aviationshoppe.com
Search
FREE SHIPPING when you spend $75.00 or more.
Categories
JET Fighters (2)
Warbird Engines (10)
WWI Fighters (1)
WWII (Fascist) Italy (2)
WWII (Nazi) Germany (10)
WWII Great Britain (6)
  WWII Japan (3)
WWII United States (12)
WWII USSR/Russia
Other Blueprints (6)

FAQ
Information
Aviation technology and...
Quality - Value and Service
About Blueprinting
Close-up View: Zoom Blueprint
Shipping & Rates
 Historic Archive • Vault ±
Historic Archive Vault
Aircraft Manuals / Documents
Aviation Film Archive
Historical leaders
Aircraft sounds
Testimonials more
Debs: Wow! Thank you. They are very nice blueprints and make an attractive display for an...

Read More

K. Walters

Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (Tony)

Additional views below - click for close-ups
Click to open/ close share-it control panel





Professionally designed, this is a real blueprint - made directly from a vellum master - Measuring a generous 42"x 30".

The Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien ("Swallow") fighter represented a major departure for Japanese aircraft design in World War II. While other Japanese fighters were designed with air-cooled radials and were optimized for maneuverability, the Ki-61 used a liquid-cooled in-line engine and was designed for speed and power. In fact, the Ki-61 was so different from other Japanese fighters that when the type...

  “EXPAND VIEW - A more detailed history of the Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (Tony) continues below.”
 
history  We also offer for your consideration
A Special bundle / package deal  
Qty:
Special Bundling Offer
Buy Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (Tony) and Junkers Jumo 004 Jet engine
Both prints together
for: $37.71
Add to Cart
In addition to any specials; with this bundle you save an additional: $4.19
We believe the discriminating collector will find our selection quite complete and our prices well within reason. In addition, we often combine blueprints & offer you a further discount when purchased together.

 

  Customers who bought this Blueprint also purchased
Focke Wulf Fw 190
Focke Wulf Fw 190
   
 
History and Description: Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (Tony)...

Select your desired text size:

Professionally designed, this is a real blueprint - made directly from a vellum master - Measuring a generous 42"x 30".

The Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien ("Swallow") fighter represented a major departure for Japanese aircraft design in World War II. While other Japanese fighters were designed with air-cooled radials and were optimized for maneuverability, the Ki-61 used a liquid-cooled in-line engine and was designed for speed and power. In fact, the Ki-61 was so different from other Japanese fighters that when the type...


“Did you Know”...? the traditional scale for kit models: 1:144 1:100 1:72 1:48 1:32 1:24 (1/144 1/100 1/72 1/48 1/32 1/24)
Continued from above...   when the type was first encountered in combat over New Guinea in June 1943, the Allies thought it wasn't a Japanese design at all. At first they believed it was a copy of the German Messerschmitt Me-109, then suspected it was a copy of the Italian Macchi C.202 Foglore or similar Italian fighter. For this reason they gave it the code-name "Antonio", or "Tony", though by the summer of 1943 the Allies were convinced the Ki-61 was in fact a Japanese design.

Copyright © 2010 aviationshoppe.com