Hello everyone, a new review about Ostmodels. A Japanese Amphibian tank Ka-Tsu. Thank you for sharing Henk..
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Scale 1/76 – Resin
Master by Henk Timmerman (HenkofHolland) http://henk.fox3000.com/Ostmodels.htm
Resin casting by Anker Fuglsang, owner Ostmodels, Australia
Model built and painted by Mauro Traverso
Description:Crew: 5, Capacity: 4 tons or 40 troops/infantryman, Weight: 16 ton, Length: 11.00m, Width: 3.30m, Height: 3.57m, Speed: 20kmph (land) and 8 knots (water), Range: ?, Engine: 6 cilinder air-cooled Diesel, Power: 120hp, Armament: 2x machine gun and two 450mm torpedoes, Armour: 10mm, About 49 vehicles are produced. One of these vehicles survives on USMC Camp Pendleton California.
Different from KA-MI or KA-CHI. The KA-TSU is not a tank but amphibious carrier of load or persoon. The engine component and electric devices of KA-TSU is watertight and it can be carried underwater by submarine.
unpainted built model
finished and painted model by Mauro Traverso.
