Tamiya 37006 - 1/48 Arado Ar. 196A  [37006]

In 1938, the German business Arado built the Ar. 196A twin-float reconnaissance seaplane. After being chosen while the champion of a design competition, the Ar.196 became the typical aircraft of German Navy during WWII. This seaplane was in fact operating on a BMW132K air-cooled motor which produced 960hp. The 196A is equipped with two 7.92mm firearms, two 20mm cannons, and two 50kg bombs. The Arado Ar. 196A was indeed carried aboard the Bismarck battleship, the Prinz Eugen heavy cruiser and lots of other camouflaged cruisers. These planes served as business raiders and had been deployed to a lot of seaside squadrons for use in reconnaissance and observation. It exhibited exemplary attacking performance up against the Allie ships and submarines. Just 600 planes have been manufactured in the A-0 model towards A-5 last variation.

Specs & Features

• 1/48 scale installation kit model.
• Top top features of the Ar.196 such as the cloth texture about the fuselage, one-piece horizontal stabilizer, durable twin-floats, and motor cowling with teardrop bulges are realistically reproduced.
• Cockpit interior and engine function fine details.
• Canopy may be put together in either available or shut jobs.
• Flaps are positioned together in either up or down jobs.
• Dolly elements are included to display the model.
• Markings to depict aircraft flown through the battleship Bismarck, hefty cruiser Prinz Eugen,camouflaged cruisers Thor and Widder, which means 125th Maritime Reconnaissance Group(Total 5).
• Two team figures included.
• Aircraft components are manufactured by Italeri.