In Box Review of Tamiya 1/50th Scale
Japanese Nakajima C6N1 Saiun "Myrt"
Carrier-borne Reconnaissance Aircraft
Kit no. 60509
By Ray Mehlberger
OUT OF PRODUCTION
Copyright 1970
By Ray Mehlberger
OUT OF PRODUCTION
Copyright 1970
HISTORY:
The Nakajima C6N Saiun "Iridescent Cloud") was a carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in World War II. Advanced for its time, it was the fastest carrier-based aircraft put into service by Japan during the war. The Allied reporting name was Myrt.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Crew: 3
Length: 11.00 m (36 ft 1 in)
Wingspan: 12.50 m (41 ft 0⅛ in)
Height: 3.96 m (13 ft 0 in)
Wing area: 25.5 m² (274 ft²)
Empty weight: 2,968 kg (6,543 lb)
Loaded weight: 4,500 kg (9,921 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 5,260 kg (11,596 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Nakajima NK9B Homare 11 twin-row 18-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, 1,485 kW (1,990 hp)
Maximum speed: 610 km/h (329 knots, 379 mph) at 6,100 m (20,000 ft)
Cruise speed: 390 km/h (210 knots, 242 mph)
Range: 5,300 km (2,886 NM, 3,300 mi) (with auxiliary fuel)
Service ceiling: 10,470 m (35,240 ft)
Wing loading: 176 kg/m² (36.2 lb/ft²)
Power/mass: 0.33 kW/kg (0.20 hp/lb)
Climb to 6,000 m (19,700 ft): 8 min 9 sec
Armament: 1× flexibly mounted rearward-firing 7.92 mm Type 1 machine gun
The Nakajima C6N Saiun "Iridescent Cloud") was a carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in World War II. Advanced for its time, it was the fastest carrier-based aircraft put into service by Japan during the war. The Allied reporting name was Myrt.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Crew: 3
Length: 11.00 m (36 ft 1 in)
Wingspan: 12.50 m (41 ft 0⅛ in)
Height: 3.96 m (13 ft 0 in)
Wing area: 25.5 m² (274 ft²)
Empty weight: 2,968 kg (6,543 lb)
Loaded weight: 4,500 kg (9,921 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 5,260 kg (11,596 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Nakajima NK9B Homare 11 twin-row 18-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, 1,485 kW (1,990 hp)
Maximum speed: 610 km/h (329 knots, 379 mph) at 6,100 m (20,000 ft)
Cruise speed: 390 km/h (210 knots, 242 mph)
Range: 5,300 km (2,886 NM, 3,300 mi) (with auxiliary fuel)
Service ceiling: 10,470 m (35,240 ft)
Wing loading: 176 kg/m² (36.2 lb/ft²)
Power/mass: 0.33 kW/kg (0.20 hp/lb)
Climb to 6,000 m (19,700 ft): 8 min 9 sec
Armament: 1× flexibly mounted rearward-firing 7.92 mm Type 1 machine gun
THE KIT:
Tamiya is an old prolific model company based in Shizuoka, Japan. They manufacture all manner of model subjects in the popular scales.
This kit came in a shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box.
The box art shows a "Myrt" flying over the countryside.
It is green over a grey under-carraige, with a white spinner and black cowling. It has a white code 152-03 on the rudder.
One side panel has specifications of the "Myrt": Type: 3-seat carrier reconnaissance plane. Span: 12.50m, Length: 11.12m, Empty weight: 28.25 kg, Power plant: Nakajima "Homare" 21- 1,821 h.p. engine, Max speed: 609 km/h, Armament: one 7.9mm machine gun.
This is followed by a solid-black side view of the "Myrt".
Tamiya is an old prolific model company based in Shizuoka, Japan. They manufacture all manner of model subjects in the popular scales.
This kit came in a shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box.
The box art shows a "Myrt" flying over the countryside.
It is green over a grey under-carraige, with a white spinner and black cowling. It has a white code 152-03 on the rudder.
One side panel has specifications of the "Myrt": Type: 3-seat carrier reconnaissance plane. Span: 12.50m, Length: 11.12m, Empty weight: 28.25 kg, Power plant: Nakajima "Homare" 21- 1,821 h.p. engine, Max speed: 609 km/h, Armament: one 7.9mm machine gun.
