Hasegawa 1/72 Mitsubishi A6M5 Mitsubishi A6M Zero 52-inch

- Type 0 Zero Fighter Type 52 is a fighter of the Japanese Navy that was active in the Second World War, the Pacific War.
Zero fight 21 type, feared by enemies as a high performance aircraft, has become inferior in speed and weapons to the fierce enemy fighters in the Showa 18 's.
Therefore, Type 32 and Type 22 were developed following Type 52.
In order to improve the speed, cut the width of the main wing to 11 m, redesign the cowling (cover covering the engine) and use a thrust single evacuation pipe (an exhaust pipe designed to obtain a slight thrust by using the exhaust of the engine ) Was equipped.
This made it possible to release 590 km / h 25 km faster than the maximum speed of 22 Zero Type 225 km / h.
- The series of zero fighting 52 type was produced to a total of about 6,000 aircraft and was active until the Pacific defeat game.