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So here is my completed Otaki Arii 1/48 Ki-43 Hayabusa, first released in 1972. I added details into the cockpit, main wheels, wheel wells, and oil cooler, as well as replacing the single piece kit canopy with a vacuform canopy by Falcon. Paints are Tamiya lacquer and Gunze Aqueous. Decals are from Aeromaster for a Ki-43 II of the 77th Hiko Sentai, 2nd Chutai in Hollandia New Guinea, January-April 1944 flown by a Capt. Matsuo. Externally the kit is pretty nice, but all the areas that I mentioned above need help.















Thanks for looking, comments & critiques are welcome

Great build - and wow what a challenging scheme. Overall a striking airplane. Well done.

Thanks John! That scheme was pretty fun to apply!

keavdog wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2024 8:22 pm Great build - and wow what a challenging scheme. Overall a striking airplane. Well done.

What a beauty! You absolutely disguised the fact that it's a 70's kit.

Fantastic build Carlos, really good!

And, I keep repeating this always, but the quality of the pictures you take are always outstanding, the lighting, the white balance, sharpness, all of it! Top !

- Kari

tempestjohnny wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 1:34 am

keavdog wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2024 8:22 pm Great build - and wow what a challenging scheme. Overall a striking airplane. Well done.

That's a great looking build Stik!

an amazing piece of work! Looks great.

TJ, Torben, Kari, Mike, Tom, & Lyle, thank you! Every one of these old Otaki kits that I’ve built has turned out quite nice in the long run. They are great bargains.

Kari, between my daughter buying me the light booth, and Bruce’s coaching on iPhone photography, all the credit goes to them for my photos.