Ki-43-I Hayabusa 隼I型

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In 1944, the IJ Army released a movie called "Katou Hayabusa Sentoutai (fighter squadron)" for the general public to raise their fighting spirit.
Nowadays, it was a Top Gun movie modeled on the 64th Squadron. You can see it on net.
I recommend it for ki43fans. (^o^)
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It is believed that #21 green and #31 brown were used on the top surface and #1 gray-green on the bottom surface of the ki43 of 64 Squadron at the start of the war in 1941.
In my work I determined that it was a combination of #21 and #1.
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Lt. Takeuchi Shogo, leader of the 2nd formation of the 3rd chutai of 64 Sentai.
Maj. Takeuchi shot down 19 (include unconfirmed)aircraft during his time with ki43 of the 64 Sentai, and is credited with shooting down another 16 aircraft with ki61 of the 68 Sentai until he was killed in December 1943 when his damaged aircraft crashed.
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These are scenes from the Japanese movie "Tsubasa no gaika" (Triumph of Wings) produced in 1942 with the full cooperation of the Imperial Army.
When they saw the realistic army fighter "Hayabusa" , the Japanese people were enthusiastic about their brave appearance.
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Comments

26 14 July 2021, 01:34

John
Excellent work so far. Can you upload more photos of the engine?

14 July 2021, 01:38

Spanjaard
looking good

14 July 2021, 09:45

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic work (as usual from Akira here)! Taking a seat. And more WIP photos, please!

14 July 2021, 10:00

akira kita
Thank you all. I added few more pics, so please look.

14 July 2021, 11:32

Simon Nagorsnik
Excellent job!
The detail work of the engine looks awesome😲
A high quality built

9 October 2021, 06:18

Sebastian Meyner
Impressive work 👍

9 October 2021, 06:27

Neuling
I agree with Simon and Sebastian!

9 October 2021, 09:07

Rui S
I like it too 👍

9 October 2021, 15:44

akira kita
Thank you Simon, Sebastian, Neuling, Rui. Thanks for the compliment. (^o^)

9 October 2021, 21:23

Guy Rump
Very impressive model. The cockpit and engine look great. 👍

10 October 2021, 12:16

akira kita
Thank you Guy for your kind comments.

10 October 2021, 21:58

Nathan Dempsey
Lovely work and a great dedication for your uncles.

10 October 2021, 23:15

akira kita
Thank you Nathan for your heartfelt comments.
It's hard to modify the old kit for 1/32 ki43-I, so I hope some manufacturer will release a new kit. 😃

11 October 2021, 00:16

Andrew Horton
Impressive work, Akira!

12 October 2021, 05:38

akira kita
Thank you for praising my work.
Recently, the animation of a girls pilots riding ki43 has been broadcast on TV and is popular in Japan. 🙂

13 October 2021, 05:26

Charlie Spitfire
this is very interesting did they fly this plane at the academy

22 February 2022, 22:31

Charlie Spitfire
done very well as allways

22 February 2022, 22:31

akira kita
Thanks Charlie. The war ended when they were junior students at the IJA Aviation Academy.
They trained in dive attacks in training planes until the day the war ended.
Ki43-1 was an obsolete training plane at the time, but I couldn't ask them if they flew it.
I think it could have been a Ki55 or Ki79, but I don't really know. ＼( 'ω')／

23 February 2022, 11:59

Guillaume Blanchet
That a very nice & detail model this beautifull airplane. Good work!

23 February 2022, 12:06

akira kita
Thank you Guillohm for your warm comments. I'll take that as encouragement. 🙂

23 February 2022, 12:22

Album info

I dedicate this work to my passed uncles.
They were students of Imperial Japanese Army Air Academy in 1945.

Ki-43-I Hayabusa

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Nakajima Ki-43-II Hayabusa

大日本帝國陸軍航空部隊 (Imperial Japanese Army Air Service 1912-1945)
64 Hiko Sentai, 3 Chutai
1943 World War 2»Pacific Theatre
Silver, IJA Green

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