1/48 Kawanishi N1K1-J Type 11-Koh Shiden WWII - Tamiya 61038  [61038]

Towards Kawanishi N1K1-Ja Shiden Type 11

Evolving from Kawanishi N1K1 "Kyofu" floatplane, the Imperial Japanese Navy's N1K1-J Shiden had a genuine pedigree among WW2 landplane fighters worldwide. In January 1942, the Kawanishi Aircraft business started adaption of Kyofu into a land based fighter, strictly as yours endeavor. This take place quickly formally authorized in designation N1K1-J, aided by the initial model traveling in December 1942.
The airframe ended up being basically the exactly like its predecessor, with primary landing gear and end wheel changing the floats. In place of the Kyofu's Mitsubishi Kasei engine, an infinitely more compact and effective Nakajima Homare motor, a tight and effective Nakajima Homare motor finished up being set up. Excellent performance and superb maneuverability finished up being accomplished using this engine, nonetheless it created serious issues.

To make use of each of the available energy in motor, a big diameter propeller finished up being required. This required unusually long principal landing gear base, due to the midwing setup. This caused dilemmas in landing gear retraction system. Kawanishi designers could resolve the issue by presenting telescopic principal landing gear foot. The complex gear system and unreliability with this particular motor, plagued the N1K1-J throughout its work, before the introduction of enhanced, low-wing N1K2-J Shiden-Kai. About 1,000 N1K1-J fighters was in fact produced and also been active through the entire Philippine isles, Formosa, Okinawa in addition to on japan Island of Honshu.