History

This Nakaima Ki-43-II flew with the 77th Sentai/2nd Chutai.

The 77th Sentai was wiped out at Hollandia. It was flown by Capt. Yoshidide Matsuo in New Guinea 1944.

Capt. Matsuo was killed in ground combat in Western New Guinea in June 1944.

Along with the 248th Sentai both Imperial Japanese Army Air Force units were wiped out as no aircraft nor hardly any pilots survived New Guinea’s Green Hell.

What was left of both units, mainly a few ground crew members, were disbanded shortly after being evacuated from the Western tip of New Guinea.

Hasegawa 1/32 kit with Eagle Strike decals completed by Wayne.

Painted in Floquil Aluminium Lacquer with moderate and light splotching of Japanese Army Green overall.

All fabric covered areas like ailerons, horizontal stabilizers and rudder areas Grey Green.

Data

MODEL: Nakajima Ki-43 (Wayne Eagles Gallery)

ROLE: Fighter

ENGINES: one Nakajima Ha-115 air cooled radial piston engine of 970kW

WING SPAN: 10.84m

LENGTH: 8.92m

MAXIMUM TAKE OFF WEIGHT: 2925kg

MAXIMUM SPEED: 530km/h

RANGE: 1,760km

CREW: 1

ARMAMENT: two 12.7mm machine guns

SCALE: 1/32

KIT:

DECALS: Eagle Strike

GALLERIES:

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