LS 1/144 Scale Nakajima Ki-43-II 'Oscar' and Nakajima Ki-84-KO 'Frank'

[FAAMAN]

This LS dual subject kit was released in 1976. It was yanked out of my stash for a "quick build" whilst on a bit of leave in 1983, a Sunday, and 42 years, 7 months and 8 days later, finished.
Yep, "quick build" . . . . 

LS KitNo. 108:100 Nakajima Ki-43-II 'Oscar' and Nakajima Ki-84-KO 'Frank' Japanese Army Fighters 1/144scale from 1976. Built 15May1983 to 24Dec2025.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16yVM1C6JfLQy87nFSsguMNngeM8vjwqg/view?usp=sharing

Nakajima Ki-43-II Hayabusa (Peregrine Falcon) Allied reporting name 'Oscar' is depicted as a machine operated by the 64th Air Combat Regiment, 3rd Company (yellow tail marking), Company Commanders Aircraft, Thailand late 1944. Finished this model 05Dec2025 and wanted to wait to post the pair together. Lots of debate over this colour scheme but in the end I just used the colours depicted on the box top that I had been looking at, on and off for a 'while' . . . I wanted to model this in a 'not too worn' finish, chipped and weathered but not too much as these aircraft were kept in reasonably good condition by their maintenance crews, it came out ok just a little too weathered.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yYoprrFZyhVxBrufM0J8UhJc5Qfy9ho6/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zMR3WFj-EGc-H4-rpBDdR3wgTyaFX_p8/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UDCMA7fDXrOLJztsJsGwgm2Tyl509yCc/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wt8x5MjhEXyvvjd6YjuycQSyBxJ9aRXY/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kQ-Ak8bIM19lbJWke2wTCtpvu1t9dz_t/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BG13xUXr4V04sFSGF9dAgFUmIMVUc5TU/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CXzl8Xo7ocqYa2QurkdlzFjxwuh96wTy/view?usp=sharing

Nakajima Ki-84-KO Hayate (Gale) "White 41" Allied reporting name 'Frank' is depicted as a machine operated by the 11th Fighter Group, 3rd Company (Squadron), Phillipines Autumn 1944. Confusingly the aircraft was Attached to the 12th Air Brigade, 4th Air Army flying from (and eventually captured at) Clark Field Oct 1944. This one was finished 24Dec2025. I wanted to represent a worn example of a Hayate, but not too overdone, hard to do in this scale but I think I came someway to achieve that finish.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18l76HHK_hlID5sXK_wzPjweZ-aKV9Qbd/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y4F5lFxc2jR3aDTETNHzoku1i2qRuOsU/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D-RuxGr9eHEZUa51bn_CGZuqpwuomr6N/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XDAdcm2lEvRKM2C2UYQeTCZp5bEAELp6/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I-y7lffGR3pSIi9rkiOqi3CPo1xgFXzp/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zdvM8D5AmYJmVmhaaT05f9TdCnE8MALY/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JFlW399nlzcemsqUC5EJwu2QQdJYI9pO/view?usp=sharing

And together,
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13N5AXXTOiUb0xoKi2Ojp5xlTR6PdvIV4/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Og9j7jorSACnwf8jaj4bAsCxIhRLabLA/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dZjFGwUQao4vfoADkLve75Je25GpQ9QR/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12hr1wP2ob1BYDtiLktpqSZHfBRgOlTs1/view?usp=sharing

Thanks for having a look,
Regards all 
FAA 

[Claymore]

Great work and neat weathering effects! 

[Old Wombat]

This LS dual subject kit was released in 1976. It was yanked out of my stash for a "quick build" whilst on a bit of leave in 1983, a Sunday, and 42 years, 7 months and 8 days later, finished.

Ooh! Now I'm feeling OLD! 

Nice work, mate! 

Only trird to build two 1/144 models - Eduard Spitfire Dual set - but I lost a couple of parts, broke a couple more & said "Bugger it!" & they went into the Greeble Box with the other 2 or 3 1/144 kits I've bought.

[Frank3k]

Both look great! They look like 1/72 models.

[FAAMAN]

Frank and Claymore, thankyou for the kind comments 

Tha camo for both took a bit of effort, the Oscar even more so as it took two attempts to get the giraffe mottle (plate mottle?) dense enough. I had to hand mix acceptable colour hues from Tamiya acrylics for my camo paint colours. Also used was Vallejo Metal Color (sorry about the spelling), Humbrol, Testor's and Gunze. I'll try to attach a few progress style pics.

The weathering had to be carefully planned at a very early stage of finishing, basically right after undercoating and before doing the basic NMF using the excellent AK Xtreme Metal colour AK479 Aluminium.
I think I still overdid the weathering, especially on the Oscar, but I'm reasonably happy with the pair of them.

Wombat, what do you mean "feeling old", we are old . . . er We hadn't been in the Navy two full years yet, you on 851Sqn and me on 724Sqn. Glad you like 'em mate, I just had to finish them.  BTW Wombat but almost a third of my stash is 1/144scale, so expect more to come . . . eventually, busy with a rebuild at present.