Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 01:32 AM UTC
Building 1/700 scale ships is daunting task. Add in carrier aircraft and you'll definitely be reaching for your magnifiers. Pit-Road has announced an upcoming release that will make things much easier on a modelers eyes.
Due out in late December of 2010, Pit-Road is releasing a set of pre-painted 1/700 IJN early war carrier aircraft. In this 15 aircraft set, the modeler is provided with 5 A6M2 Type 0 Model 21 Zekes, 5 Nakajima B5N Kates and 5 Aichi D3A Vals.

Each aircraft is beautifully painted right down to the canopy frame work. MSRP is $23.78 but sale prices have them listed for under $20.00.

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That is my kind of aircraft set. Plus they might look good on the new Akagi kit. Thanks Ken!
NOV 30, 2010 - 05:57 AM
Exquisite. Be nice if they hgad a set out in 350 as well. I still have the Shokaku in the stash.
NOV 30, 2010 - 06:19 AM
They look really nice but, isn't this kind of cheating in a way? Especially if somebody tries to pass them as there own in a contest??? Bob
NOV 30, 2010 - 01:33 PM
They do look good if a bit toy like, and doesn't it rather defeat the object of being a modeller? Si
NOV 30, 2010 - 09:33 PM
Thanks for the info! Canopy frames and prop blades seem a tad on the thick side of things ?? I have the Lion Roar 1:700 IJN Carrier-Based Aircraft set, which comes with PE props and undercarriage. More of a pain to build and paint, but I think looks a tad better. Just my two pence
DEC 01, 2010 - 01:05 AM
It looks to me like the main body isn't painted, just the details have been painted on. I believe this isn't a good look in most modeling genres and a serious modeler would need to correct this anyway. While the canopies are well done the color should of been a light blue. This would of given the illusion of the sky reflecting off the glass plus the internal color of the Japanese Navy planes was light blue. is that a sticker on the green plane's (a Kate?) tail?
DEC 02, 2010 - 05:12 PM
Great idea if these were float aircraft as well, judging by the finish on these aircraft, its not that good and decals even worse, however for those that find building 1-700 aircraft, perhaps a God send, and maybe these will inprove with another produce of other aircraft in the near future.
DEC 19, 2010 - 07:45 PM
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