This is the LS Ki-15 “Babs” from the kit issued in the late 1970s. Despite its age, the kit is still quite nice even by today’s standards. I modeled this one in the markings of the 8th Sentai, 1st Chutai which was known as the “Octopus Eight” due to the stylized tail markings. This aircraft was based at Nakhorn Sawan Airfield in Burma. In February 1942 it returned from a reconnaissance sortie over Rangoon with over a hundred bullet holes, having been intercepted by Hurricanes of 28 Squadron RAF. Both the pilot 1LT Takesada Nakatani and the observer 1LT Fujimori Akira were wounded.
