1/72 Wet Decals - Aichi E13A Type 0 Jake

Type: water-slide decals

1. E13A1. Unit/Location: Heavy Cruiser "Tone", Attack on Pearl Harbor, 07.12.1941. Code: Red JI-1. Pilot: Yoishi Takahashi. Historical occasion: 30 minutes prior to the first attacking wave this plane flew to the Lahaina-anchorage at Hawaii to find no American fleet units present.

2. E13A1. Unit/Location: Heavy Cruiser "Chikuma", Attack on Pearl Harbor, 07.12.1941. Code: Red JII-1. Pilot: Akira Ito. Historical occasion: 30 minutes prior to the first attacking wave this plane flew to Pearl Harbor/Hawaii to find the American fleet without the aircraft carriers present. In reporting this, it banked away to the open sea to search for the missing carriers.

3. E13A1. Unit/Location: Heavy Cruiser ?Chokai?, Battle of Palembang/Invasion of Sumatra, 15.02.1942. Code: Yellow Z-I. Historical occasion: At 09:23 hrs. this plane spotted the ABDA Naval Force first, that was later mauled from the Japanese invasion fleet.

4. E13A1. Unit/Location: Heavy Cruiser "Tone", Battle of Midway, 04.06.1942. Code: Red JI-4. Historical occasion: At 07:28 hrs. this plane discovers the American fleet but the observer does not identify the carriers at the outset which proves fatal in the end for the Japanese.

5. E13A1. Unit/Location: Heavy Cruiser "Chikuma", Battle of Midway, 04.06.1942. Code: Red JII-5. Pilot: Hara Hisashi. Historical occasion: At 10:45 hrs. this plane discovers USS Yorktown and shadows it for 3 hrs. Leading the carrier bombers that attacked and sank the aircraft carrier, it was shot down at 14:09 by VF-6's pilots Warden & Hoyle.

6. E13A1. Unit/Location: Heavy Cruiser "Chikuma", Battle of the Eastern Solomon's, 24.08.1942 Code: Red JII-2. Pilot: Kzutoshi Fukujama. Historical occasion: At 14:25 hrs. this plane discovers the American task force to be shot down, but to radio back their successful sightings to the Japanese fleet before.

7. E13A1. Unit/Location: Heavy Cruiser "Nachi", Battle of the Komandorski Islands, 26.03.1943. Code: White WI-3. Historical occasion: This plane carried out artillery spotting duties during the action. The crew flew on to Attu/Aleutians in the end, crashed at landing but survived to return to Japan via submarine.

8. E13A1. Unit/Location: Heavy Cruiser "Maya", Battle of the Philippine Sea, 20.06.44. Code: Red EII-I. Historical occasion: At 16:35 hrs. this plane spotted a group of the US Task Force 58.

9. E13A1. Unit/Location: Hybrid Carrier-Cruiser "Mogami", Battle of Leyte Gulf, 20.10.44 . Code: Yellow 380-02. Historical occasion: Launched at 06:50 hrs. this could have been the plane that informed the Japanese forces first in detail about the overall strength of the US invasion forces in the Philippines.

10. E13A1b. Unit/Location: Saeki Kokutai, 5th Floating Chrysanthemum-Operation, 04.05.45. Code: White ??-32. Historical occasion: This plane carried a special electronic magnetic device air-surface-radar to detect submarines & mines. It covered this "Kamikaze"-operation on American warships off Okinawa.

11. E13A1. Unit/Location: Sakigake Tai, 5th Floating Chrysanthemum-Operation, 04.05.45. Code: White KiTa-50. Pilot: Sub-lieutenant Shikata Historical occasion: Carrying a 250kg bomb, this plane took part in this "Kamikaze"-operation on American warships off Okinawa. It never returned.



12. E13A1. Unit/Location: Sakigake Tai, 5th Floating Chrysanthemum-Operation, 04.05.45. Code: White KiTa-51. Pilot: NCO Eiji Izuke. Historical occasion: Carrying a 250kg bomb, this plane took part in this "Kamikaze"-operation on American warships off Okinawa to be shot down by F6F-5 Hellcat fighters of VF-9, assigned to aircraft carrier USS Yorktown.

13. E13A1. Unit/Location: Seaplane Tender "Kamikawa Maru", Invasion of Malaya, 07.12.1941. Code: Red ZI-26. Pilot: Eiichi Ogata. Historical occasion: At 08:20 hrs. Ensign Eiichi Ogata was involved in the first dogfight of the Pacific war (more than 16 hrs before Pearl Harbor). In attacking and damaging the radio of 205. RAF SQN PBY Catalina "W8417/F-YW" of the Australian Pilot P.E. Bedell. The PBY could therefore not report the Japanese invasion fleet to Singapore. Around 09:00 hrs the PBY was attacked by five Ki-27 fighters of the 1st Sentai of the JAAF to explode mid-air and to become the very first casualties of the Pacific war.

How to apply water-slide decals:
1. Preparation: to achieve better result, a gloss or semi-gloss coat is very important. It will make a smooth layer which the decals will suction to and make it much easier to apply and set them.
2. Cut out the decal you need (do it on cutting mat)
3. Grab the decal with tweezers, place it on the surface of the water and leave it for about 20 seconds.
4. Remove the decal from the water and place it on paper towel to remove any excess water.
5. Apply decal solution to the part where the decal is to be placed.
6. Slide the decal off the backing paper on to the model. Using a paint brush or cotton bud is a good way to do this without damaging the decal.
7. Use the brush, knife or cotton bud to position the decal. Using your paper towel, gently dab the decal and soak up the excess water (decal softener is also recommended at this stage. After applying softener, the decal will suction to the part and flatten out smooth.)
8. When the decal is completely dry, give another coat of varnish or Klear/Future to seal it.