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

The Mitsubishi Hyakushiki Shiteir is meant end up being the most readily useful Japanese aircraft. Developed as a high-altitude, high-speed reconnaissance aircraft, it proved exceedingly successful as well as been used through the whole pacific war by japan Army. Quickly before China-based B-29s initiated high-altitude daylight raids over Japan, it became ovcious on Japanese military leaders that an urgent growth of an interceptor fighter with good programs at practically nothing are necessary. In June 1943, the Army Aeronautical analysis Institute discovered the probability of adjusting the Hyakushiki Shiteir, that has been mostly of functional aircraft inside Japanese military to have the needed altitude performance, as a result of this type of procedure. In-may 1944, the task wound up being authorized and urgently finished. To set up two 20mm device firearms with regards to the nose, the forward fuselage gas tank was in fact changed and nose canopy wound up being modified to "stepped" nose housing. The aircraft and your customizations ended up being called Hyakushiki Shitei III Kai Air Defence Fighter "Otsu" type. Further, in July 1944, the Army ordered to add a 37mm dorsal canon tofire ahead and upward at an angle of 70 amounts. Aircraft using this addition was in fact called "Otsu + Hei" type. Though some among these have been definitely flown by reconnaissance aircraft pilots with number of dog figh experience, they made greater military gains against B29s showing the outstanding fundamental capability of the Hyakushiki Shitei.