This Ki-84 belonged to the 104th Sentai which was based in Aoshau, Manchuria. It was one of four which was flown back to the Home Islands and photographed there at the end of the war at Ota. It has been attributed to the commander of the 2nd Chutai, Matsuo Tomiya. Mashiki (益城) is written on the starboard side.
Construction posts here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2022/07/15/arma-hobby-nakajima-ki-84-hayate-frank-batch-build-in-1-72-scale-part-i/
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Just beautiful!
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Thanks, much appreciated!
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Boy! What a change from the 1960s Revell kit, the only one available in 1/72 for many years!
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There was also the Hasegawa kit from 1987, although I would have sworn I build some of them in 1985. I think the Arma kit is the first one in 1/72 with engraved panel lines. There’s no comparison with the earlier kits!
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Beautiful work, and that scheme from the box art is so striking. I do find those green props quite attractive, but yet quite different and odd.
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I think the Franks were the only exception to the brown prop paradigm.
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