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This is a Kaidai Model-III class submarine and was one of the classes of Japanese attack submarines used within the pacific war. For models I made, this is the first ships I've painted and over all I think it came out well. I hope you will enjoy.

The Kaidai Model-III class was laid down in the 1920s, originally called the I-56 model, five submarines were made, the I-56, I-57, I-59, I-60 and the I-63. through out the 1930s, the ships had little to no action, however the I-60 and I-63 had a crash resulting in the sinking of the I-63.
When war started, the four ships participated in commerce raiding, the I-60 meeting it's end on January 17th 1942 as it fought and was sunk by the British destroyer HMS Jupiter. the remaining three ships had their names changed on May 20th to I-156, I-157 and I-159 respectively, after this all ships participated in the battle of Midway, some returning to Japan to be a trainer ship though some had gone out for missions from time to time.

The I-156 had sunk 4 ships before it's name change, the Dutch commerce "Hai Tung" on December 11th 1941, the British commerce "Kwangtung" on January 5th 1942 and Dutch ship "Van Riebeeck" on January 8th 1942 with it's 12cm deck gun while on early morning of the 8th the Dutch commerce ship " Van Rees" with it's torpedo.
Once returning after the battle of Midway it stayed in Kure as a training ship, leaving a few times for transport missions and survived the war.

The I-157 sank only 1 ship, the Dutch tanker "Djirak" with it's deck gun on January 7th 1942, spending the rest of it's ships life alongside her sister the I-156. (making this picture somewhat poetic all things considered.)

The I-159 had sunk 3 ships, the Norwegian commerce "Eidsvold" with one torpedo on January 20th 1942, the british commerce ship "Giang Sen" on the 25th and the Dutch ship "Rooseboom" on March 1st 1942.
Once returing to Kure after the battle of Midway she would be used as a training ship and not leave Japanese waters until wars end. Once war had ended all ships would be sunk together in coast of the Goto island chain.

Among the four ships that saw service during the Pacific war, only one was sunk while eight was sunk by the submarine, each of them had faught well.

FLUFU-666 Teufel Kuckuck from Team-Niesky was appointed as Unit-Commander for the 34th Submarine Unit, which consisted of I-156, I-157, I-159 of the Kaidai Model-III class, I-158 of the Kaidai Model-III alpha, I-162 of the Kaidai Model-IV and I-165 of the Kaidai Model-V, a total of 6 ships, all of them are old models, and by this time all of the ships were changed to trainer ships by the imperial navy.
As a result, Teufel would train Japanese submariners for the first eight months, with the Ha-201 and I-201 class submarines hitting the waves, submariners were needed for the new Japanese tactics of attacking American transport ships, these new ships would tag along his submarine unit for training.
Teufel, from time to time, training being the reason, would set sell with his top performing submariner students and take them to the south pacific for live combat, he did this four times in a span of nine months and in all sunk twenty five ships, one of them being an escort carrier while losing three submarines in the process.
All of which were the newer submarines that were just commissioned which put Commander Teufel in hot water, even by other FLUFU commanders, which resulted in a court marshal on September 2nd 1945.
Four prosecutor stressed that due to Teufel's teaching and actions, more then 600 sailor lost their life, along with Japans latest attack submarine "I-202", in his defense, Tuefel stated that his actions was justified in teaching his students the nessasary grit needed to attack an enemy larger then them and that the submarine "I-202" specifically was lost mainly due to battery malfunction which he himself checked and reported as a flaw in the submarines design before setting sail for the faithful raid.

he would encorage his students to attack when possible which put them in dangerous situations, however he would always make sure to keep his students safe even under these circumstance, when the "I-202" sank he did his best to resque survivors and was able to save 7 sailors.
Due to these facts and testements from the shipyard and submarine designers explaining that the first three I-201 model submarines had battery problems, Teufel's charges were dropped.

Description
This is a Kaidai Model-III class submarine and was one of the classes of Japanese attack submarines used within the pacific war. For models I made, this is the first ships I've painted and over all I think it came out well. I hope you will enjoy.

The Kaidai Model-III class was laid down in the 1920s, originally called the I-56 model, five submarines were made, the I-56, I-57, I-59, I-60 and the I-63. through out the 1930s, the ships had little to no action, however the I-60 and I-63 had a crash resulting in the sinking of the I-63.
When war started, the four ships participated in commerce raiding, the I-60 meeting it's end on January 17th 1942 as it fought and was sunk by the British destroyer HMS Jupiter. the remaining three ships had their names changed on May 20th to I-156, I-157 and I-159 respectively, after this all ships participated in the battle of Midway, some returning to Japan to be a trainer ship though some had gone out for missions from time to time.

The I-156 had sunk 4 ships before it's name change, the Dutch commerce "Hai Tung" on December 11th 1941, the British commerce "Kwangtung" on January 5th 1942 and Dutch ship "Van Riebeeck" on January 8th 1942 with it's 12cm deck gun while on early morning of the 8th the Dutch commerce ship " Van Rees" with it's torpedo.
Once returning after the battle of Midway it stayed in Kure as a training ship, leaving a few times for transport missions and survived the war.

The I-157 sank only 1 ship, the Dutch tanker "Djirak" with it's deck gun on January 7th 1942, spending the rest of it's ships life alongside her sister the I-156. (making this picture somewhat poetic all things considered.)

The I-159 had sunk 3 ships, the Norwegian commerce "Eidsvold" with one torpedo on January 20th 1942, the british commerce ship "Giang Sen" on the 25th and the Dutch ship "Rooseboom" on March 1st 1942.
Once returing to Kure after the battle of Midway she would be used as a training ship and not leave Japanese waters until wars end. Once war had ended all ships would be sunk together in coast of the Goto island chain.

Among the four ships that saw service during the Pacific war, only one was sunk while eight was sunk by the submarine, each of them had faught well.

FLUFU-666 Teufel Kuckuck from Team-Niesky was appointed as Unit-Commander for the 34th Submarine Unit, which consisted of I-156, I-157, I-159 of the Kaidai Model-III class, I-158 of the Kaidai Model-III alpha, I-162 of the Kaidai Model-IV and I-165 of the Kaidai Model-V, a total of 6 ships, all of them are old models, and by this time all of the ships were changed to trainer ships by the imperial navy.
As a result, Teufel would train Japanese submariners for the first eight months, with the Ha-201 and I-201 class submarines hitting the waves, submariners were needed for the new Japanese tactics of attacking American transport ships, these new ships would tag along his submarine unit for training.
Teufel, from time to time, training being the reason, would set sell with his top performing submariner students and take them to the south pacific for live combat, he did this four times in a span of nine months and in all sunk twenty five ships, one of them being an escort carrier while losing three submarines in the process.
All of which were the newer submarines that were just commissioned which put Commander Teufel in hot water, even by other FLUFU commanders, which resulted in a court marshal on September 2nd 1945.
Four prosecutor stressed that due to Teufel's teaching and actions, more then 600 sailor lost their life, along with Japans latest attack submarine "I-202", in his defense, Tuefel stated that his actions was justified in teaching his students the nessasary grit needed to attack an enemy larger then them and that the submarine "I-202" specifically was lost mainly due to battery malfunction which he himself checked and reported as a flaw in the submarines design before setting sail for the faithful raid.

he would encorage his students to attack when possible which put them in dangerous situations, however he would always make sure to keep his students safe even under these circumstance, when the "I-202" sank he did his best to resque survivors and was able to save 7 sailors.
Due to these facts and testements from the shipyard and submarine designers explaining that the first three I-201 model submarines had battery problems, Teufel's charges were dropped.