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The only ship of her class, Hiryu was built to a modified Soryu design. During the first month of the Pacific War, she took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Wake Island. I thought these were new sets at first but after further reviewing of several vendor sites I find they are about 2 years old. They're still fascinating looking sets and since we hadn't reported on them before I decided to continue with posting this as a news item.

Hiryu supported the conquest of the Dutch East Indies in January 1942. The following month, her aircraft bombed Darwin, Australia, and continued to assist in the Dutch East Indies campaign. In April, Hiryu 's aircraft helped sink two British heavy cruisers and several merchant ships during the Indian Ocean raid. She and three other fleet carriers of the First Air Fleet participated in the Battle of Midway in June 1942. The carriers were attacked by aircraft from Midway and the carriers USS Enterprise, Hornet, and Yorktown. Dive bombers from Yorktown and Enterprise crippled Hiryu and set her afire and was scuttled the following day.

The PE basic set No AH37001) is made up of 4 frets the comprise railings, platforms, superstructure details, funnel vents, and much more.

The PE 'super' (No AH670001) is much more extensive with 13 frets plus more 67 resin parts, painting masks and metal rods for antiaircraft guns and the entire flight deck.

Hobby Easy lists the super set for HKD 798.00 ($102.00 USD) plus shipping.

The basic set is listed for HKD 160.00 ($20.00 USD) plus shipping.