Kawasaki Ki-61 Tony (Toni) Hien Japanese Fighter - 244th Flight Regiment 1/72 Scale Diecast Metal Model by Oxford

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1:72 Scale  Diecast Metal  - Kawasaki Ki-61 Tony  – Length: 5"  Wingspan: 6.5”

This Ki-61 model is a single seat airplane. The cockpit is glue shut. It has no pilot figure included. The landing gear is modeled in the retracted position.

A display stand is included.

Attached to the wings are a pair of external fuel tanks.

This is not a toy. Recommended for 15 and up.

The Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (飛燕, "flying swallow") is a Japanese World War II fighter aircraftused by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. The first encounter reports claimed Ki-61s were Messerschmitt Bf 109s: further reports claimed that the new aircraft was an Italian design, which led to the Allied reporting name of "Tony", assigned by the United States War Department.[1] The Japanese Army designation was "Army Type 3 Fighter" (三式戦闘機).[2] It was the only mass-produced Japanese fighter of the war to use a liquid-cooled inline V engine. Over 3,000 Ki-61s were produced. Initial prototypes saw action over Yokohama during the Halsey-Doolittle Raid on 18. April 1942, and continued to fly combat missions throughout the war.[3][4][5]