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Bachmann 77093 N Thomas and Friends Oil Tank – Metro Hobbies

Japanese Suicide Plane (Kamikaze) As the Pacific War advanced, the shortage of strategic materials became more and more of a problem for Japan. To deal with this, the military came up with the idea of building wooden versions of successful designs and dispersing production to outlying areas where woodworkers and other industry workers were located. The Myojo was a wooden development of the Aichi D3A2 Val, with simplified wing planform and lengthened fuselage. It was supposed to be a dive-bomber trainer; however, the intial prototype proved to be excessively overweight and required substantial redesign. Once that was overcome, production was given to the small Matsushita company, which was only able to build three examples before the war ended. Valom's kit includes a resin engine, cowl, and 800KG bomb, as well as photo-etched parts for the instrument panel, belts, engine pushrods,