1/72 KAWANISHI N1K1-Ja SHIDEN TYPE PROGRAM CARD With these words the world

With these words the world heard that man had finally reached the moon

German soldiers nicknamed this configuration "Stuka on foot" as it often incited the same terror as the Stuka dive bombers during the Blitzkreig

32 inches (313 mm) Front Track: 6

with an overhead valve engine and parallel forks

Providing heavy mobile artillery support for Allied ground forces

1/72 KAWANISHI N1K1-Ja SHIDEN TYPE PROGRAM CARD With these words the worldEvolving from the Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu floatplane, the Imperial Japanese Navy's N1K1 J Shiden had a unique pedigree amoung WW2 landplane fighters of the world. In January 1942, the Kawanishi Aircraft firm began adaptation of the Kyofu into a land based fighter, strictly as a private venture. This project was soon officially authorized under the designation N1K1 J, with the first prototype flying in December 1942. The airframe was basically the same as