1:72 Kokusai Ta-Go (Brengun kit)

Accessory Set 1:72 Kokusai Ta-Go (Brengun)

This is not a model of an aircraft but an accessory for the Kokusai Ta-Go kit in 1:72 scale from Brengun. You will find neither a fuselage nor wings in the package; the set adds to a model already under way the details that injection-molded plastic cannot manage in this scale. Anyone looking for the aircraft itself needs the kit, not this set.

The real subject

The Kokusai Ta-Go was a Japanese single-engine aircraft from the very end of the Second World War. It came about as a deliberately simple design of wood and non-strategic materials, so that it could be built outside the large aircraft works. It never reached production, which makes it a subject for collectors of unusual types rather than for builders of well-known production aircraft.

Fitting tips

The set is made up of small resin and plastic parts. So try them dry first and only then glue them. Separate the tiny pieces with a sharp scalpel or a file, not with nippers; with small castings it is exactly what you need to keep that breaks off. Wash them in lukewarm water with detergent before gluing and let them dry; remains of the mold release agent repel paint and glue alike. They are glued with cyanoacrylate applied in drops with a pin, as ordinary plastic cement does not hold on resin. Seal the sanded places with primer, or the shade will drift at the transition between the two materials.

Who the set is for

• Modelers who already have the corresponding kit in 1:72 under way.
• Builders bothered by simplified shapes in a small scale.
• More experienced hands; the parts are tiny and handling them cannot be done without tweezers.
• Those interested in less usual Japanese types from the end of the war.

This is an accessory set, not a kit. The base model, glue and paints are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.