IJN Akagi Aircraft Carrier (Japan) model


	IJN Akagi Aircraft Carrier (Japan) by Omami


	In World War II, under the command of Captain Kiichi Hasegawa, Akagi was Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo's flagship for the Striking Force for the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. She launched two waves of planes at Oahu. In the first wave 27 Kates targeted Maryland, Tennessee and West Virginia, Oklahoma, and California and 9 Zeros attacked the air base at Hickam Field. In the second wave, 18 Vals targeted Neosho, Shaw and Nevada. On 25 May 1942 the Akagi set out with the Striking Force for the attack on Midway Island. Her aircraft complement consisted of 21 Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" fighters, 21 Aichi D3A "Val" dive bombers, and 21 Nakajima B5N "Kate" torpedo bombers.On 4 June she launched an air strike against the island and was attacked by American land- and carrier-based planes. At 10:26 she was attacked by dive-bombers from USS Enterprise and hit by one bomb. This hit set off explosions among the armed and fueled planes within her hangar deck that were being prepared for an air strike against the American carriers. The burning aviation fuel proved impossible to control. The same attack produced two near misses, one of which, by virtue of exploding in the water alongside the stern area, caused the rudder to jam off-center after an evasive maneuver 20 minutes later.She sank at 05:20 with the loss of 263 men. Compared to the other Japanese fleet carriers lost in the battle, she was the luckiest, suffering the fewest casualties. -- Wikipedia

The quality of this kit is worse than modern kit. Moreover the research to Akagi is hackneyed. Because it was developed before the above for 20 years. A particularly disappointing point is the flight deck that is not molded the wooden deck.

But the silhouette copies the Akagi well. It will change into a good model if in our own way, we do everything we could such as armaments are exchanged for renewal accessories parts set or photoetch.

In any cases, it is the kit which renewal is hoped from modelers in early stage.


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