Product description

The Mitsubishi Ki-51 "Sonia" was a light bomber/dive bomber in service with the imperial Japanese Army during World War II. It first flew in mid-1939. Initially deployed against Chinese forces, it proved to be too slow to hold up against the fighter aircraft of the other Allied powers. As the war drew to a close, the Japanese began using them in kamikaze attacks.
The series began as two prototypes. Its design incorporated a crew of two seated in tandem under a long greenhouse-style canopy with the pilot in front and a gunner in back. The cockpit sat ahead of midships and over the monoplane wing assemblies which themselves were straight projections with rounded tips. The large radial piston engine was mounted in a forward compartment as usual and the fuselage tapering elegantly to a point under the tail. A single rounded vertical tail fin was used along with low-set horizontal tailplanes. The undercarriage was of the tail-dragger arrangement and fixed in place with aerodynamic fairings set over the main legs - typical of early-war mounts such as the Ki-51.
Dimensions: length - 9,2 meters, wingspan - 12 meters, height - 2,7 meters. Maximum Take-Off Weight - 6,415lbs.
Power came from a single Mitsubishi Ha-26-II series 14-cylinder radial piston engine developing 950 horsepower.
Maximum speed reached 265 miles per hour, a service ceiling up to 27.130 feet.
Standard armament - 2 fixed, forward-firing 7,7mm Type 89 machine guns. The rear operator managed a single 7,7mm Te-4 series machine gun. Ki-51 was cleared to carry up to 440lbs of bombs.
This box contains two unassembled plastic model kits.
Length of the built model: 65mm
Wingspan of the built model: 84mm
Plastic parts - 48

This kit contains parts for the assembly of two aircraft consisting of 3 sprues, one of which is designed as a clear sprue. A colored and detailed making instruction and a decal sheet for 4 different versions completes the kit content.

product details

Item-No.	CP144002
Manufacturer	Clear Prop Models
Stock	1 Piece
Delivery time	3-4 Days
Weight	0,40 kg
Scale	1:144