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Scale 1:24  Length 15"  Wingspan 19.5"

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The Nakajima Ki-61 Hien, or Army Type 3 Fighter, codenamed "Tony" by the Allies, was at first believed to be a copy of a German or Italian design. In fact, only its engine was a licensed copy of the Daimler-Benz DB 601.

The Ki-61 was the first fighter of the Imperial Japanese Army that was the equal of - or better - than the Western designs it encountered.

Preceded by Ki-43, the Ki-61 was also a lightly-built and lightly-armed dogfighter. It was armed with two 20mm machine guns that could fire only 120 rounds per gun, and two 12.7mm machine guns each having 200 rounds. The machineguns had ammunition for 13 seconds only. Additionally, the aircraft could carry 1,100 lbs of bombs.

The Ki-61 was followed by the Ki-84, which was considered to be the best Japanese Army fighter of the war. Initially the Ki-84 carried the same guns, although with more ammunition. Later versions of the Ki-84 had four Ho-5 cannon, or even two Ho-5 and two Ho-155 cannon. This marked a switch by the Army from lightly-built, lightly-armed dogfighters to sturdy, heavily armed all-round fighters.

Length:      28.7 ft
Wingspan: 39.0 ft
Engine:      Kawasaki Ha-40 with 1,575 hp
Speed:       368 mph maximum
Ceiling:      35,000 ft
Range:       670 miles

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