do you guys know this kit of japanese midget sub ?

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  • raalst
    Junior Member
    • Feb 2003
    • 1228
    #1

    do you guys know this kit of japanese midget sub ?

    I was on holidays in Japan and found this kit :
    IJN A-Target Type A Midget Submarine Pearl Harbor | HLJ.com
    https://hlj.com/product/FNMFS-02
    Fine Molds has done it again: an excellent full injection-plastic kit of an incredibly minor piece of WWII hardware! This is the so-called midget sub that took part in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Officially called the Ko-Hyoteki Ko-gata, which translates into English as the A-Target Type A, this two-man sub carried two torpedoes. They had the distinction of being the targets of the first shots fired between the U.S. and Japan in WWII, the first ships sunk, and the crew member of one became the first Japanese prisoner-of-war taken by the Americans. Two of these subs did manage to slip into Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, and they are known to have fired their torpedoes, but in the confusion that reigned that day it is unknown just how much damage they did.The kit was designed after extensive research of the existing subs, and is very well done, including surface weld marks and other details. Measures just over 30cm long when completed. Includes a display stand and markings for three versions of the sub.


    Since this kit does not have a name I recognize, it might be unknown to non-japanese.

    There is a similar kit for the sidney harbor type of midget.


    Regards,
    Ronald van Aalst
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  • gantu
    Member
    • Aug 2009
    • 145
    #2
    Kleinst-U-Boot-Klasse Typ A (Japan) – Wikipedia
    https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleinst-U-Boot-Klasse_Typ_A_(Japan)

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    • JWLaRue
      Managing Editor, SubCommittee Report
      • Aug 1994
      • 4281
      #3
      ...and for those who are German language challenged:

      Type A K& - Wikipedia
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_A_Kō-hyōteki-class_submarine


      -Jeff
      Rohr 1.....Los!

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      • JWLaRue
        Managing Editor, SubCommittee Report
        • Aug 1994
        • 4281
        #4
        This looks like a very nice kit. Comes out to be just over 13-inches LOA (33.8 cm). Would love to see one a bit larger to make it practical to convert to R/C.

        -Jeff
        Rohr 1.....Los!

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        • ccontrol
          SubCommittee Member
          • Mar 2012
          • 186
          #5
          Looks like a good candidate for 3D printing.

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          • hardrock
            Junior Member
            • Apr 2015
            • 18
            #6
            Something like this?
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