Tamiya 61056 - 1/48 Mitsubishi Ki46-III-Kai (Dinah) Inte  [61056]

The Mitsubishi Hyakushiki Shiteir is meant become the most useful Japanese aircraft. Developed as a high-altitude, high-speed reconnaissance aircraft, it proved extremely successful and also been used through the whole pacific war by japan Army. Quickly before China-based B-29s initiated high-altitude daylight raids over Japan, it became ovcious on Japanese armed forces leaders that an urgent development of an interceptor fighter with good programs at absolutely nothing have been necessary. In June 1943, the Army Aeronautical analysis Institute discovered the chances of adjusting the Hyakushiki Shiteir, that's been mostly of functional aircraft in the Japanese Army to really have the required altitude performance, as a result of this sort of procedure. In-may 1944, the task ended up being authorized and urgently finished. To put in two 20mm unit guns in regards to the nose, the forward fuselage gas tank had been changed and nose canopy wound up being modified to "stepped" nose housing. The aircraft along with your customizations was called Hyakushiki Shitei III Kai Air Defence Fighter "Otsu" kind. Further, in July 1944, the Army ordered to include a 37mm dorsal canon tofire ahead and upward at an angle of 70 levels. Aircraft with this particular addition had been called "Otsu + Hei" type. Although some of these had been certainly flown by reconnaissance aircraft pilots with couple of dog figh experience, they made greater armed forces gains against B29s showing the outstanding fundamental capability of the Hyakushiki Shitei.