Hasegawa Nakajima Ki-27 Nate of the 246th Sentai in 1/72 scale

This Nate is one of the earliest examples of an aircraft wearing home defense bands that I know of, it was assigned to defend the Osaka area in mid-1942.  It is seen depicted both with and without the yellow identification stripes on the leading edges of the wings, given the time frame both versions may be accurate as they were made official on 12SEP42.  This is a Hasegawa boxing of the Mania kit.

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