Tamiya Plastic Models

Detailed cowl with annular radiator and optional position cowl flaps. Multi-part canopy may be posed open or closed - includes two types. Rotating propeller. Highly detailed cockpit with accurate instrument panel, seat, control stick and rudder pedals, bulkheads, and sculpted pilot figure. Detailed pictorial instructions with separate sheet for color details.. The Fw 190D-9 began production in June 1944, with early versions having the flat topped canopy, and from W. Nr. .....
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Markings included for 4 different aircraft. Appx. 50 parts in light grey and clear with raised and recessed panel lines. Detailed Hoshi engine and cowling, wheel wells and main landing gear. Four blade prop can be made to rotate. Cockpit detail; seat, cockpit tub, rear bulkhead, sidewalls, decal for instrument faces, and seated pilot figure. Fuselage drop tank included. Allied code name ''Frank''.. A plane which since July 1932 the Nakajima Aircraft Mfg. Company had .....
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Detailed 1/48th scale plastic kit for static display. Single engine, single seat, Japanese Navy fighter. Markings included for 4 different aircraft. Appx. 50 parts in light grey and clear with recessed panel lines. Detailed Sakae engine and cowling, wheel wells and main landing gear. . Cockpit detail; seat, cockpit tub, rear bulkhead, sidewalls, and decal for instrument faces.. In the summer of 1937 Japan started action against China and threw into the front a great number .....
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Single engine, single seat, Japanese Navy seaplane fighter. Markings included for 5 different aircraft. Appx. 60 parts in light grey and clear with recessed panel lines. Detailed Sakae engine and cowling, main float and outriggers. Standing and seated pilot figures. Beaching dolly for moving aircraft on land included.. In 1939, the Naval Aviation Headquarters conceived a plan of trial manufacturing a floatplane fighter, a new type beyond all precedents in the world. On the .....
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Tightly cowled Mitsubishi Kasei 23 14 cylinder radial - 1575hp; (4) 20mm wing cannon; 4 blade propeller, large ''greenhouse'' canopy. Appx. 35 parts in light grey and clear; raised and recessed panel lines. Detailed prop and cowling with engine cooling fan.. In September 1939, aircraft manufacturers Nakajima and Mitsubishi received an unofficial order to trial-manufacture the Raiden, the Japanese Navy's first interceptor (a fighter to undertake the air defence of land .....
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Appx. 60 parts in light grey and clear with recessed panel lines. Detailed 3-part Sakae engine, cowling, exhaust collector, landing gear. Nakajima Sakae 21 radial engine; armed with (2) 7.7mm fuselage guns, (2) 20mm wing cannon; squared off wing tips for faster roll rate.. First flight was on 1 April 1939 and combat trials were concluded in July 1940 with 15 pre-production A6M2's sent to two squadrons by the end of the month. These aircraft had folding wing tips to .....
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Appx. 80 parts in light grey and clear with delicate raised panel lines. Complete Pegasus 11 engine with removable engine access panel, detailed intakes, and swivelling engine nozzles. Ordnance options include; bombs and Sidewinder missiles. 4 swivelling engine nozzles for thrust vectoring, Ferranti Blue Fox radar, raised cockpit compared to RAF Harriers.. The Hawker Siddeley Harrier astounded the world with its unique ability to take-off and land vertically utilizing .....
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Appx. 60 parts in dark green and clear with recessed panel lines. Detailed 3-part Sakae engine, cowling, exhaust collector, landing gear. Nakajima Sakae 21 radial engine; armed with (1) 13mm fuselage gun, (2) 20mm wing cannon; air to air rockets or bombs.. Total production of the Type 52 series consisted of 10,449 aircraft of which Nakajima produced 6,570. It first entered combat in August 1943 at a time when the Japanese forces were withdrawing from previously held islands .....
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Appx. 150 parts in olive green and clear with fine recessed panel lines. Weapons including; (6) AGM-65 Maverick, (1) GBU-8, (1). GBU-10, (6) Mk.82 500lb bombs, (1) Mk.20 bomb, and (1) ALQ-119 pod. Detailed nose and main landing gear, wheel wells, and boarding steps. 30mm Gatling gun capable of 2100-4200 rounds per minute, 10 hard- points for 16,000lbs of ordnance, and titanium armoured cockpit.. The appearance of the A-10 is remarkable while its performance is amazing. .....
