Type 4 Ka-Tsu with Torpedoes (a truly mad Japanese idea!)

[Kiwikitbasher]

Take a large underpowered amphibious tracked carrier, add a pair of torpedoes (making them dangerously top-heavy and unstable), strap two of them to the deck of a submarine, surface outside the enemy's lagoon harbour, take quite a while to prepare for launch, release the carriers and attack the ships in the lagoon!

Anyway, the Ka-Tsu is a most unusual subject, and we have Riich Models (yes two i's) to thank for a quite nice 1/72 scale kit of it After a five-day build here's what I ended up with. My build log with images of modifications and scratch-built details is over on the Missing Lynx Braille Scale DG:

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missinglynx/viewtopic.php?f=47210&t=316081&p=1531131#p1531131

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 9, 2018 by Kiwikitbasher

[keefr22]

Cracking paintjob Mark, but what a barking mad idea! 

 

Another really nice braille scale model off your workbench!

 

Keith

[Kiwikitbasher]

32 minutes ago, keefr22 said:

Cracking paintjob Mark, but what a barking mad idea! 

 

Another really nice braille scale model off your workbench!

 

Keith

Thanks Keith,

 

Yes, it was definitely a crazy idea!

[stevehnz]

Lovely job on that Mark, pity the poor sod who had to try & make it work though. I'm still trying to figure out how they fired them.

Steve.

Edited August 10, 2018 by stevehnz

[Kiwikitbasher]

Thanks Steve,

 

I'm pretty sure the torps just rolled off the side into the water as per some early torpedo boats without tubes.

[glatisant]

Madness, Genius, two sides of the same coin!! Superb build. A masterpiece.

[Kiwikitbasher]

2 hours ago, glatisant said:

Madness, Genius, two sides of the same coin!! Superb build. A masterpiece.

Thanks, glad you liked it.

[Silenoz]

Excellent job in this scale... Did you freehand the camo?

[Kiwikitbasher]

1 hour ago, Silenoz said:

Excellent job in this scale... Did you freehand the camo?

Thanks, glad you liked it. And yes, I did freehand the camo

[Göran]

Very good paint job, doing it free hand and at that scale to boot  Dumb question but how does torpedoes react to fire from small arms fire up to, lets say 20 mm? Can the outer shell be penetrated without going off?

 

Cheers

Göran

[Kiwikitbasher]

1 hour ago, Göran said:

Very good paint job, doing it free hand and at that scale to boot  Dumb question but how does torpedoes react to fire from small arms fire up to, lets say 20 mm? Can the outer shell be penetrated without going off?

 

Cheers

Göran

Thanks Goran,

 

I should think the torpedoes would be very vulnerable. As an example, quite a few WW2 navies removed their deck-located torpedoes from some warships as the risk of them exploding with devasting results during a fight outweighed their infrequent use. In the case of the Ka-Tsu perhaps the biggest danger the torpedoes caused was that of capsizing as they made the vehicle/craft very top-heavy.