This latest release
from Lifelike
Decals
features five different Ki-84 Hayate's. This is Part 2 of a series dealing
with the Ki-84 in Japanese markings from the Fall of 1944 to August of 1945.
The
5 aircraft include a varied
selection of paint schemes and markings.
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Ki-84
Hayate Kou flown by Lt. Shuho Yamana of Army Transportation Unit, 2nd
Hikotai, Ohta AB/Gunma Pref. in the fall of 1944. Includes Tiger tail
art for good luck. Lt. Shuho Yamana was alive in November and living
in a suburb of Tokyo.
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Ki-84
Hayate Kou flown by Corporal Hajime Shimizu of 57th Shinbu-tai, Shimodate
AB/Ibaraki Pref. on May 17 1945.
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Ki-84
Hayate Kou flown by Lt. Col. Yukiyoshi Wakamatsu, leader of the 2nd Chutai,
85th Sentai, Hankou AB/China on December 18 1944. Lt. Col. Yukiyoshi
Wakamatsu had over 18 victories and had a bounty on his head for any pilot
that could shoot him down. He was eventually shot down when in battle
against 10 P-51's.
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Ki-84
Hayate Kou of the 10th Fighter Training Hikoutai, Kita-Ise AB in August
1945.
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Ki-84
Hayate Kou flown by W.O. Yojiro Obusa of the 50th Sentai 1st Chutai,
PhnomPenh AB/Indo-China in April 1945. Top ace of the 50th Sentai with
19 victories including a British destroyer.
Click on
images below to see larger images
The quality of these decals is of
very good quality. The decals themselves are clearly printed and in
perfect register. Some decals come in 2 layers to ensure perfect
registration.
This decal sheet provides a very
good selection of markings and camo schemes and even some planes flown by
Aces. This is a great sheet to pick up if you have a passion for WW2
Japanese fighters.
You can purchase these decals
either directly from Lifelike
Decals at fax number is
+81-3-5680-6733, and e-mail is lifelike@eos.ocn.ne.jp.
or from HobbyLink Japan.
Other shops that stock Life like
Decals are *Hannants/UK, *Mister Kit/Italy, *Revi (publisher)/Czech Republic, *SkyGrid/Canada,
*Roll Models/USA, *Great Models Webstore/USA, *FlightDecs/Canada,
*Victory Models/USA
*M & Models/USA, *Zed
Hobbies/Australia, *AB
&S Enterprise/Australia, *Desert Miniature/USA
Yet another very
nice Fw-190 sheet with 4 very good options for your next Fw-190.
I would like to
thank Lifelike Decals for providing me with this review sample.
Steve
Bamford
I would like to
thank Lifelike
Decals for
providing me with this review sample.
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