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I have been trying to get this subject built for quite a while in various GBs. So Now before anything else crops up Here is Tamiya's 1/48 Aichi M6A! Seiran. Developed to be launched from the deck of the I-400 Submarine. Here's what we got. Let the good times roll!
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The Aichi M6A1 Seiran, "Clear Sky Storm", was a submarine-launched attack floatplane designed for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. It was intended to operate from I-400 class submarines whose original mission was to conduct aerial attacks against the United States. This is the 1/48 Tamiya kit released in 1997. This is also the first kit I have completed since 2017. Besides a couple of back operations; fusion of neck vertebra; an entire ankle replacement; a teeny, tiny spot of cancer treatment; and life in general not cooperating; to say my modeling mojo wasn’t working is an understatement. But, since I must live another 250 years to complete the kits in my stash, thought I might try to get back into the swing of things and see how much of the little I possessed in modeling skills have gone out the window. What better way than a Tamiya kit that even I would be hard pressed to butcher. I did not do a work in progress as I was just trying to complete a build OOB. About the only thing I did to enhance the kit was drill out some lightening holes in the cockpit and a few other odds and ends that you cannot see once finished. The object was just to finish and see how bad it turned out. So, without further ado, here is my little gem of a kit of the Seiran. The kit goes together quite well, and everything fits, even when I put it together. There are weights in the kit to put in the main floats to keep it from tail setting. The kit also has a beaching dolly for display purposes. Since the actual plane did not see any action except for some test flights, I did not do hardly any weathering of the plane itself. The beaching dolly, however, I figured it was one of many old ones lying around that was used as was handy, so it was done a bit beat up. As always, all comments are welcome, both good or bad. It is really nice to have actually finished something and the fingers actually worked to some degree of usefulness. Obviously, not only do I have to work on my modeling skills, but my posting skills leave a lot to be desired. The last time I posted, I was using PhotoBucket and had that hosting site go a bit crazy since I noticed all my prior posts have this awful intrusion by PhotoBucket. So comments on my limited modeling skills and suggestions on how to post better pictures are both welcomed. It is good to be back. Might try another Tamiya kit to make to bolster my missing confidence.
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