IPMS Farnborough Model Club

Julian Edwards

Japanese Kaiten Submarine

September 2007 competition class winner

Kit is a Kora (Czech) resin, 1/72 scale, built straight from the box. Finish is Humbrol Metalcote #3 Steel, with MIG weathering compounds.

The Kaiten 2/4 was designed as a two man suicide attack submarine for local coastal defence, using the propulsion from a Type 93 torpedo and a 1.55 ton warhead.