Nakajima C6N1 Saiun (Myrt) Model 11
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and is no longer available.List price: $34.99You pay: $23.79(All prices in U.S. Dollars)Manufacturer: Sword ModelsStock Number: SWD 72073Scale: 1/72View all products of type "C6N Myrt" This model kit requires assembly. Cement, paint and other construction materials not included unless specifically stated in the description.
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. Saiun Model 11 was a general production model. Three-blade propeller, mounted Nakajima NK9H Homare 21 engine. Kit features engraved surface detail, cockpit, engine, 3-blade propeller with separately molded spinner, boxed-in wheel wells and landing gear, one-piece canopy, rearward-firing machine gun and center mounted drop tank.
Decals and markings for (4) aircraft:
- 11th Reconnaissance Squadron 762nd Flight Group Kanoya Naval Air Station Kagoshima prefecture Japan April 1945
- 3rd Squadron 302nd Flight Group Atsugi Naval Air Station Kanagawa Japan 1945
- 4th Reconnaissance Squadron (Kihei-Tai) 343rd Flight Group Matsuyama Naval Air Station Ehime prefecture Japan March 1945
- 141st Flight Group Banban Naval Air Station Phillippines 1945