#091 IJA Type 89 I-Go Otsu Medium Tank

Building the IBG Models 1:72 representation of the IJA Type 89 I-Go Otsu Medium Tank.

Notes

The Type 89 I-Gō medium tank (八九式中戦車　イ号) was a medium tank used by the Imperial Japanese Army from 1932 to 1942 in combat operations of the Second Sino-Japanese War, at Khalkhin Gol against the Soviet Union, and in the Second World War.

The Type 89B model was the world’s first mass-produced diesel engine tank. With a short-barrel 57 mm cannon, it proved effective in early campaigns but lacked the armor or armament of 1940s generation Allied armor; it was regarded as obsolete by the time of the 1939 battles of Khalkhin Gol, against the Soviet Union.

Paint Scheme

I’ve used kit scheme 1: IJN Land Forces unit 1941

Build Log

A simple base to show it off, with another figure from an Airfix WWII Japanese Infantry set.

Credits and References

• this project on scalemates
• Type 89 Japanese Medium Tank OTSU Diesel IBG Models No. 72041 1:72
  • on scalemates
• Vintage Classics: WWII Japanese Infantry Airfix No. A00718V 1:76
  • on scalemates

Research References

• Type 89 I-Go medium tank - wikipedia
• Osprey Japanese Tanks 1939-45