Tamiya 300060768 - 1:72 Kawanashi Shiden Type 11
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Evolving from the Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu floatplane, the Imperial
Japanese Navys N1K1-J Shiden had a unique pedigree amoung WW2 landplane
fighters of the world. In January 1942, the Kawanishi Aircraft firm
began adaptation of the Kyofu into a land based fighter, strictly as a
private venture. This project was soon officially authorized under the
designation N1K1-J, with the first prototype flying in December 1942.
The airframe was basically the same as its predecessor, with main
landing gear and tall wheel replacing the floats. In place of Kyofus
Mitsubihi Kasei engine, a more compact and powerful Nakajima Homare
engine was installed. Excellent performance and superb maneuverability
was achieved using this engine, however it brought about serious
problems. In order to use all of the available power in the engine, a
large diameter propeller was required. This required unusually long main
landing gear legs, because of the midwing configuration. This caused
difficulties in the landing gear retraction system. Kawansihi engineers
managed to solve the problem by introducing telescopic main landing gear
legs. The complex gear system and unreliability of the engine, plagued
the N1K1-J throughout its career, until the introduction of the
improved, low-wing N1K2-J Shiden-Kai. About 1,000 N1K1-J fighters were
produced and were active around the Phillipine islands, Formosa, Okinawa and over the Japanese Island of Honshu.
Detailierter Plastikmodellbausatz des Modells
Kawanashi Shiden Type 11
im Maßstab 1:72
| Größe: | Maßstab 1:72 |
| Hersteller: | Tamiya |
| Produkttyp: | Plastikmodellbau |
| Kategorie: | Tamiya Maßstab 1:72 |
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