The Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (隼, "Peregrine falcon"), formal Japanese designation Army Type 1 Fighter (一式戦闘機, Ichi-shiki sentōki) is a single-engine land-based tactical fighter used by …

Aug 22, 2001 · The new Hasegawa Ki-43 I has a white arrow with blue edging as the colour for the Sentai hombu (headquarters flight). The Hikoki book by Peter Scott on JAAF markings has …

Jul 25, 2023 · These were very informative and lead me to want to paint the cockpit interior an opaque blue-gray color. Would this be correct? I did not see any more recent updates to the …

Jul 2, 2023 · Back to the days when good informations on the IJN and IJAAF were scarce, when the bible was Donald Thorpe book and some Aircam publications, a profile of a blue Ki-43 …

Feb 26, 2020 · There are 3 ways: the machine gun blast tubes, water-methanol filling port, and cowling opening shape. The Ki-43-III's blast tubes are set further back and have a vertical …

Aug 1, 2015 · Several publications on the Nakajima Ki 43-1 (or Oscar Mark 1) state that this aircraft came in three sub-types, which differed in their armament. These were the types ko, …

Oct 31, 2011 · The video is of a reproduction of a Ki-43 III (w/ separate exhaust stacks) in the colors of the 54th Sentai / 2nd Chutai. This unit served in the Sakhalin area at the time of the …

It appears the Thai Ki43s were delivered in the relatively standard JAAF scheme of natural metal, with blue/black anti-glare panel and gray-green control surfaces. They were stripped of the …

Jul 3, 2023 · Thanks to Michael John Claringbould and his great Pacific Profiles, I was able to complete a Blue Ki-43, of which a starboard tailplane was found in the jungle in the 90's …

Mar 18, 2022 · From 1942-late 1943, several Hurricane units were being used to fly escort for Blenheims and Hudsons, and were used to try to intercept Ki-21, Ki-48 and Ki-49 bombers …