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Approx. 120 parts in light grey and clear with fine recessed panel lines. Cockpit detail includes rear electronics bay with sidewall detail and cockpit side consoles with decal. 1 centerline and 2 wing mounted external fuel tanks. 4 AIM-9L Sidewinder and 2 AIM-7F Sparrow missiles. Detailed Hughes APG-63 radar visible under removable nose cone. Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-100 turbofans; Mach 2.5 max speed; armed with 20mm rotary cannon, AIM-9L Sidewinder and AIM-7F Sparrow .....
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Approx 50 parts molded in medium grey and clear. Highly detailed cockpit with accurate instrument panel, seat, control stick and rudder pedals, and bulkheads. Separate, positionable cockpit door.. Using the famous Rolls-Royce ''Merlin'' liquid cooled 12 cylinder engine that produced more than 1,000 horsepower, the Mk I Spitfire attained a top speed of 586km/h. The very distinctive elliptical shaped wing was useful in reducing parasitic drag and allowed a fairly thin wing .....
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Approx 50 parts in medium grey and clear with fine recessed panel lines. Accurately captures features of Mk Vb; spinner, armament, exhaust stubs. Highly detailed cockpit with accurate instrument panel, seat, control stick and rudder pedals, bulkheads, and sculpted pilot figure.. The Mk I and II versions demonstrated their formidable performance during the ''Battle of Britain'', and by early 1941, the majority of fighter squadrons were furnished with this fighter. .....
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Approx 60 parts in medium grey and clear with fine recessed panel lines. Highly detailed engine, wheel well and landing gear. 2 drop tanks included and prop rotates thanks to a polythene bushing in the engine which also lets the prop be added latein assembly. (This makes painting easier and makes prop damage less likely).. Grumman Aviation produced the G-18, the prototype XF4F-2, which first flew in September 1937. Initial evaluation revealed several performance problems, .....
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Approx 50 parts in tan and clear with fine recessed panel lines. Accurately captures features of Mk Vb; spinner, armament, exhaust stubs. Highly detailed cockpit seat, control stick and rudder pedals, bulkheads, and sculpted pilot figure. IncludesVokes and Aboukir tropical air filters.. The Supermarine Spitfire is regarded by many as the most beautifully designed single seat fighter to appear during WWII. The Spitfire went through numerous major and minor changes .....
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Mid-wing, single engine, single seat floatplane fighter. Appx. 45 parts in light grey, black and clear with recessed panel lines. Cockpit detail includes seat, cockpit floor with consoles, and control stick. Tightly cowled Mitsubishi Kasei engine,large central float with small outriggers on wings.. In 1940 the Navy instructed Kawanishi Aircraft, who had prior experience in the development of superb floatplanes, to produce an aircraft to be known as the 15-shi floatplane .....
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Approximately 50 parts in medium grey and clear with fine recessed panel lines. Rotating propellor; the propellor plugs into a polythene bushing which allows adding it late in assembly so there is less chance of. breakage. Detailed cockpit with control stick and rudder pedals, bulkheads, and sculpted pilot figure.. It entered service in 1941, flying alongside the Bf 109 and it soon took control of air superiority over the English Channel. Establishing itself as a mainstay .....
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Accurately captures features of P-51D; wings, weapons, drop tanks. Main wheels have separate hubs for easy painting. Highly detailed cockpit with accurate instrument panel, seat, control stick and rudder pedals, bulkheads, and sculpted pilot figure. 2 styles of exhaust stubs, optional position flaps. Detailed pictorial instructions.. There were several major changes that set the ''D'' apart form earlier Mustangs. One was the change from four.50 caliber machine guns to six, .....
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Approximately 60 parts in medium grey and clear with fine recessed panel lines. Highly detailed cockpit with control stick and rudder pedals, and sculpted pilot figure. 2 styles of exhaust stubs, optional position flaps, drop tanks. Detailed pictorial instructions.. Flying for the first time on 30 November 1942, the XP-51B was soon modified with a larger coolant radiator scoop, which actually increased its top speed by 50mph and gave it a higher ceiling by 10,000 ft. The .....
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Approximately 60 parts in medium grey and clear with fine recessed panel lines. Highly detailed cockpit with accurate instrument panel, bulkheads, and sculpted pilot figure. 2 styles of exhaust stubs, optional position flaps, rockets and bombs.. Sketched out in a New York city hotel room in April 1940, the North American Aviation Corporation NA73X went on to become one of the best fighters to come out of World War 2. The U.S. Army Air Corps gave it the title of P (for .....
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Approximately 100 parts in light grey and clear with fine recessed panel lines. Optional wing radome parts for radar equipped F4U-2 nightfighter. Cockpit is a work of art in plastic. Highlights; seat, rudder pedals with foot troughs, detailed sideconsoles, control stick with. linkages, beautifully detailed instrument panel/front bulkhead.. First flown in May 1940, this gull winged wonder was deemed a winner from the outset. The Navy was so confident in the Corsair that .....
