This is a plastic model kit and assembly is required.
Key Features
- Accurate Pearl Harbor 1941 motif capturing Akagi at the start of the war
- Precolored parts in eight molded colors to reproduce Yokosuka Naval Arsenal gray and other authentic finishes without painting
- Snap fit assembly design that does not require glue for most construction
- Full hull construction with hull bottom fully modeled; also supplied in waterline split for an alternative display
- Refined surface detail including sharp portholes, external conduits, fairleads, and realistic deck sculptures
- Detailed bow anchor deck with three dimensional anchor chain rendering
- Separate stern crane rail part and delicate flight deck support struts
- Flight deck separated into steel and wooden deck parts for accurate color separation without paint
- Realistic wood deck texture depth suitable for wash and weathering techniques
- Fine modeled drainage gutters, windbreak fences, truss structures, and separate rear flight deck section
- Deck elevator with finely sculpted ring detail
- One piece bridge base produced by slide mold for easy assembly with detailed windows and equipment boards
- Layered upper bridge and superstructure for accurate shape and assembly
- Tripod mast formed as a single part; four foldable radio antenna masts across both sides
- Funnel with separate top section molded in black for accurate color division and realistic exhaust depth
- Functional rotating port side AA gun design and highly detailed 20 centimeter stern guns with canvas texture
- Included boarding ladder parts to depict moored condition (assembly requires opening 0.8 mm holes)
- Full hull painted in darker hull bottom color with integrated bilge keel and finely molded inlet and outlet details
- Separate rudder, shafts, shaft brackets, and screw propellers for precise assembly; propeller molded in gold tone, shafts and brackets in hull bottom color
What Is Included:
- 31 sprues
- 3 sticker sheets
- 1 decal sheet
- 2 assembly instruction booklets