Special Hobby – 72488 – Nakajima Ki-43-III Hayabusa “Fighter and Special Attack Units”

Description:

Unassembled plastic model kit in 1/72 scale of a Japanese World War II land based fighter aircraft Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (Allied reporting name Oscar) produced during all the war in over 5000 units. The Ki-43-III was the last variant “mass produced” in the late war. They featured a exhaust stack configuration slightly modified and were water-methanol injected using the more powerful Nakajima Army Type 1 Ha-115-II engine.

This kit is a year 2024 update of the Special Hobby kit originally tooled in 2009. This line of kits was already refreshed in 2023 with the release of Special Hobby – 72479 – Nakajima Ki-43-II Ko/Otsu Hayabusa “Japan’s allies”.

This new release is a reissue of kit Special Hobby – 72178 – Nakajima Ki-43-III Kó Hayabusa with a new decal sheet including 4 new markings.