[About actual vehicle]
- In the Second World War, the Japanese Navy developed and equipped with the amphibious cooperation as one of the equipment of the Ryuzai Corps, a special two-type internal firearm `Kami` of the amphibious tank.
- The base is the Army 's Ninety - five Light Tank adopting a welded structure in its entirety, and the hatch was equipped with a rubber seal.
- The turret uses a turret of two tanks.
- The main gun was equipped with a set 37 mm tank cannon.
- Equipped with a removable float for buoyancy at the front and rear of the car body.
- There are two types of front float, the former type and the latter type, the feature that the former term type became a one-piece type with respect to the latter term type of the left-right split type.
- Carried to the coast with a submarine to the south islands where the port facility is not enough, then landed on its own and landed.
- Float was removed after landing and continued to advance as a normal tank.
- After being formulated in 1942, by the end of the war, we produced about 180 both early and late models.
- It was first introduced to real war in Saipan, active in the south of New Guinea and so on.
- It was also used in fierce fight Iwo Jima.
[About the model]
- The model is 1/35 scale, the total length is about 21 cm and the amphibious tank of the Japanese Navy, a special two type internal firecraft `Kami` is reproduced with a float.
- The front float is modeling the former type which became a monolithic different from the latter term type of the left and right split type.
- The unique style with the front and rear floats attached is realistically reproduced together with skillful parts composition etc.
- Floats in front and back can be reproduced in both attached and removed states. I am looking forward to the difference in facial expressions.
- The lower part of the body which reproduced the shape sharply using the slide mold, the upper part of the body is the suspension and the undercarriage, the ladder parts unique to amphibious vehicles, the turret and the main gun etc. are also modeled firmly, the mechanical and characteristic finish.
- Ventilation tubes on the top of the engine room, which is indispensable at sea floating, and observation towers on the top of the turret are of course included in the kit.
- The base of the front bogey is also set so that the posture that the front part of the car body is lowered for further landing can also be reproduced.
- The belt type DS track which is easy to assemble is set in the crawler belt which solidifies the feet.
- Unique shape can not be overlooked by military modelers.
- It is one that spreads ideas for sea navigation, landing on the coastline, furthermore on land and marine production after landing.
[Major features]
- Japan amphibious amphibious tank, special type 2 internal firearm `Kami 'Reproduced in floating condition when the former type is floated on the sea
- Unlike the late model of the right-and-left partitioning type, modeling of the former type in which the front float became a unitary model
- Floats in front and back can be reproduced both in attached state and in removed state
- Rudder parts unique to amphibious vehicles, turrets and main guns are modeled firmly
- Ventilation tube on the top of the engine room indispensable at sea floating and the observation tower on the top of the turret are of course reproduced
- The base of the front bogey is also set so that the posture that the front part of the car body is lowered for landing can also be reproduced
- Set a belt type DS track that is easy to assemble for crawler belts
- Size at completion: Total length approx. 210 mm
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )