Fujimi 60032 1/350 IJN Aircraft Carrier Zuikaku (瑞鶴) "Battle of Leyte Gulf 1944" [Premium] Print this pagePrint this page
Fujimi 60032 1/350 IJN Aircraft Carrier Zuikaku (瑞鶴) "Battle of Leyte Gulf 1944" [Premium]
Price: HK$1,960.00

Highlights:
- advance photo-etched parts
- metal gun barrels
- deck masking sheet

Availability: [In Stock]
Weight: 1.726 kg
Description
  • World War Two
  • Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)
  • Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier (another one is Shōkaku 翔鶴)
  • Commissioned: 25 September 1941
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor (7 December 1941)
  • Indian Ocean raid (March~April 1942) - sank two Royal Navy heavy cruisers (HMS Cornwall & Dorsetshire), & aircraft carrier HMS Hermes, on 9 April 1942)
  • Battle of the Coral Sea (4~8 May 1942) -  sank the American aircraft carrier USS Lexington,.
  • Battle of the Eastern Solomons (24~25 August 1942) - damaged USS Enterprise (with her sister-ship Shōkaku & light carrier Zuihō)
  • Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands (25~27 October 1942) - sank USS Hornet (with her sister-ship Shōkaku & light carrier Zuihō; Japanese destroyers Makigumo & Akigumo)
  • Battle of the Philippine Sea (19 June 1944) - Taihō & Shōkaku were sunk by a U.S. submarines. After this battle, Zuikaku was the only survivor of the six fleet carriers that had launched the attack on Pearl Harbour. (four were sunk in the Battle of Midway)
  • Battle of Leyte Gulf - Battle of Cape Engaño (24~25 October 1944) - as flag ship, with light carriers Zuihō, Chitose, & Chiyoda, light cruiser Ōyodo. Zuikaku was hit by seven torpedoes and nine bombs, and sunk at 14:14, 25 October 1944.

Images

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Zuikaku in November 1941, before attack on Pearl Harbor
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Zuikaku in November 1941, before attack on Pearl Harbor. (the aircraft carrier in the background is Kaga)
 
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Bomber B5N2 Kate taking off from aircraft carrier Zuikaku for the attack on Pearl Harbor, at about 07:20h on 7 December 1941.
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Zuikaku_photo4
Zuikaku under air attack during the Battle off Cape Engaño. [25 October 1944]
 
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The crew of the aircraft carrier Zuikaku (sinking) salute as the flag is lowered during the battle off Cape Engaño. [25 Octorber 1944]