70078 Nakajima Ki-43 II Hayabusa.

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    • 70078
    • Manufacturer: Arma Hobby
    • Availability: Preorder
      Delivery time: 1-7 days
    • Type: Aeroplane kit
    • Medium: plastic
    • Scale: 1/72
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    • Net Price: €17.37 €21.36
    • This product is available for pre-order - dispatch times will be more than 7 days for regular orders.

    Plastic model kit in 1/72 scale, Ki-43 II Hayabusa. New Arma Hobby 2024 molds! Possible to purchase with additional parts.

    Nakajima Ki-43 II Hayabusa Model Kit in 1/72 Scale

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    Kit contains:

    • Plastic sprues (grey and clear)
    • Decals for three marking options
    • Self-adhesive masks for painting the canopy and wheels
    • Instructions
    • File for 3D self-printing with detals

    Additional options:

    • Extra sprue or/and 3D-printed resin details (only when the corresponding option is selected)

    Free 3D file for self-printing

    QR code and link in the kit instructions to download free 3D file with accessories for self-printing.

    3D file includes:

    • exhaust pipes - two types
    • former with pilot's seat and seatbelts
    • gun barrels
    • oil cooler
    • fuel cooler

    If you don't have access to a 3D printer, and you want us to send the above items already printed, select the '3D printing' option from additions list before purchase!

    Marking options:

    • Nakajima Ki-43 II Hayabusa, 59th Hiko-Sentai, 3rd Hutai, New Guinea 1943-44
    • Nakajima Ki-43 II Hayabusa, 54th Hiko-Sentai, 2nd Hutai, Pilot: Capt Hisashi Koshiishi, Paramushir, Kuriles 1944
    • Nakajima Ki-43 II Hayabusa, Hiko Dai 71 Sentai training aircraft, Hofu Airfield, Japan, late 1944

     

    Nakajima Ki-43 II Hayabusa 70078

    The Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (Falcon) fighter, nicknamed ‘Oscar’ in Allied code, was Japan's equivalent of the Spitfire and the Messerschmitt Bf-109 - it was a core piece of the Imperial Japanese Army Aviation throughout the Second World War, and was refined and produced in successive versions during all that period. Although it remained somewhat in the shadow of the naval Mitsubishi ‘Zero’, famous on the Pacific front thanks to its spectacular carrier battles, the Hayabusa played a major role in the battles over the Asian continent: over China, Burma, Malaya, but also over the Philippines and New Guinea. There it fought effectively against the air forces of China, the USA, Great Britain, Australia and the Netherlands, making a major contribution to the initial great victories of the Japanese.

    The Ki-43 fighter was developed in the late ‘30s at the Nakajima factory under the direction of Hideo Itokawa, based on experience with the highly successful Ki-27 airframe, which had proved excellent in combat over China. The design of the Ki-43 was based on the specific concept of a light aircraft, with excellent manoeuvrability and climb and good speed, achieved at the cost of a rather fragile structure, weak armament and virtually no armour. This corresponded to the Japanese doctrine of sophisticated manoeuvre combat, requiring masterful training and great courage of the pilots. Interestingly, the Hayabusa was powered by the same engine as the ‘Zero’. In the early period of the war, when the Japanese armies were conquering more and more areas of Southeast Asia, the Ki-43 was no match for its opponents, easily defeating Hurricanes or Buffalos. Later, however, the ‘Oscars’ became increasingly obsolete and their lightweight construction did not allow for major improvements. In 1944 they began to be replaced on the main production lines and in combat units by the excellent Ki-84 Hayate, but until the end of the war their production was maintained and they were also used in combat, including in Kamikaze units.


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