Tamiya Hyakushiki Shitei III Kai Air Defense 61056 1/48

Open box in very good condition Inside ALL PARTS ARE IN NEW CONDITION IN SEALED BAGS AND FULLY GUARANTEED INSTRUCTIONS AND DECALS ALL THERE The Mitsubishi Hyakushiki Shiteir is supposed to be one of the best Japanese aircraft. Developed as a high-altitude, high-speed reconnaissance aircraft, it proved very successful and was used throughout the pacific war by the Japanese Army. Shortly before China-based B-29s initiated high-altitude daylight raids over Japan, it became ovcious to the Japanese Army leaders that an urgent development of an interceptor fighter with good performances at high altitude was necessary. In June 1943, the Army Aeronautical Research Institute studied the possibility of adapting the Hyakushiki Shiteir, which was one of the few operational aircraft in the Japanese Army to have the required altitude performance, to this type of operation. In May 1944, the project was approved and urgently carried out. To mount two 20mm machine guns on the nose, the forward fuselage fuel tank were replaced and nose canopy was modified to "stepped" nose housing. The aircraft with these modifications were called Hyakushiki Shitei III Kai Air Defence Fighter "Otsu" type. Further, in July 1944, the Army ordered to add a 37mm dorsal canon to fire forward and upward at an angle of 70 degrees. Aircraft with this addition was called "Otsu + Hei" type. Although most of them were flown by reconnaissance aircraft pilots with little dog fighting experience, they made greater military gains against B29s proving the outstanding basic capability of the Hyakushiki Shitei. Builds to 236mm long 306mm span I combine postage - buy more and save NO PAINT OR GLUE ARE SUPPLIED WITH THIS KIT

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