Heres my TB victim (?!) A very interesting aircraft from the late ,some might say desperate, stages of the war in the pacific. Its the Aichi M6a Seiran , a floatplane designed to be launched from a huge submarine. The Idea was for the Sub to get as close as possible to the US mainland then launch the aircraft to strategically bomb high value targets . The 390 ft long submarine , the I 400 , had a 100 foot long , 11 foot diameter watertight tube on the deck which contained 3 Seirans , folded up with the floats being separate also. On surfacing the aircraft would be assembled and unfolded then launched from the catapult , the floats only being used for training ,on the actual mission it would go without them- being a one way ticket!. Fortunately for the US they never saw active service , only 1 entire example surviving of the 27 or so built. The kit is the Tamiya 1/48 and looks to be nicely detailed as per usual Tamiya standards , with nice engraved lines , detailed cockpit and even a ballast weight provided for the front of the floats . Heres the box and some rather poor in bag sprue shots! Tony
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