Set Japanese fighters Second World War Hasegawa 1/72:
Assembled model 1/72 fighter Nakajima Ki-43-II Hayabusa (Oscar) Hasegawa 00131
Assembled model 1/72 fighter Kawasaki Ki-61-I Tei HIEN (TONY) Japanese Army Fighter Hasegawa 00133
Assembled model 1/72 aircraft Mitsubishi J2M3 Raiden (Jack) Hasegawa 00135
Assembled model 1/72 aircraft Nakajima Ki44-II Shoki [Tojo] Hasegawa 00132
Assembled model 1/72 fighter Kawanishi N1K2-J Shidenkai (George) Hasegawa 00136
Assembled model 1/72 Japanese army fighter Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate Frank Hasegawa A04 00134
Assembled model 1/72 fighter Nakajima B5N2 (Kate) Japanese Navy Carrier Attack Bomber Hasegawa 00137
Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (, "Peregrine falcon") - a single-seat fighter. Army designation: Type 1 (), code name given by the Allies - "Oscar" ("Oscar").
The Ki-43 was developed by Nakajima (Japan). The development of the fighter began in December 1937. It made its first flight in January 1939. The main requirements for the fighter were the same high maneuverability as the Ki-27 at a higher speed and a longer combat radius. To meet these requirements, Japanese aviation engineers used Fowler flaps, which increased the lifting force of the wing and thus improved the maneuverability of the aircraft on the horizontal plane. After all, the rate of turn of the Ki-43 was higher than that of the Ki-27. The price of this was less structural strength - cracking of the wing skin at the junction with the fuselage haunted the Ki-43 from test flights, despite the strengthening of the IB model.
Ki-61-I is the first serial modification launched in August 1942. By July 1944, about 1,380 machines of two variants - Ki-61-1a and Ki-61-1b - were built. which differed from each other in armament. On the Ki-61-1a, it consisted of two 7.7-mm Type 89 machine guns placed in the wings and two 12.7-mm Type 1 machine guns above the engine. On the Ki-61-1b aircraft, wing machine guns had the same caliber as those located in the fuselage - 12.7 mm. To increase the firepower of fighters, 20 mm MG151 guns purchased in Germany in August 1943 were installed instead of wing machine guns on 388 machines of the Ki-61-1a and Ki-61-1b variants. Such a replacement required some strengthening of the wing structure in the area of the placement of guns and the installation of small under-wing fairings.
Coastal interceptor Raiden (Russian Thunder) of the Imperial Japanese Navy (Japanese 局地戦旦機「雷電」/三菱J2M Kyokutisentoki Raiden/Mitsubishi Zei-Ni-Emu)[1] is a single-seat all-metal shore-based fighter-interceptor in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy . Developed at the Mitsubishi Aviation Design Bureau in 1940-1942, it was built in small series until the end of the war. Allied air force designation Jack (Jack)
Assembled model of the Japanese army fighter Nakajima Ki-44-II Shoki [Tojo]. The set includes: frames with details, instructions, decal. The elements are glued with a special modeling glue for plastic. Glue and paint are not included. A high-quality set produced by the company Tamiya (Japan) for assembling a model on a scale of 1/72.
However, the pace of construction of the new machine left much to be desired: by June 1944, only 7 new fighters were built. However, according to numerous aviation experts and historians, the N1K2-J "Shiden" Kai can be considered one of the best fighters of World War II. A well-known episode in February 1945 saw 12 Grumman Hellcat fighters engage in combat against a single N1K2-J Shiden Kai of the 343rd Air Corps piloted by Kinsuke Muto. During the air battle, four American vehicles were shot down, the rest retreated. Thus, in the hands of experienced pilots, the Shiden was a formidable weapon capable of influencing the situation not only in an individual battle, but also in the battle as a whole.
Assembled model 1/72 Japanese army fighter Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate Frank Hasegawa A04 00134
The Shippuu Type 4 fighter (Ki-84) is a combat aircraft produced by Nakajima, a prestigious company that produced
the main army fighters 97 Sen (Ki-27), Hayabusa (Ki-43) and Shoki (Ki).
It was equipped with an engine of the Kha-45 class with a capacity of 2000 horsepower, had excellent speed and maneuverability, as well as powerful weapons and bulletproofness.
Plastic model for gluing Nakajima B5N2 (Kate)
Nakajima B5N2 - Allied nickname "Kate" - was the only ship-based torpedo bomber in the Japanese fleet at the beginning of the war in the Pacific. It was quite old at the time as it was designed to a 1935 specification and was already considered obsolete. However, when it first went into production it was a very advanced aircraft, and in the war it outclassed any Allied torpedo boat until the arrival of the Grumman Avenger in mid-1942. In particular, it was significantly superior to the Douglas TBD Devastator, a deck-based torpedo boat of the US Navy, in the Battle of the Coral Sea and the decisive Battle of Midway.