Cutting Edge's latest batch of decals have been designed for the excellent 1/32 scale Tamiya A6M2 Zero Type 21.

This set comes with three sides of full-colour, double-sided letter sized illustrated placement instructions plus another three sides of detailed historical and colour notes on each subject aircraft. Indeed, the instructions are more like a booklet than a simple placement guide. The first set, YHD32014, also includes a set of Black Magic self-adhesive masks for Hinomaru markings.

The decals are perfectly printed, thin, in register and with a minimum of carrier film.

Cutting Edge's 1/32 scale early Zero markings will provide some welcome variety for the finish of this excellent new kit.

The specific subjects covered are as follows:

 

YHD32014 A6M2 Zero Type 21s:

 

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• AI-154, PO1c Takashi Hirano, Akagi, Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941

• AII-105, Lt Yoshio Shiga, Kaga fighter leader, Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941

• 53-102, PO1c Tetsuzo Iwamoto, 253rd Air Group, Rabaul, late 1943; DI-108, PO1c Tadayoshi Koga, Ryujo, Dutch Harbor on 4 June 1942

• USN A6M2, formerly Koga's aircraft, with a standard USN two-tone camouflage scheme (stencils only)

• AI-155, LCDR Shigeru Itaya, first wave fighter leader, Akagi, Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941

• V-103, PO1c Saburo Sakai, Tainan Air Group, Dutch East Indies, February 1942.

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YHD32015 A6M2 Zero Type 21s:

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• V-128, PO1c Saburo Sakai, Tainan Air Group, Rabaul, New Britain Islands, 7 August 1942.

• BII-124, Sea1c Hajime Toyoshima, Hiryu, Darwin, Australia, 19 Feb 42

• X-183, PO2c Yoshiro Hashiguchi, 3rd Air Group, Bali, Dutch East Indies, February 1942

• V-141, PO2c Yoshisuke Arita, Tainan Air Group, Bali, Dutch East Indies, February 1942

• EI-111, Lt Hideki Shingo, squadron leader, Shokaku fighter squadron, battle of Santa Cruz, 26 October 1942

• BII-120, PO1c Shigenori Nishikaichi, Hiryu, Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.