This is followed by a solid-black side view of the "Myrt".
The other side panel has 4 color box arts of other aircraft kits that Tamiya manufactures: a 1/50th scale Zero fighter "Zeke", a 1/50th scale Type 5 fighter "Tony", a 1/72nd scale Type 2 Shoki "Tojo", and a 1/72nd scale Type 4 fighter Hayate "Frank".
WHAT'S IN THE BOX:
The kit holds one dark-green tree and three silver trees and a clear tree, a clear fuselage half and cowling, in 3 stapled-shut clear cello bags, the decal sheet and instructions.
The instructions consist of a single-sheet printed on both sides, all in Japanese, that is 20 1/2" x 7" format, folded twice to fit the box.
The face side begins with the history of the "Myrt" in Japanese, over a photo of 2 "Myrts" on a runway in front of 2 Japanese bombers and a fuel truck.
The "Myrt" in the foreground is dark-green over grey undercarriage with a black cowling and white spinner and with white code 171-23 on the rudder.
The second "Myrt" has a tail code of a white horizontal bar over Japanese symbol -107.
Bottom of the page has 4 side views and a top and bottom view of "Myrts". All 4 are dark green over grey undercarriages, with black cowlings and light colored spinners.
The 1st "Myrt" has tail code white 171-23
The 2nd "Myrt" has tail code white 343-07
The 3rd "Myrt" has tail code white 762-12
The 4th "Myrt" has tail code white 180-01
Below this is the first two assembly steps.
The reverse side of the instructions has a balance of a total of 8 assembly steps and the parts trees illustrations and a list of all the names of the kit parts, all in Japanese with a grainy black photo of a "Myrt" that is too dark to make out any markings other than the roundels and the yellow wing leading edges
Trees are not alphabetized, They do, however, have part number tabs next to the parts on the trees.
The dark-green tree holds: crew figures, dashboard, engine, propeller, main wheels, landing-gear legs, cockpit floor, tailwheel etc. (51 parts)
The kit holds one dark-green tree and three silver trees and a clear tree, a clear fuselage half and cowling, in 3 stapled-shut clear cello bags, the decal sheet and instructions.
The instructions consist of a single-sheet printed on both sides, all in Japanese, that is 20 1/2" x 7" format, folded twice to fit the box.
The face side begins with the history of the "Myrt" in Japanese, over a photo of 2 "Myrts" on a runway in front of 2 Japanese bombers and a fuel truck.
The "Myrt" in the foreground is dark-green over grey undercarriage with a black cowling and white spinner and with white code 171-23 on the rudder.
The second "Myrt" has a tail code of a white horizontal bar over Japanese symbol -107.
Bottom of the page has 4 side views and a top and bottom view of "Myrts". All 4 are dark green over grey undercarriages, with black cowlings and light colored spinners.
The 1st "Myrt" has tail code white 171-23
The 2nd "Myrt" has tail code white 343-07
The 3rd "Myrt" has tail code white 762-12
The 4th "Myrt" has tail code white 180-01
Below this is the first two assembly steps.
The reverse side of the instructions has a balance of a total of 8 assembly steps and the parts trees illustrations and a list of all the names of the kit parts, all in Japanese with a grainy black photo of a "Myrt" that is too dark to make out any markings other than the roundels and the yellow wing leading edges
Trees are not alphabetized, They do, however, have part number tabs next to the parts on the trees.
The dark-green tree holds: crew figures, dashboard, engine, propeller, main wheels, landing-gear legs, cockpit floor, tailwheel etc. (51 parts)
The 1st silver tree holds the fuselage (2 parts)
The 2nd silver tree holds the wings (3 parts)
The 3rd silver tree holds: torpedo, wings and elevator flaps, air intake, spinner, gear doors, struts etc. (45 parts)
The clear tree holds: the cowling. a fuselage half and the canopy (3 parts) The clear cowling and fuselage half allow you to alternately build the model as a see-into one.
Decal sheet completes the kit's contents.
Detail is the raised variety. Although in 1/50th scale, that scale is close enough to 1/48th to please most modelers.
Recommended.
Recommended.