Guy Rump Author
This is the second Ki-84 from this box, the other I made a few years ago, hopefully this one will be better?? The reason for this one now is to show it against the Ki-106 which was a wooden version of the Ki-84. 👍

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Made a start on the Ki-84. The internals are a bit basic but typical for older Hasegawa kits. Ammo Mig Nakajima interior green used for the interior. 🙂

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Stephen Lesley
I'm sorry Guy, but I have finally uncovered your secret.... You have a specially trained octopus building all these kits for you! My God, you are churning these out faster than I can keep up! Pretty soon we will have to make up a Japanese name for you. 🙂

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Fuselage together and then wings added. A bit of filler required but not too much. 🙂

@Stephen 🙂 It might just seem that way. Being retired is great (as long as she who must be obeyed hasn't found too many things for me to do. 👍

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Tail plane added. Primer added and pre-shading completed. 🙂

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Main upper colour Vallejo Model Air IJA Dark Green, nose Vallejo Model Air Matt Black & wing tips RLM04 Yellow. 🙂

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Underside of aircraft painted Vallejo Model Air Medium Yellow (for tips of wings), Ammo Mig Interior Nakajima Green for undercarriage wells and main colour Vallejo Model Air Aluminium. 🙂

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Stephen Lesley
Hello Guy,
I have to say those Vallejo metallic paints are amazing. Tough as anything. I recently used some and afterwards it had dried on the palette I tried cleaning it off with airbrush cleaner. Barely removed any. In the end I had to use the GSI Creos tool cleaner and even that took a bit of effort. The model is coming along very nicely.

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Aircraft sprayed with gloss varnish and decals added. Matt varnish sprayed on. Next will be adding the final parts and of course the cockpit. 🙂

Many thanks for your kind comment Stephen. 👍 I agree with you that the Vallejo metallic paints are good. It seems though that the experts on here seem to use AK metallics and others mainly. I will have to give the AK paint a go at some stage. 👍

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Now completed, the other parts and cockpit have been added. Rigging was the final part to be done. 🙂

The aircraft denoted was one that flew with 22 Sentai in Korea during 1945 towards the end of the war in Aug 1945.

The Nakajima Ki-84 'Hayate' (english meaning 'Gale') Allied codenamed 'Frank', had excellent performance and high maneuverability, and was considered to be the best Japanese fighter to see large scale operations during World War II. It was able to match any Allied fighter, and to intercept the high-flying B-29 'Superfortresses', and its powerful armament increased its lethality. The Nakajima Ki-84 was originally designed to be the successor to the Ki-43 'Oscar'.
This multi-role fighter was characterised by long range and what was by Japanese standards, a high level of protection for the pilot and fuel tanks, with a fixed forward-firing armament of 2 × 20 mm Ho-5 cannon and 2 × 0.50 inch (12,7 mm) Type 1 (Ho-103) machine guns, a powerplant of 1 × Nakajima Ha-45 (Army Type 4) radial rated at 1,900 hp (1.417 kW), a max level speed of 423 mph (680 km/h) at optimum altitude, and a combat endurance of 1 hour 30 minutes at a radius of 249 miles (400 km) from base.

In March 1944 the first unit operating the Ki-84 was pitted against the US 14th Air Force over China, proving that it could compete with the best of the Allied fighters. Some five weeks later these units were transferred to the Philippines, where 10 Sentais (Squadrons/units) were to fight a defensive war. Over 3500 of this type were built in less than 2 years.

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Mark K
Nicely done!

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Many thanks for your kind comment Mark, I greatly appreciate it! 👍

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