The Aichi E16A1 "Zuiun" (Paul) in 1/1 we first saw during the Shizuoka Hobby Show is ready and is on display in Fuji-Q Highland amusement park from June 17 until July 30.
Below is the poster ("Super Multi Sea Plane"??? Only for those who can decipher Japanglish) and a few photos from Chuita- (Twitter).
I must say, it looks very impressive! Not something you could mail order from you favorite hobby shop, and imagine the size of the "box" if you could! Seriously though, a brilliant effort to bring an otherwise extinct type back to "life". Hopefully more replicas like this can be built in the future. (E7K anyone?)
ReplyDeleteI will assume that "multi seaplane" is a bad translation for multi-role seaplane and that "super" means advanced or best (as in comparison to previous aircraft such as E13A1, F1M2, E7N2 etc.).
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Thank you Alex!
ReplyDeleteWhich manufacturer is going to scale that down to 1/48?
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