This latest release
from Lifelike
Decals decal sheet
features 5 different Ki-84 Hayate's. This is Part 1 of a series dealing
with the Ki-84 Hayatein 5 different paint schemes.
The
5 aircraft include:
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Ki-84
Hayate flown by 2nd Lt. Toshizo Kurai of the 1st Operational Flying Training
Unit, Sagami AB in Dec 1944.
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Ki-84
Hayate type Kou flown by 2nd Lt. Moritsugu Kanai of the 1st Chutai, 25th
Sentai, Kyongsong, Korea in the summer of 1945. This pilot was an ace
with 28 kills.
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Ki-84
Hayate type Kou flown by an unknown pilot of the 104thSentai, Xinjin, China
in late August 1945.
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Ki-84
Hayate type Kou flown by Lt. Col Hiroshi Yoshioka, Commander ofthe 21st
Hikoudan(Air Brigade) sometime between May to Dec 1944 in Japan or
Formosa. This pilot died in a sortie fighting American forces in
Mindora Island on Dec 17 1944.
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Ki-84
Hayate type Kou flown of the 102nd Sentai around May 1945, Miyakonojo Nishi
AB., Sagami AB in Dec 1944. This unit was assigned with protecting
Kamikaze Attack Unit from Miyskonojo Nishi AB against US forces in Okinawa,
but this unit was consumed by June and disbanded in July.
Click on
images below to see larger images
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.
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.
Other shops that stock Life like
Decals are *Hannants/UK, *Mister Kit/Italy, *Revi (publisher)/Czech Republic, *SkyGrid/Canada,
*Roll Models/USA, *Great Models Webstore/USA, *FlightDecs/Canada,
*Victory Models/USA
*M & Models/USA, *Zed
Hobbies/Australia, *AB
&S Enterprise/Australia, *Desert Miniature/USA
The variety of paint
schemes is what caught my eye on this decal sheet. I especially liked the
blue Ki-84....wow that one looks so different....and the history behind many of
these late War Japanese aircraft is tragic as the young pilots met their fate in
a hopeless situation.
Steve
I would like to
thank Lifelike
Decals for
providing me with this review sample.
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