This latest release
from Lifelike
Decals
features five different Nakajima Ki-43 Oscar's. This is Part 2 of a series dealing
with the Nakajima Ki-43 from October 1942 until August 1945.
The
5 aircraft include a huge variety of aircraft during the times of declining
fortunes for the Japanese Empire. The 5 aircraft include the following:
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Nakajima
Ki-43 Oscar Type I flown by Maj. Katsuji Sugiura, Commander of 11th Sentai,
Mingaladon AB/Burma in October 1942. This aircraft is green and brown
on the upper surfaces and the tail is completely covered in red, white and
orange lightning bolts. Maj. Katsuji Sugiura was KIA February 4 1943.
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Nakajima
Ki-43 Oscar Type II Otsu (probably) flown by Maj. Torashiro Aizawa, of the
204th Sentai, Meiktila AB/Burma in August 1944. This Sentai suffered
heavy losses by US forces in Burma and the Philippines with the loss of most
aircraft and 17 or it's 30 pilots. This aircraft is green with
baremetal on the upper surfaces and the leading edge of the tail is white
and red. This aircraft has heavily worn paint.
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Nakajima
Ki-43 Oscar Type I flown by 1st LT. Saburo Nakamurra, 64th Sentai 2nd Chutai
acting leader, Mingaladon AB/Burma in November 1942. This aircraft is
green on the upper surfaces and the tail features a large red arrow.
This aircraft was destroyed in an RAF ground attack in November 26
1943. On October 6 1944 he shot down 1 Beaufighter and one B-25 but
was shot down while attacking a second B-25 and his aircraft disintegrated
in the air. He was thrown out and his parachute opened automatically
but he was already dead from a bullet wound to the head.
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Nakajima
Ki-43 Oscar Type III of 29th Shinbu-tai (Special Attack unit), Chiran
AB/Kagoshima at the end of April 1945. This aircraft is green on the
upper surfaces with yellow Japanese characters on the tail.
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Nakajima
Ki-43 Oscar Type III of unidentified Special Attack unit, unknown location
in 1945. This aircraft is green on the upper surfaces with yellow
Japanese characters on the tail.
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The quality of these decals is of
very good quality. The decals themselves are clearly printed and in
perfect register. Some decals come in 2 layers to ensure perfect
registration.
This decal sheet
offers plenty of variety for aircraft including one late war weathered aircraft
as well as 2 Kamikaze aircraft. All these aircraft are from the very sad
and desperate later part of the war when Japanese pilots were suffering huge
losses and this is reflected in the stories of each aircraft and their
pilots on this decal sheet.
You can purchase these decals
either directly from Lifelike
Decals at fax number is
+81-3-5680-6733, and e-mail is lifelike@eos.ocn.ne.jp.
or from HobbyLink Japan.
I would like to
thank Lifelike
Decals for
providing me with this product sample.
Steve Bamford
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