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On the basis of these decisions, the Company began its design work. The Mitsubishi trial.plane was eompleted and passed the flying test by the Navy in March, 1937, and its type was officially adopted by the latter in preference to those of the two rival companies, Kawanishi and Aichi. The plane was named as Type-Zero Observation Seaplane in October,1939. and mass-produced as the lst bi-seaplane {or the Japanese Navy. Equipped with the 780 HP Zuisei-l3 engine, the plane could fly along at 200 kt, considered the fastest maximum for any seaplane throughout the world at the time. It was armed with two 7.7mm fixed machine guns and a single flexible machine gun at the rear of its fuselage. Its war records were outstandinS, sometimes fighting even with enemy fighters in the air battle thanks to its superior circling capability, while going out far to destroy enemy submarines under the sea with its two 30kg bombs. Thus, the plane was very widely used not only in the normal and such extra activities but also to serve other multi-purposes as well.

1/5O IDENTICAL SCALE JAPANESE NAVY TYPE-O OBSERVATION-SEAPLANE

The main object of an observation seaplane is to remain in mid air between the friend and enemy fleets and to spot and report the fall of friend shots by radio in order to lead the gun fight favourable to the friend fleet. Before the emergence of the Type-Zero observation plane, the reconnaissance
ship-plane served both purposes of observation and reconnaissance. However, due to thq progress of carrier.based aircraft, it had become common knowl' edge that a fleet was escorted by an aircraft-carrier from which numerous defense fighters could fly out. As a result, a reconnaissance ship-plane lack' ing in speed and easy maneuverability could not carry out its observational object against the increased blocking activity by fast enemy carrier-fighters. The Japanese Navy,therefore,acutely felt the need of development of a par' ticular kind of aircraft specialized solely in observational duty with superior climbing power, fighting ability and high speed. In 1934, the Navy asked the three aircraft-manufacturing companies of Kawanishi,Aichi and Mitsubishi to start on trial manufacture of this particular kind of airplane. Bfor starting the work on this plane, however, the Mitsubishi Company studied the pros and cons of mono- and bi-planes and also mono- and twin' floats with a view to decide which type of plane should be adopted as the best. The Company concluded that fighting capability should, first of all, be stressed even at the cost of speed to some degree and thus, a biplane struc' ture is more favourable because of its small wing loading and also that the single.float type is much better wben its hst maneuverability is considered. In order to lessen harmful resistence tendency due to the biplane structure, an elliptical instead of an oblong-shaped wing was preferred.And when mass' produced, it was further decided that the latter wing, too, should be changed into a trapizium.shaped,thin wing and props between upper and lower wings were to be a single one type.

Essential specifications : Overall length,9,500m; Overallwidth, 11,000m; Overall height,4,000mm; Engine,the Zuiseisei-l3 type of 800HP at the official rating; number ol crew2; maximum speed, 200kt; crusing distance, 400 nautical mile; armament, two 7.7mm fixed machine guns, one flexible machine gun and two 30kg bombs; number of planes produced (including those produced at the Sasebo Naval
Dockyard),988.

--- .wtrsirtfrmdrpldstiE-Eoodsf,_mI-PaidrThe Tateyama Flying Corps Active in and around the Tokyo Bay for
patrols and the delense ol conrcy.

Painting: ,i Let's paint the model. Paint beforehand those portions and smaller parts which are hard to do so mce glued onto their respective positions. In so doing, use smaller brushes' However,use regular'sized brushes of 8 to l0mm width for larger parts such as fuselage,float and wing to get better finish. Be sure to use either paints

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J.N. green (XF-1

1)

J.N. grey (XF-12)

Ftat white

(xF-2)

Flat red (xF-4

Flat broM XF-10

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Red x-7 Flat aluminum xF-16

Flat white XF-2

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carried aboard the

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The Type Zero Plan of the so called "R" Squadron

Flat red XF-7

Orange X6 Red X-7

Flat aluminum XF-16

Red X-7

The 938th Air Squadron

wy around

tor tha detoN of mnRabaul and tho

lsland.

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mark discovered in tho beginning o, 1 956 at the Surabaia Soaplana Bffi.

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carried aboa.d lhe

Astivo around Japan and out in the op6n sea.

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A
B
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lnstrument Board on the lnner Wall o{ FuselaEe

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Paint

b painted

wholy in mebtlic blue, while $at, in mebllfo btue.

