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WONDERFULL!!!!!!!!!
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walter
SEMPER INCOMMODUS
Never mind the speed of the project. The end result is what counts!
And your Toryu really looks SUPER!!! :pray:
This will be a VERY welcome addition to the game! I am awaiting this eagerly - but with patience.
nice stuff. really good colours!
EXCELLENT STUFF!
Your "Dragon killer" is really coming on beautifully! Keep up your super work!
thx mates!
now that this step is almost made,i was thinking of the weapons:
for the ventral ho 3:200 rounds in total (two double barrels of 2x50) i think the ho 3 is not yet in the game.it s quite different than the ho5 so it would be very nice to make it.in fact,the muzzle velocity is higher than ho5(but rate of fire inferior),and the shells biggers with a better penetrating power.combinated with the ho 203 on front fire,this is quite devastating...
two upward firing ho5:after searching,i found 150 or 200 rounds each gun.
ho 203:rarely 25 rounds drums were seen .it was mostly 15 rounds so,i dont know...of course it would be cool to have 25 37mm rounds for the baby...
maybe we could do 2 armament versions:
all guns loaded and ho 203 with the usual drum
a big drum and,for example no ho5 upward firing ammunitions...
what do you guys think about it??
did you write something,Archie?
i just see 2 pics ...
Kawasaki Ki-45 prototype No.4501 and 45.02
Engines should Nakajima Ha 20b-performance 820 hp, lopatovitou SOP first prototype flew in January 1939, a total of 6 prototypes, unsatisfactory engine performance.
Kawasaki Ki-45 No. 45.07 and more
flew in July 1940, engines Nakajima Ha-25 on a 1 000 / 1 050 horses
Kawasaki Ki-45 KAI
serial production started in September 1941, Ho-3 equipment
caliber 20 mm, 2x Ho-103 caliber 12.7 mm and 1x Type 92 caliber 7.7 mm for the defense back.
Kawasaki Ki-45 KAIA
production from June 1942, Mitsubishi Motors Ha-102 performance 1080 horse equipment 1x Ho-3 caliber 20 mm, 2x Ho-103, 1x mobile Type 92 7.7 mm,
Kawasaki Ki-45 Kaibu
was intended for attacks on ship and land targets, 37 mm MG Type 94, which was manually charged and 2x Ho-103, the wings could carry 2 x 250 kg bombs
Kawasaki Ki-45 KAIc
designed to combat the bombers - the cockpit has obliquely two guns Ho-5th The bow remained 37 mm cannon, but no longer type 1x Ho-203 (semi-automatic). This version has been quite successful in defense of Tokyo.
Kawasaki Ki-45 KAID
Some sources do not mention this version at all, others attach hard installation gun 75 mm, with determination against naval targets, can be found elsewhere weapons 1x Ho-203 and 2x Ho-5.
Kawasaki Ki-45-II
initiative was the designer Takeo Doie, it was enlarged version of the Ki-45-I, which later became the single Kawasaki Ki-96
A total of 1 698 aircraft manufactured Ki-45. More information 1 701 aircraft
Manufacturer: Kawasaki Kokuki Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
i dont have the same infos(ive done serious researches on the toryu for more than a year on my free time)
about the kaiA(KO) that you describe,a lot of conversions were made to put a manually loaded 37mm anti tank cannon in the ventral position(this was the type isamu kashiide flought in)
about the one you call "kaibu",its the kaiB or kai OTSU(in japanese,A is KO,B is OTSU,C is HEI,D is TEI)it received in the nose a ho 203 and the cannon went out of the nose(if you dont beleive me,see the ancient topic of corsairs frankenplane ,every thing has been told)
about the kai C,nobuji negishi and hannonshin nishio had 2 ho5 and a ho 203 on their kai hei model.
about the kai tei,the only toryu which still survive is a TEI (eszterhazy museum,pics are easy to find)you can easily see the 2 ho5 in dorsal,the ho 203 in the nose and the ventral tunnel with the ho 3
plus,the kai tei is described in the maru mechanism of military aircraft n6(a serious technical japanese book)
ho 203,ho3,2 ho5.
bascally,i dont think it would be a complicated operation to do 2 types(one one version,pull out the ho5 dorsal cannons amunitions and increase ho 203 s)
lets do it that way!!
i so much want to blast four engined with this bird we missed so much....
there is still work to do but im more motivated than ever
update soon!!!