Build Your Own Japanese Aircraft Carrier
Building a model Zero is pretty cool, but some might prefer creating a model of an aircraft carrier instead:
Like the Zero, this is a DeAgostini model set released in weekly sets, each costing about 1,390 yen. Once one obtains and completes the instructions for all 100 sets, you will have a 1/250 scale model of the Akagi, an aircraft carrier that participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor and was later sunk at the battle of Midway..
[Source: Japan Probe]
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