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

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£10.80

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Tamiya

Model:

61036

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4950344996308

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Regarding the Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu Type 11 Before the outbreak concerning the Pacific War, the imperial Japanese Naval Headquarters conceived a plan to trial produce a float airplane fighter aircraft. This notion was without precedent, and was at relation to the assumption that through Japanese Combined Forces invasions of Southern Island areas, close air assistance 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, who had previous expertise in growth of superb floatplanes, to produce an aircraft become referred to as 15-shi floatplane fighter, Kawanishi designed and produced a large, single-seat midwing, floatplane of metal construction. It had a huge centerline float, and a little strut mounted outrigger float near each wing tip. It had been operating on an exemplary Mitsubishi Kasei radial motor and first flew in December 1943. It was designated the N1K1 Type 11 "Kyofu" and rule called "Rex" by the allied forces through the war.

Although Kyofu was regarded as many successful floatplane fighters to obtain ever been place in practical solution, it arrived way too late to obtain any impact on the end result of the pacific conflict.

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