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

In 1938, the German business Arado built the Ar. 196A twin-float reconnaissance seaplane. After being selected while the champ of a design competition, the Ar.196 became the conventional aircraft of German Navy during WWII. This seaplane was in fact operating on a BMW132K air-cooled motor which produced 960hp. The 196A has two 7.92mm firearms, two 20mm cannons, and two 50kg bombs. The Arado Ar. 196A ended up being indeed carried aboard the Bismarck battleship, the Prinz Eugen heavy cruiser and lots of other camouflaged cruisers. These planes served as company raiders and was implemented to varied seaside squadrons to be used in reconnaissance and observation. It exhibited exemplary attacking performance facing the Allie vessels and submarines. Simply 600 planes have already been manufactured in the A-0 model towards A-5 last variation.

Specs & qualities

• 1/48 scale installation kit model.
• Top top options that come with the Ar.196 like textile texture regarding the fuselage, one-piece horizontal stabilizer, durable twin-floats, and motor cowling with teardrop bulges are realistically reproduced.
• Cockpit interior and motor function fine details.
• Canopy are positioned together in either available or shut jobs.
• Flaps are positioned together in either up or down jobs.
• Dolly elements are included to make the model.
• Markings to depict aircraft flown through battleship Bismarck, hefty cruiser Prinz Eugen,camouflaged cruisers Thor and Widder, meaning that 125th Maritime Reconnaissance Group(Total 5).
• Two team figures included.
• Aircraft elements are manufactured by Italeri.