MAQUETTE À MONTER - Nakajima B5N2 Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber (Kate) Model 3 'Folding Wing' Hasegawa | N° 09553 | 1:48 **LIKE NEW INSIDE UNOPENED**
Prix régulier 40,00 € TTC 6%
Characteristics
| Condition | Like New Inside Unopened - Intérieur non ouvert |
| Scale | 1:48 |
| Manufacturer | Hasegawa |
| Size of the box | 35 x 19 x 7 cm |
| EAN | 4967834095533 |
Description
n 1935, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) tasked Mitsubishi and Nakajima with developing a new carrier-based attack bomber, called the Type Ten. Nakajima saw this as a crucial project and designed the Type 97, their first low-wing, all-metal monocoque aircraft.
The Type 97 featured retractable landing gear, a narrow fuselage seating three crew members in tandem, and upward-folding wings for better carrier storage. It used a three-bladed, two-stage adjustable pitch propeller to optimize engine power.
The initial Model 1 (B5N1) was adopted in 1937 with a less powerful "Hikari" engine but still met IJN requirements. Later, the Model 3 (B5N2) was upgraded with the stronger "Sakae" engine and adopted in 1939.
The Type 97 played a key role in the Pearl Harbor raid of 1941, delivering accurate bombs and torpedoes, including specially designed shallow-water torpedoes. It fought alongside the Zero fighter and Aichi "Val" dive bomber in early Pacific campaigns like the Solomons and Indian Ocean.
More to read about the KIT here, thanks to scalemates, a Belgian Scale modeling database