Guy Rump Auteur
Another for my Japanese WW2 stable. The Ki-106 was an all wood version of the Ki-84. It was in response to the shortage of materials the Japanese were experiencing during WW2. 🙂

Guy Rump Auteur
Made a start on the Ki-106, the internal is painted Ammo Interior Nakajima grey. 🙂

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Fuselage now together. As it's a short run kit no guiding holes or tabs. 🙂

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Edward MacKenzie
It looks good, i'll take a seat 🙂

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Wings, nose and tailplane added. A fair amount of filler required, sanding will be the next task for this one. 🙂

Welcome to the build Edward, although going quite quickly, a number of minor snags along the way. 👍

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Canopy now masked and stuck onto fuselage. 🙂

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Primer and pre-shading added to the exterior. Ready now for painting. 🙂

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Despite the instructions from RS saying that this should be IJA Dark Green, I have plumped for the usual colour that what the Ki-106 was modeled against, the Ki-84 Vallejo Model Air IJA Olive Green, 👍

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Underside painted Vallejo Model Air IJA Grey. 🙂

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Decals now added. The decals were very thin and came off the accompanying paper very quickly. Of note is that the decal diagram, the decals were quite a lot larger than the diagram suggested! 🙂

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Final parts, undercarriage and rigging added. Finally completed! 🙂

In Sep 1943, as light alloys were becoming increasingly difficult to obtain, instructions were given to design a wooden version of the Ki-84. The first prototype was flown in July 1945 and carried an armament of 4 x 20mm cannon but this was found to be too heavy. The second prototype was flown during the last week of the war with a revised armament of 2 x 20mm cannon.
There were either 3 (from RS instructions) or 4 protypes (Aviation of Japan website) built of this aircraft.
The markings are for an aircraft of 182. Shinbu Tai which was a unit of special attack unit. Aircraft from this unit were expected to defend against the B-29 threat and once ammunition was expended to ram a B-29 to inflict further casualties. In reality, the markings denoted were for a Ki-84 that was flown with this unit.

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Ben M
Looks great!

Edward MacKenzie
Great work mate! Looks fantastic 😄

Mirko Römer
Sweet result!

Guy Rump Auteur
Many thanks for your kind comments Ben, Edward & Mirko, I greatly appreciate them! 👍

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Stephen Lesley
Turned out well. The lightning bolt certainly adds to the look of the aircraft.

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Many thanks for your kind comment Stephen, I appreciate it greatly. 👍

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Jan Peters
Very nice indeed 👍🏻
I did not know the type, but I see it was a prototype.

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Many thanks Jan for your kind comment, I greatly appreciate it. 👍

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