Arado Ar-196, East Asia Naval Special Service, Penang, Japanese Occupied Malaya, 1944

[russ c]

Hi Everyone, 

 Thought I`d surprise you with a Luftwaffe subject, which is a rarity among the themes I tend to build in.

My attempt at Italeri`s 1/48 Arado 196 float plane

Decided to make life difficult by attempting to do the wings folded, which isn`t an option in the kit

Portrayed as a German crewed aircraft based at Penang in Japanese occupied Malaya around 1944

Apart from the wing-fold is built 99% OOB as usual

With just the antenna wire added

The wing-fold was done from scratch, with details made up of plastic sheet and copper  wire from a flex not 100% accurate but near enough for my shelves 🙂

Decals were from the kit

Hope you enjoy the pic`s, thanks for looking

Cheers Russ

 

 

[Marcel]

Wonderful!

[GiampieroSilvestri]

Nice!

 

Saluti

 

Giampiero

[ForestFan]

Very nice and different!

[Toryu]

That's indeed a rare and exotic subject - very well done, Russ, as usual. The wing fold and the cart are a nice addition. The whole job looks quite complex.

[Courageous]

Nice idea and done beautifully.

 

Stuart

[Darwinism]

Lovely result and a great choice of markings - well done!

[woody37]

Cracking build Russ, I've never seen one in Japanese markings, so great to see one dressed up differently

 

[Zigomar]

Absolutely original and pretty well done. It is an History fact that some U-Boats joined the Japanese base of Penang on the North Malaya and were given to the Japanese Navy. I remember reading about the Arado 196 which amazed the IJN members by the level of precise manufacture ! Once again Russ, Strike!

[Duncan B]

That is fantastic, really nicely done and I've learned something new today too (had never seen one in Japanese markings before).

 

Duncan B

[andyh59]

Great build and finish, didn't realise the Japanese trialled the Ar196. Very well done.

[georgeusa]

First the build and finish of this 196 is just superb.  Second, the scratch wing fold you made looks realistic and like it came from a mod set.  Third, I have never seen this Arado done in Japanese livery.  Just great all around and I learned something.   Thanks for sharing.  Makes me feel guilty enough to take another look at the Revell 1/32 kit I have of this plane just sitting on the shelf taunting me.

[Armorrich]

No that is different!!! Extremely well done.....tackling those folding wings must have taken quite a bit of time and thought. It looks just great......

 

Best, Rich

[Erik Leijdens]

That is one great looking model Russ! The wing folding mechanism is really well done, fantastic build overall!

 

Erik

[Pete in a shed]

Superb Russ, great work with the wingfolding detail. I wasnt aware these were used by the Japanese and German crewed to boot. so thanks for enlightening me. 

Pete

[Cirrus75]

Very nice & original build, well done on the folding mechanism.

 

Richard