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Banzai!...1/48 Nakajima Ki-44-II Otsu Shoki ”Tojo” 40mm cannon, Imperial Japanese Army


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#17/2020

The Imperial Japanes theme continues. After two navy subjects now one from the army.
Hasegawa kit oob, only added Eduard seatbelts, EZ line for the antenna wires and plastic rod pieces for the landing gear indicators on the upper wings. Painted with MRP White Aluminium.

Build thread here

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235074607-banzai148-nakajima-ki-44-ii-otsu-shoki-”tojo”-40mm-cannon-imperial-japanese-army/

 

In order to achieve better results against the B-29s it was decided to equip the Ki-44 air defence fighter with Ho301 40mm cannons. It used caseless ammunition and had a low muzzle velocity. Due to that the pilots had to get very close to the bombers to score a good hit. The system wasn´t very successful so most of the 40mm guns were replaced with 20mm or 12,7mm ones.
The model shows an aircraft of 2nd Chutai 47th Hiko Sentai.

 

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Great looking Shoki! One of my favourites - it looks a little brute with the oversized bomber engine. Not overly successful but a first step into a different fighter design philosophy. A typical Reini's father wonderwork.

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On 8/14/2020 at 1:50 PM, SAT69 said:

Great build! Nice weathering and I commend you on the detail in the cockpit.

 

On 8/14/2020 at 2:01 PM, corsaircorp said:

Another great build Reini !!

I love the NMF effects !!

Sincerely.

CC

 

On 8/14/2020 at 2:28 PM, Spitfire31 said:

Extremely neat model.

 

Yopu shouldn't pick up a finished model without vinyl gloves or similar – your fingerprints will be etched into the surface…

 

Beautiful modelling!

 

Kind regards,

 

Joachim

 

On 8/14/2020 at 2:29 PM, Wulfman said:

Terrific Tojo, lovely looking build !

 

Wulfman

 

On 8/14/2020 at 4:33 PM, 2996 Victor said:

Superb!

Cheers,

Mark

 

On 8/14/2020 at 4:46 PM, Toryu said:

Great looking Shoki! One of my favourites - it looks a little brute with the oversized bomber engine. Not overly successful but a first step into a different fighter design philosophy. A typical Reini's father wonderwork.

 

On 8/15/2020 at 4:03 AM, Sky Keg said:

Superb as usual Reini.  I like it!!!!!! :goodjob:

 

Mike

 

Thanks for your comments, as usual appreciated!

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