Nakajima B5N-1 "Kate" Torpedo Bomber .049/.061 26" Wing Span

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Brand New Nakajima B5N “Kate” Torpedo Bomber 26” Wingspan Control Line Airplane for .049 / .051 SHORT KIT

This short kit includes all the unique balsa parts. You will still need hardware and stock balsa to complete the model.

I drew this in CAD for myself so know it is a sound kit.

Included are the 37 unique parts (see image #2) and printed plans. Not a complete kit!

About the Nakajima B5N-1

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Role     Carrier-based torpedo bomber/high-level bomber
National origin     Japan
Manufacturer     Nakajima Aircraft Company
First flight     January 1937
Retired     1945
Status     Retired
Primary user     Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
Number built     1,149[1]

The Nakajima B5N (Japanese: ?? B5N, Allied reporting name "Kate") was the standard carrier-based torpedo bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) for much of World War II.

Although the B5N was substantially faster and more capable than its Allied counterparts, the American Douglas TBD Devastator monoplane (the U.S. Navy's first all-metal, carrier-borne monoplane of any type with retracting gear), and the British Fairey Swordfish and Fairey Albacore torpedo biplanes, it was nearing obsolescence by 1941. Nevertheless, the B5N operated throughout the whole war, due to the delayed development of its successor, the B6N.

In the early part of the Pacific War, when flown by well-trained IJN aircrews and as part of well-coordinated attacks, the B5N achieved particular successes at the battles of Pearl Harbor, Coral Sea, Midway, and Santa Cruz Islands.[2][3]

Footnotes

1] Angelucci, Enzo (1988). Combat aircraft of World War II. p. 18. ISBN 0-517-64179-8.
2] Lundstrom 2005a.
3] Lundstrom 2005b.