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

In 1938, the German company 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 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 plenty of other camouflaged cruisers. These planes served as business raiders and was implemented to numerous seaside squadrons for use in reconnaissance and observation. It exhibited exemplary attacking performance up against the Allie vessels and submarines. Just 600 planes have now been manufactured in the A-0 model towards A-5 final variation.

Specs & qualities

• 1/48 scale installation kit model.
• Top top options that come with the Ar.196 like the fabric texture concerning 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 are put together in either available or shut jobs.
• Flaps are positioned together in either up or down jobs.
• Dolly elements are included to produce the model.
• Markings to depict aircraft flown through battleship Bismarck, hefty cruiser Prinz Eugen,camouflaged cruisers Thor and Widder, which means that 125th Maritime Reconnaissance Group(Total 5).
• Two team numbers included.
• Aircraft components are manufactured by Italeri.