Released in February 2021
HASEGAWA 1/48 Kawanishi N1K2-J Local fighter Shiden Kai "late model". HJT74 Shiden Kaikouki released in February 2021
[Product introduction]
HASEGAWA 1/48 Kawanishi N1K2-J local fighter Shiden Kai "late model". "Shiden Kai" is an aircraft developed from the surface fighter "Gyukaze".The land fighter "Shiden" was developed in 1945 with wheels instead of strong wind floats and equipped with a small and powerful Nakajima-made "Homare" engine. It went into mass production and was officially adopted in October 1945, but as there were many parts that were unfinished as a land fighter, the fuselage was redesigned and the main wing position was changed from Shiden's mid-wing to a low-wing. , a full-scale land-based local fighter aircraft "Shiden Kai" (N1K2-J) with improved automatic air combat flaps was prototyped and adopted in January 1945. J) late production machines had a smaller vertical stabilizer area compared to earlier production machines.The 343rd Naval Air Squadron was famous as a unit that systematically equipped and operated Shiden Kai in 1945. On March 19th, 54 Shiden Kai aircraft intercepted the U.S. Navy carrier-based aircraft of F6F, F4U, and SB2C that attacked over Matsuyama in Shikoku, together with 7 Shiden aircraft that had superior air superiority, achieving a victory of shooting down 52 aircraft, demonstrating the superiority of Shiden Kai. We have demonstrated the following.
[Product specifications]
1/48 scale unpainted assembly kit□