1/48 Boat OS2U Kingfisher [HM015]

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Product Description ■ This product is a plastic model assembly kit reproduced "Boat OS2U Kingfisher" at 1/48 scale.
The OS2U is an observation aircraft developed and produced by Voto Inc. in the early World War II.
The nickname is Kingfisher (meaning common kingfisher)
In addition, it is also the first aircraft to start from an injection catapult among carrier-based / carrier-based aircraft of the US Navy.
It is a single-carrier observation aircraft developed as a successor to the O3U, a multi-carrier observation aircraft. The landplane type was first flown in March 1938, and the seaplane type (an aircraft modified from the landplane type) was first flown in May of the same year.
The test results by the military were good, and it was officially adopted as OS2U in 1939.
However, it was deployed as a unit from 1940, engaged in reconnaissance and observation missions as a carrier-based aircraft of a surface combatant ship, and also played an active role in antisubmarine patrol missions and maritime search and rescue missions in the offshore patrol squadron.
However, its performance is low compared to aircraft of other countries in the same period, and it was rapidly retired after the World War II.
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Size upon completion : total length approx. 213 mm, total width approx. 226 mm