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

The Mitsubishi Hyakushiki Shiteir is supposed become the best Japanese aircraft. Developed as a high-altitude, high-speed reconnaissance aircraft, it proved very successful and have been utilized through the entire 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 growth of an interceptor fighter with good shows at 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 the functional aircraft inside the Japanese Army to really have the required altitude performance, because of this type of procedure. In-may 1944, the task was approved and urgently completed. To put in two 20mm device guns concerning the nose, the forward fuselage gas tank were changed and nose canopy ended up being modified to "stepped" nose housing. The aircraft along with your customizations was called Hyakushiki Shitei III Kai Air Defence Fighter "Otsu" type. Further, in July 1944, the Army ordered to incorporate a 37mm dorsal canon tofire ahead and upward at an angle of 70 degrees. Aircraft with this particular addition was called "Otsu + Hei" kind. Although many of those was indeed flown by reconnaissance aircraft pilots with few dog figh experience, they made greater armed forces gains against B29s proving the outstanding fundamental capability of the Hyakushiki Shitei.