#705 Nakajima Ki84
Building the Arma Hobby 1:72 representation of the Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate (キ84 疾風).
Notes
The Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate (キ84 疾風) is a single-seat fighter flown by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service between 1943 and 1945. It was designed as a replacement for the Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa.
Marking Options
- Ki-84 Otsu (armed with 4 cannons 20 mm), 104 Sentai, Ota airbase, Japan, August 1945
- Ki-84 Ko serial no. 1446, 2 Chutai 11 Sentai, Philippines, 1944/45
- Ki-84 Ko, 10 Rensei Hikotai (Operational Training Unit), Lt. Takata, Japan, spring 1945
- Ki-84 Ko, 3 Chutai 47 Sentai commander’s Cpt. Hatano airplane Japanese Home Defence Forces (Hondo Boei Butai), Narimasu, Japan, February 1945
- Ki-84 Ko, 57 Shimbu-tai, Mijokonojo airbase, Kyushu, Japan, Battle of Okinawa, May 1945
- Ki-84 Ko, 2 Yuso Hikotai (ferry formation), Lt. Shuho Yamana ferried this airplane from Nakajima factory airfield in Ota to the base in Saigon, summer 1944
Paint Key
| Feature | Color | Recommended | Paint Used |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Matt black | C33 | ||
| main camo | B Aluminium | C8 | H8 |
| C Cockpit Green / Nakajima Interior Green | C126 | H60 + H31 | |
| D Red-brown | C131 | ||
| E Insignia Yellow | C4 | ||
| F Gunmetal | MC212 | H18 | |
| main camo | G Dark Green | C129 | H60 |
| H Light Grey Green | C128 | ||
| I Olive Green | C304 | C304 | |
| J Light Olive Grey | 71.326 | C128 | |
| K Insignia White | C1 | ||
| propeller | L Propeller Green | 70.830 | H68 |
Build Log
I used a Pébéo Drawing Gum Marker 0.7mm for the masking. It is an experiment - seems to work well as long as one does this over a very hardy paint. Here it is fine with Mr Hobby Aqueous .. over Vallejo MC, the gum marker just scratches off the paint!
キ84 疾風! Arma Hobby provide 6 schemes in their Ki84 Hayate boxing. I finally broke my #buildersblock choosing the “green camel” factory ferry scheme sighted in Saigon, 1944. It was the most attractive, but also the most challenging - I decided “just go for it!”
As I work through my stash of @armahobby kits, I continue to be amazed by their quality. I have fond memories of their earlier PZL P7.a and TS-11 Iskra kits. Maybe next I’ll start on their Hurricane series.
