Matchbox – PK-4 (40004) – A6M2 Zero-Sen

Description:

A6M2 Zero-Sen

Unassembled plastic model kit in 1/72 scale of a Japanese WWII carrier based fighter aircraft Mitsubishi A6M Zero. Zero-sen was a coloquial unofficial way to refer the aircraft by Japanese pilots.

An stable original Matchbox kit which only had minor changes such box layouts and a new box art in the 80s, plus the code number update to 40004 in the 90s. Tooled in 1972 was part of the first year of Matchbox models line.

Kit included a decal sheet with two markings.

In the last years of the brand, a new Zero was released, Matchbox – 40002 – Mitsubishi Zero, but using the FROG kit, tooled in 1959 as base.