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

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NZD$23.26

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Tamiya

Model:

61036

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4950344996308

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Concerning the Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu Type 11 ahead of the outbreak regarding the Pacific War, the imperial Japanese Naval Headquarters conceived an agenda to trial create a float airplane fighter aircraft. This concept had been without precedent, and is at relation to the assumption that through Japanese Combined Forces invasions of Southern Island areas, close air help must protect the intrusion fleet and its particular landing personnel. This might be given by floatplane fighters until the completion of airfields. These floatplane fighters could possibly 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, that has past expertise in development of superb floatplanes, to produce an aircraft become called 15-shi floatplane fighter, Kawanishi designed and produced a sizable, single-seat midwing, floatplane of metal construction. It had a giant centerline float, and just a little strut mounted outrigger float near each wing tip. It had been operating on an exemplary Mitsubishi Kasei radial engine and first flew in December 1943. It had been designated the N1K1 Type 11 "Kyofu" and rule called "Rex" by the allied forces through war.

Although Kyofu had been seen as numerous effective floatplane fighters to have ever been devote practical solution, it arrived much too late to obtain any effect on the result of pacific conflict.

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