Nakajima Ki43 Hayabusa: Volume 1: Kagero Monograph #77 SC
Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa: Volume 1: Kagero Monograph #77 softcover KG3077
Nakajima K-43 Hayabusa, code-named Oscar by the Allies, was the Imperial Japanese Army’s equivalent of the Zero fighter in service with the Imperial Navy. In combat units the machine replaced the aging Ki-27. Manufactured in large numbers, the fighter remained in frontline service until the end of the war. By the time its final version entered production, the development of its successor – the Ki-84 – had already started.
The Ki-43 was a very maneuverable machine, but in many areas it was inferior to its adversaries. Despite its fragile design, poor armament and almost no armored protection, the Ki-43 was well-liked by the Japanese pilots and it became a symbol of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service.
Hayabusa was the pinnacle of the Japanese fighter design development until the lessons learned in the Pacific laid the ground for new approaches to the construction of tactical aircraft.
Published 2021, 76 pages, 90 archival black & white photographs, 11 color profiles and multiviews, 1:48 scale plans, softcover, A4 Format, 8 1/4” (21 cm) x 11 3/4 “ (29.7 cm )
KAGERO MONOGRAPHS
The Kagero Monograph series is a series of highly illustrated books on the key fighting machines of the 20th century and their combat use. Each volume extensively studies the subject aircraft with the modeller in mind; including production history, variants and modifications, technical description, combat usage, camouflage, insignia, colour profiles and illustrations, hundreds of archive photos.
KAGERO BOOKS
This fine Polish publisher was established in 1991, initially producing magazines for modellers. They have subsequently published hundreds of books, on aircraft, ships, and armour, all with the plastic modeller and aviation enthusaist in mind. Most have extensive photographs, and profile artwork as well as plans and technical drawings, some books come with decal sheets. Most have English text, some are bilingual in Polish / English.
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