1/72 Hasegawa NAKAJIMA B5N-2

Gallery Article by Paolo De Sanctis on Apr 27 2010

 

The history: released by the end of 1941 the Nakajima B5N-2 was regarded as the best carrier-borne torpedo-bomber of the WW.II.  After the great goal of Pearl Harbour assault and the actions that led to the destruction of the three best American carriers, Lexington, Yorktown and Hornet, the “Kate” as was nicknamed by Allied Intelligence, operated along the Japanese assault troops in the Pacific and South-East Asia during 1942.

Two years later she became tragically superseded and suffered great losses in the Philippines Campain. But this torpedo-bomber was remembered by the great courage of their crews also, the Japanese pilots that proved to be second to none.

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The model: this model is one of my oldest realizations. I built it long ago in 1989, quite straight OB. The acceptable results I obtained was due the extremely good quality of Hasegawa kits. The colours used was “Marabù 082” for the Aluminium plus Humbrol HB.1/30 for the Green. The decals were also supplied within the box and reacted very well with “Marc-Softer” decals liquid.

Happy modelling to all the ARC Air friends.

Paolo De Sanctis

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