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Highly detailed 1/48th scale plastic kit for static display. Approximately 60 parts in medium grey and clear with fine recessed panel lines. Accurately captures features of P-51B; wings, gear doors, canopy. Multi-part canopy may be posed open or closed - Malcolm Hood included. Main wheels have separate hubs for easy painting. Highly detailed cockpit with accurate instrument panel, seat, control stick and rudder pedals, bulkheads, and sculpted pilot figure. 2 styles of .....
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Single liquid-cooled engine, single seat fighter. Approx. 50 parts in light grey and clear with fine recessed panel lines. Optional propeller spinners, detailed radiator bath. Cockpit detail; control stick, gunsight, seat, accurate floor. Separateexhaust stubs may be added after fuselage is painted.. Performing its first flight on 2 October 1938, the Dewoitine D.520 was an elegant and nimble monoplane with refined aerodynamics and outstanding performances. It was powered .....
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Approximately 75 parts in light grey and clear with fine recessed panel lines. Full bomb load or torpedo armament. Full interior detail. -Cockpit; Pilot and copilot's seats, control yokes, throttles. accurate instrument panel (decal is provided for instruments). -Aft Fuselage; Full floor, bulkheads and wing carry-through. structure. -Rear Gunners Station; Gunner's seat, machine gun and supports. -Bomb Aimers Station; Floor and bombsight.. Bombers with an extremely long .....
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Approximately 65 parts in medium grey and clear with fine recessed panel lines. Dummy engine eliminates ''see through cowl'' effect. Highly detailed cockpit with accurate instrument panel, seat, control stick and rudder pedals, bulkheads, and sculpted pilot figure.. Without a doubt, the Messerschmitt Bf109 can be claimed as the most famous and successful German aircraft from the WW2. It was the world's most advanced fighter at the time of its debut in 1936, and remained as .....
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18 parts in light grey with raised details and recessed panel lines. Detailed pulse jet intake. Includes dolly for transporting missile. First ''cruise missile'', powered by single pulse jet engine which ran until a timer shut off fuel flow causing the V-1 to crash.. A 1/48 Plastic WWII German Fi103 V-1 Flying ''Buzz Bomb'' by Tamiya. Decal options;. Single sheet of InvisaClear decals contains typical stencil markings. InvisaClear decals are made very precisely so that a .....
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Markings included for 3 different aircraft. Interior detail includes cockpit, observer/gunners seat and instruments, fuselage rib and stringer detail. Cockpit detail includes instrument panel with decal for instrument faces, seat with seatbelt decal, control stick and side consoles. Detailed Bristol Hercules sleeve valve engines with poly bushing which allows props to spin and be added after the kit has been. assembled and painted avoiding breakage. Detailed landing gear .....
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The Aichi M6A1 Seiran was a unique airplane in WWII in that it was developed by the Japanese Navy to fly off specially designed submarines. The aircraft had floats to enable it to land near the sub for recovery at the end of each mission and the wings folded to allow for storage in a watertight hanger on the sub's deck. Several Seirans were completed by the end of the war, but their first operational mission was ended by the Japanese surrender. This 1/48th scale kit of the .....
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Twin radial engine, two seat air defense fighter. Markings included for 3 Imperial Japanese Army aircraft. Cockpit detail; raised instrument panel detail, control stick, seat, bulkheads, observer's equipment, fuselage ribs and stringers. Wing has center section spar to add strength to the assembly. Twin Ha-112-II engines, top speed 390mph at 20,000ft, highly streamlined fuselage, 37mm dorsal cannon elevated at 70 degrees.. The Mitsubishi Hyakushiki Shiteir is supposed to be .....
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WWII Luftwaffe radar equipped twin engine nightfighter. Detailed engine nacelles with exhaust flame dampers and landing gear wells. Cockpit detail; control stick, instrument panel, radar set, and seats. Other detail; Schrage Musik installation, antennae array and boarding ladder.. Potentially one of the most effective night-fighters for the Luftwaffe, the Heinkel He219 ''Uhu' (eagle owl) was doomed by political misjudgments and maltreatment. Started as a private venture .....
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About 195 parts in light grey and clear with fine recessed panel lines. Detailed landing gear, gear doors, and wheel wells. Cockpit detail; one-piece cockpit tub, seated pilot figure, and seat. Large selection of rockets, bombs and drop tanks provided.. The development was started in early July 1944, and all night efforts of engineers made the first prototype's first flight possible already on March 18, 1945. Despite the short period of the development, flight trials proved .....
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