Tamiya Models A6M3 3a Zero Fighter

Imperial Japanese Navy lightweight carrier fighter, Model 22 with 12m span and rounded wingtips. Kit features new tool parts (wing cellule, wingtips and 4 standing pilot figures), recessed panel lines, highly detailed cockpit, optional seated pilot, segmented canopy, full twin-row radial engine, optional open or closed cowl flaps, optional position wing flaps and wingtips, boxed-in wheel wells, separate rudder and ailerons, drop tank, canopy painting mask and photo-etch parts (wingtip ribs and folding mechanism). Decals and painting guide for 3 aircraft: 251st Naval Air Group, Solomons, May 1943; Iwakuni Naval Air Group, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Autumn 1943; Major Saburo Shindo's aircraft of the 582nd Naval Air Group, Buin, Bougainville, June 1943.