Tamiya 61036 - 1/48 Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu Type 11 [61036]

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AUD$21.07

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Tamiya

Model:

61036

GTIN:

4950344996308

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In regards to the Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu Type 11 Before the outbreak regarding the Pacific War, the imperial Japanese Naval Headquarters conceived a plan to trial produce a float airplane fighter aircraft. This notion had been without precedent, and was in relation to the assumption that through the Japanese Combined Forces invasions of Southern Island regions, close air help is required to protect the intrusion fleet and its own landing personnel. This would be provided by floatplane fighters until the completion of airfields. These floatplane fighters could be stationed inside waterways and bays nearby the occupied and occupied areas, until arrival of land based aircraft.

In 1940 the Navy instructed Kawanishi Aircraft, who had prior expertise in the development of superb floatplanes, to make an aircraft become referred to as 15-shi floatplane fighter, Kawanishi designed and produced a large, single-seat midwing, floatplane of steel construction. It had a big centerline float, and a small strut mounted outrigger float near each wing tip. It absolutely was running on an exemplary Mitsubishi Kasei radial engine and first flew in December 1943. It was designated the N1K1 Type 11 "Kyofu" and code called "Rex" by the allied forces through the war.

Even though Kyofu has been seen as the most successful floatplane fighters to possess ever been put in functional solution, it arrived far too late to possess any effect on the outcome of the pacific conflict.

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