Model Description
HJT07454 Hasegawa 1/48th scale model kit Kawasaki KI61-1 Tei Type 3 Fighter Hien and KI100-I Otsu Type 5 Fighter 244th Reg with 1/32nd scale figure. Available to pre-order at Flying Tigers.
The Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (“flying swallow”) is a Japanese World War II fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service. The Japanese Army designation was “Army Type 3 Fighter. Allied pilots initially believed Ki-61s were Messerschmitt Bf 109s and later an Italian aircraft, which led to the Allied reporting name of “Tony”, assigned by the United States War Department.[3] It was the only mass-produced Japanese fighter of the war to use a liquid-cooled inline V engine. Over 3,000 Ki-61s were produced. Initial prototypes saw action over Yokohama during the Doolittle Raid on 18 April 1942, and continued to fly combat missions throughout the war.
The Kawasaki Ki-100 was a fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service in World War II. The Japanese Army designation was “Type 5 Fighter”. No new Allied code name was assigned to this type; 275 Ki-100 airframes were built as Ki-61s before being modified to accept a radial engine in place of the original inline engine.
RRP £76.00
