The sprues for the new' 60kg bombs will have you thinking 'why has this kit got floats?" Well the reason is simple, Hasegawa have just taken the sprues out of their A6M2-N Rufe' kit. which includes 60kg bombs, and put them in this box! The rest of this kit is their standard A6M2 Type 21 kit (#JT43) and is therefore moulded in the usual mid-grey coloured plastic with excellent recessed panel lines. The cockpit is made as a nicely detailed tub' that is inserted into the fuselage and the upper decking with 77mm machine gun barrels is also a separate insert. The correct style cowl with separate exhaust stacks is also included but work is required on the wings, as the recessed lines depicting the trim tabs need to be eradicated and the Trim tab linkage arms on the undersides need to be cut off. Other than that, this is a typical Hasegawa product, well engineered, moulded and packaged and it should not prove a problem for anyone to make, complete novice or ultra-experienced expert. The use of the Rufe sprues does mean you get a set of wing floats and two wheels from the beaching trolley, but hey. they will come in handy, right?
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