{"title":"Hien","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien — \u003cem\u003eflying swallow\u003c\/em\u003e — was the Imperial Japanese Army's Type 3 fighter and the only mass-produced Japanese fighter of the Second World War with a liquid-cooled inverted-V engine. Allied crews took it for a Bf 109, then a Macchi C.202, and settled on the reporting name Tony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat it does in the story\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrototypes flew over Yokohama during the Doolittle Raid in April 1942; the type entered service in New Guinea in early 1943 and later flew home-defence patrols against B-29s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat makes it different\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAn inline engine, unusually\u003c\/strong\u003e\nThe Ha-40 was a Kawasaki licence version of the Daimler-Benz DB 601, giving the Hien a long nose and a cleaner profile than the radial fighters.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThree thousand airframes\u003c\/strong\u003e\nTakeo Doi and Shin Owada designed it around a 1939 army requirement; the first prototype flew in December 1941, and production passed 3,000 aircraft.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGuns by variant\u003c\/strong\u003e\nThe Ko carried two 7.7 mm wing guns and two 12.7 mm cowl guns; the Hei swapped the wing guns for Mauser MG 151\/20 cannon, and the Tei put 20 mm Ho-5 in the fuselage.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe engine that ended the line\u003c\/strong\u003e\nThe Ha-140 of the Ki-61-II was never reliable; after the Akashi plant was bombed in January 1945, 275 engineless airframes took a Mitsubishi Ha-112 radial and flew as the Ki-100.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow big is it?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1:32: Hasegawa's large-scale kit; against a 12 m wingspan, the model spans close to 37.5 cm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1:72: The smaller option, where the same span works out near 16.7 cm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat this collection covers\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHasegawa's kits in two scales: the 1:32 Ki-61-I Hei with a detailed cockpit, optional pilot figure and 244th Sentai decals, and the 1:72 Ki-61-I Tei.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy buy from P-Rex Hobby\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eP-Rex Hobby is a \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/vendors\"\u003eBandai Recommended Hobby Store\u003c\/a\u003e with 20,000+ customers served and \u003cspan data-prex-live=\"five-star-reviews\"\u003e1,800+\u003c\/span\u003e five-star reviews. US orders ship duties prepaid with no import fees, and Route Package Protection is available at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFrequently asked questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding:16px 0 4px;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.35;\"\u003e1. Why is the Hien called Tony?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:0;padding-left:16px;border-left:2px solid #e6e6e6;color:#444;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAllied intelligence read it first as German, then as Italian; the United States War Department settled on Tony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding:16px 0 4px;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.35;\"\u003e2. What separates Hei and Tei?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:0;padding-left:16px;border-left:2px solid #e6e6e6;color:#444;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth are Ki-61-I variants. The Hei carries Mauser MG 151\/20 cannon in the wings; the Tei puts 20 mm Ho-5 in the fuselage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding:16px 0 4px;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.35;\"\u003e3. 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