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

In 1938, the German firm Arado built the Ar. 196A twin-float reconnaissance seaplane. After being selected once the winner of a design competition, the Ar.196 became the conventional aircraft for the German Navy during WWII. This seaplane ended up being powered by a BMW132K air-cooled engine which produced 960hp. The 196A comes with two 7.92mm weapons, two 20mm cannons, and two 50kg bombs. The Arado Ar. 196A was carried aboard the Bismarck battleship, the Prinz Eugen hefty cruiser and lots of other camouflaged cruisers. These planes served as business raiders and were implemented to numerous seaside squadrons to be used in reconnaissance and observation. It exhibited excellent attacking performance from the Allie vessels and submarines. Only 600 planes had been produced in the A-0 prototype to the A-5 final variation.

Specs & Features

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