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TAMffiA1/5O IDENTICAL SCALE JAPANESE NAVY TYPE-O OBSERVATION-SEAPLANE
The main object of an observation seaplane is to remain in mid air between
the friend and enemy fleets and to spot and report the fall of friend shotsby radio in order to lead the gun fight favourable to the friend fleet.Before the emergence of the Type-Zero observation plane, the reconnaissanceship-plane served both purposes of observation and reconnaissance. However,due to thq progress of carrier.based aircraft, it had become common knowl'edge that a fleet was escorted by an aircraft-carrier from which numerousdefense fighters could fly out. As a result, a reconnaissance ship-plane lack'ing in speed and easy maneuverability could not carry out its observationalobject against the increased blocking activity by fast enemy carrier-fighters.The Japanese Navy,therefore,acutely felt the need of development of a par'ticular kind of aircraft specialized solely in observational duty with superiorclimbing power, fighting ability and high speed. In 1934, the Navy asked thethree aircraft-manufacturing companies of Kawanishi,Aichi and Mitsubishi tostart on trial manufacture of this particular kind of airplane.B€for€ starting the work on this plane, however, the Mitsubishi Company
studied the pros and cons of mono- and bi-planes and also mono- and twin'floats with a view to decide which type of plane should be adopted as thebest. The Company concluded that fighting capability should, first of all, be
stressed even at the cost of speed to some degree and thus, a biplane struc'ture is more favourable because of its small wing loading and also that thesingle.float type is much better wben its hst maneuverability is considered.In order to lessen harmful resistence tendency due to the biplane structure,an elliptical instead of an oblong-shaped wing was preferred.And when mass'produced, it was further decided that the latter wing, too, should be changed
into a trapizium.shaped,thin wing and props between upper and lower wingswere to be a single one type.
Painting:,i Let's paint the model.Paint beforehand those portions and smaller parts which are hard to do so
mce glued onto their respective positions. In so doing, use smaller brushes'
However,use regular'sized brushes of 8 to l0mm width for larger parts such
as fuselage,float and wing to get better finish. Be sure to use either paints
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The Tateyama Flying CorpsActive in and around the Tokyo Bay forpatrols and the delense ol conrcy.
On the basis of these decisions, the Company began its design work. TheMitsubishi trial.plane was eompleted and passed the flying test by the Navyin March, 1937, and its type was officially adopted by the latter in preferenceto those of the two rival companies, Kawanishi and Aichi. The plane was
named as Type-Zero Observation Seaplane in October,1939. and mass-producedas the lst bi-seaplane {or the Japanese Navy.Equipped with the 780 HP Zuisei-l3 engine, the plane could fly along at 200kt, considered the fastest maximum for any seaplane throughout the world atthe time. It was armed with two 7.7mm fixed machine guns and a singleflexible machine gun at the rear of its fuselage.Its war records were outstandinS, sometimes fighting even with enemy fight-ers in the air battle thanks to its superior circling capability, while going
out far to destroy enemy submarines under the sea with its two 30kg bombs.Thus, the plane was very widely used not only in the normal and such extraactivities but also to serve other multi-purposes as well.
Essential specifications :
Overall length,9,500m; Overallwidth, 11,000m; Overall height,4,000mm;Engine,the Zuiseisei-l3 type of 800HP at the official rating; number ol crew2;maximum speed, 200kt; crusing distance, 400 nautical mile; armament, two7.7mm fixed machine guns, one flexible machine gun and two 30kg bombs;number of planes produced (including those produced at the Sasebo NavalDockyard),988.
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B Pilot Seat Paint fl@ b@rd in light grey, while $at, in mebllfo btue.
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F Bogie, Bomb andMachine Gun
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READ BEFOBE ASSEII'BLY.*Study and und€rsland the instructbnsthoroughly beforo starting assembly.*Cut oft parts from sprue carelully using acutting tool.*Use plastic cement and paints only (avail-able separately).*Use cement sparingly and ventilate roomwhile constructing.
Fig. 1 Glue upper and lower wing hatuestogether as shol rn in the tigure.
Fig.2Construcl the Pilot S€at O refening to theabo\re illustration.
Before gluing fuselago halves, right, @ andleft, @, logether, fix machine gun, (!, MGholder, @, instrument board, @, and pilotseat, O onto respective Position onfuselage halv6s.Construct mwling as shown in the figure.
Fig. 3Construct engine reterring to the illustrationb€lor/.
Construct wing and tailplane. Then, fix rearinstrument board, @, onto fuselags beforegluing windshield @.
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Fig. 4 Construct float with its hatues, @ and@, and a pair of wing-tip floats with thsirparts, No.1, @, No.2, @, No.3, @ andNo.4, @, respeclivsly. when constructed,fix each onto fus€lage.
Fig. 5 Construct push{ar as shown in thefigure.
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Fig. 6 First, fix sight, @, onto fuselage.N$i, glue wing props, @ and @, ontofuselage, while t$lo oth€r ones, @ and @,onto lowsr wing raspec'tivoly.Then, glue upper Mng onto those wingprops. As for propeller, bo sure not to gluebut just insert in place.
Fig. 7Cut of, Runner (the twig wher€ plastic partsare attach€d) into 5 to 6cm pi€c6s and heatas shown below. When tho twig benddown, tak€ it away from hsat. Then, atter 2to 3 soconds, pull its both ends lightly sothat Runner will turn into thin thread-likeplastic line. When so done, cut €ach ofl inloshort€r piecos in pair to respective mea-sures, @, @ and @, as shorrn in Fig. 7.Apply adhesive lo both ends of each plasticline to glue it onto its respsctive pcsition asshourn in the figure, with the aid ot a pair oltwegzors.
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List o{ Partsl. Uppcr Win8. (A)2. u9p.r Wing. (B)3. Lowcr Wing,l.ft, A4. Low6r Wing,right.B5, Low6r lving,lelt.A6. Lowcr Winl.right. B7 . Pilot SGrt Floor Board8. Control Stick9 . F.ont S..t10. Reer S..iI l. lnstrumnts12. Dumy
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20. Cowl'fl.p, ( riSht)21. Exhaust Pip622. Propellet23. Spinner2{. Engine Block, (16rr )
25. Propeller Sh6ft26. Engine Block. ( front)27. Tip-end oI En6in.28. Cylindor H6.d29. Rear lnstrumnt Bo.rd30. Horizontel St.bili2.r,
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31. Hori:ontll Strbili2er-(right)
32. Mein Flo.t. ( lcft)33. Maan Flo.t. (right)34. Main Flo.t Prop35. wing.tip Flo.t. A, No.236. Wing.tip Flo.t, B, No.l37. Wing-tip Flo.t.C,No.438. wina.tip Flo.t.O.i{o.310. Front lYh..l ol &gieal. Low.. Wiha Prop12. Front Windshi.ld
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51. Sight55. wing Prop.A56. lving Prop,B57. winE Prop. C5E. Wing Prop.O61. Ehgine Stopper Pl.te
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