This is a Tamiya Japanese Submarine, but I did not use all the parts that came with the kit, especially the photo etched parts. As usual, Tamiya produces some of the best kits.
The I-124 submarine sunk during a dramatic battle with the Royal Australian Navy corvette, HMAS Deloraine, on 20 January 1942, just one month before the Japanese bombing of Darwin. All 80 crew members of the I-124 died aboard the submarine, which now lies in about 50 metres of water between Darwin and Bathurst Island.
It's way to deep for the average diver but an experienced diver could do it. I wouldn't do it in a submersible by the way.
My main problem was I was wearing my sisters upper (?), half of the wetsuit and couldn't breath. They through I was having a heart attack and hauled me to swallow waters. Durn thing was just too tight and I couldn't get a deep gulp of air. Peeled off the 'jacket' ? and spent another 30 minutes exploring the Loon do-do on the bottom of the lake. P!us, it was hard to keep the yaw from pulling me starboard. Something about weights and balance ? Haven't been scuba- diving since. It's only 30 feet deep so not much to see anyway.
It is a protected wreck site since 1977. You need permission from the Australian Government to dive or put an ROV in.
