 1 land-based attack plane, fitted with a 1200 kg warhead in the nose.
- Parts per aircraft: 4 pieces (fuselage, canopy, dolly).
- Small airframe of about 8 mm still reproduces tailplanes and fine details.
- Separate canopy and transport dolly parts for easy painting.
- 4 included.

Decals
- One decal sheet approximately 89 x 90 mm.
- Includes Hinomaru markings for upper and lower wings and fuselage in the late war filled white border style.
- Also includes pre June 1944 white-border Hinomaru markings usable for Suisei and Ryuusei.
- Includes the marking on the Oka nose.

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