1:72 E14Y Glen Nat. Ins.

National insignia 1:72 for the floatplane E14Y Glen

A masking set of the Dead Design brand for spraying the Japanese national insignia onto a model of the Yokosuka E14Y in 1:72 scale. The goods are a masking aid for painting, and the model of the floatplane is sold separately.

An aircraft from the belly of a submarine

The E14Y was a small two-seat floatplane reconnaissance machine that could be dismantled into a cylindrical hangar on board the large Japanese submarines. After surfacing the crew assembled it, launched it with a catapult and on its return landed on the water beside the boat. It went down in history as the only aircraft to drop bombs on the territory of the continental United States during the Second World War, when in September 1942 it set forests in Oregon alight. The Allies gave it the code name Glen.

Painting a small airframe

A small floatplane in 1:72 scale offers only limited areas, so every inaccuracy shows. Hold the model by the floats or by an auxiliary block while spraying, not by the fuselage: a fingerprint in fresh paint can no longer be removed cleanly from a part that small. Lay the insignia on only once the whole airframe is assembled and the camouflage finish has dried out, otherwise the edge will be damaged during further handling.

• Hold the model by the floats or by a holder while spraying.
• Apply the insignia only onto a camouflage finish that has dried out.
• Mask the float struts with strips, not with whole shapes.
• Transfer the small discs with blunt-jawed tweezers.
• Support the airframe with both hands while lifting a mask.