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pipe in

bcrd, h f,at black. Gndutim b

to be

wiftm in whib' w]ile

sigttr' id blaclc

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Enelin6

fl@

b@rd in light grey, while in blet(,

and

paint

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in flat brom, while

(dy

iron @16. As for prcpella

ad $imer, w dE empl6 shom

ahove'

Pilot Flvin!.liqht
Bogie, Bomb and Machine Gun

paint helmet.
Paint pofr Paint

cloB

gMd

in

brcm, pmchute-belt in flat

glm, mrdler in llat white md aviatim

goggtes in white.

ild

starboard ftying itr f,et

lighb, &d bil ligltt in rcd' tilue and whib rspectively'

pushd eith6

brcm d bt*k, b@b ia f,at black n i! dark grey' dd Drhine gu in gm mehl'

List of Marks ol Respective CorPs .nd Squadrons that Used the Typo-Zoro Observttion Seaplam Ar Ntmca ol Corpa,squadr63,ot shiPs C: whethcr or not . whit. rim i3 paint.d B: Colours of Marka arourd th. rcdsun h.rk alffilsi& futGl.g.. O: P.riod o{ .mploymcnt E:Aiaa F: Color of fusalagc Paint G: Mark .x.mPl.s
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60511 l/50 Type.o Seaplane (1066031)

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READ BEFOBE ASSEII'BLY.

*Study and undrsland the instructbns

thoroughly beforo starting assembly. *Cut oft parts from sprue carelully using a cutting tool.

*Use plastic cement and paints only (available separately). *Use cement sparingly and ventilate room while constructing.

Fig. 1 Glue upper and lower wing hatues together as shol rn in the tigure.
Ho^, to conslruct th pilot seat

Construction of Propeller

Holir to tu th pilot ssat

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comPlted

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Figuro of the Completd Cowling

*@ns'lruc'lon"T(VA,

Fig.2
Construcl the Pilot Sat abo\re illustration.

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Before gluing fuselago halves, right, @ and left, @, logether, fix machine gun, (!, MG holder, @, instrument board, @, and pilot onto respective Position on seat, fuselage halv6s. Construct mwling as shown in the figure.

Fig. 3 Construct engine reterring to the illustration blor/. Construct wing and tailplane. Then, fix rear instrument board, @, onto fuselags before gluing windshield @.

Engine 6t

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of

Construc{ion P

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@, and a pair of wing-tip floats with thsir parts, No.1, @, No.2, @, No.3, @ and No.4, @, respeclivsly. when constructed,
fix each onto fuslage.
Fig. 4 Construct float with its hatues, @ and

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35 36

37

38

Fig. 5 Construct push{ar as shown in the figure.

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fuselage, while t$lo othr ones, @ and @, onto lowsr wing raspec'tivoly.

First, fix sight, @, onto fuselage. glue wing props, @ and @, onto

Then, glue upper Mng onto those wing

props. As for propeller, bo sure not to glue but just insert in place. Fig. 7 Cut of, Runner (the twig wher plastic parts are attachd) into 5 to 6cm pic6s and heat as shown below. When tho twig bend down, tak it away from hsat. Then, atter 2 to 3 soconds, pull its both ends lightly so that Runner will turn into thin thread-like plastic line. When so done, cut ach ofl inlo shortr piecos in pair to respective measures, @, @ and @, as shorrn in Fig. 7. Apply adhesive lo both ends of each plastic line to glue it onto its respsctive pcsition as shourn in the figure, with the aid ot a pair ol twegzors.

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List o{ Parts l. Uppcr Win8. (A)

Wing. (B) Lowcr Wing,l.ft, A Low6r Wing,right.B Low6r lving,lelt.A Lowcr Winl.right. B 7 . Pilot SGrt Floor Board 8. Control Stick

31. 32. 34. 35. 36.

Hori:ontll Strbili2er(right)

2. 3. 4. 5, 6.

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33. Maan

Flo.t. ( lcft) Flo.t. (right) Main Flo.t Prop

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Fusel.ge h!ll. ( right)
l5- lnstrumont Board 16. Mechine Gun 17. MG Hold.r 18. Cowling 19. Cowl-tlrp, ( leli )
20. 21. 22. 23.

Dumy

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wing.tip Flo.t. A, No.2 Wing.tip Flo.t, B, No.l 37. Wing-tip Flo.t.C,No.4 38. wina.tip Flo.t.O.i{o.3 10. Front lYh..l ol &gie al. Low.. Wiha Prop 12. Front Windshi.ld
41. 30kg Bomb

{5. V.type Prop. A 46. V-typ Prop,B

47.
49. 50.
5

V.type Prop.C Bogia Fram. (lowcr) Bogie Fram. (uppcr)

Bogie Prop. ( front) Bogie Prop, ( re.r ) Sight wing Prop.A

{8. V-type Prop.O

Cowl'fl.p, ( riSht) Exhaust Pip6 Propellet

)

l. Wheel

52. 53. 51. 55. 56. 57. 5E. 61.

Spinner 2{. Engine Block, (16rr

25. Propeller Sh6ft 26. Engine Block. ( front) 27. Tip-end oI En6in.

lving Prop,B
winE Prop. C Wing Prop.O Ehgine Stopper

Cylindor H6.d 29. Rear lnstrumnt Bo.rd

28. 30.

Pl.te

Horizontel St.bili2.r,

(lelt)

,L
Elongatod Runner

Figure of the Completd Model

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1/50 Type.o Seaplane (106604I)