I ordered this plane because I wanted a Japanese plane that was outside of your typical fighter. This kit by Tamiya was so clear and coherent in its instructions. There was a packet in English and a packet in Japanese. The directions were so smooth, and ordered so well (for example, step 1 contained directions for gluing three separate, unrelated parts of the plane so that they would all be dried by the time that you needed to add them to fuselage in steps 3 and four). It also came with a beautiful color poster of the final product in two different paint patterns. I went with the all white with the two smaller wing pomtoons colored red for effect. It comes with a stand which wouldn't work unless you put some sort of weight in the nose (The Directions, though, TELL YOU to put something in the nose to weigh it down evenly. Again, a testament to the fabulous instructions). My final product is slick and beautiful (I'll be uploading photos soon). I hope all of Tamiya's models are like this. If so, I will pay extra to buy a tamiya version of a plane over a Revell. Kudos to Tamiya!

I have built several really nice looking Zero type model aircraft and this was no exception. The detailing was excellent for a basic kit and the fit of the parts went well. The instructions were very clear on the location of the floats and their supports. I have added this one to my collection of famous Japanese aircraft as they were part of history as well. I painted and detailed the model with the appropriate decals which I found were very easily placed on the model.

Very, very old set, molds 1973 and corresponds to a detail, but for the money not a bad set of the day, who do not have much experience in the assembly will be easy to collect.Good budget set. Very good decals, cockpit canopy.Trim seams by internal, external places