Planet Models 1/72 Tachikawa Ki-77, 016

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Planet Models 1/72 Tachikawa Ki-77, 016 plastic model kit

1/72 016 Planet Models Tachikawa Ki-77

Resin Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Exc

Still factory sealed. Rare and the only kit of this subject. This limited edition model is finely cast in high definition resin and features all fine recessed surface detail, a clear vacuform canopy, 'good' cockpit detail and more. From the excellent website daveswarbirds.com: The aircraft that was eventually to be known as the Ki-77 was designed as a civilian long-distance record-breaking aircraft which would fly in the sub-stratosphere. It was hoped that its development would eventually lead to a future stratospheric transport aircraft. Work on the project began in March 1940, with further development being interrupted by the beginning of the Pacific War. Development resumed in the summer of 1942 under the designation of Ki-77, with the hopes that it could be used as a long-range communications aircraft that would help keep Japan in contact with the other Axis powers. Only two prototypes were completed, though they did achieve some unofficial speed records before the war's end.

$64.00