Monday, 9 June 2025

Kawasaki Army Otsu-1 (乙-1) Reconnaissance Aircraft (Salmson 2) 川崎 乙式一型偵察機 - video

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The Otsu -1 was a license built French Salmson 2A.2 by Kawasaki for the Imperial Japanese Army. It first flew in 1922 and Kawasaki built aro...
Monday, 2 June 2025

BRAND NEW sets from "RISING DECALS"

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" RISING DECALS " has just released five(!!!) new sets of decals in 1/72 and 1/48. They are mostly for Nakajima Ki-43 " Hayab...
Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Mitsubishi Ki-30 "Ann", Army Aviation Maintenance School 九七式軽爆撃機, 陸軍航空整備学校 - video

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A rare very clear video featuring Mitsubishi Ki-30 "Ann" light bombers, in overall IJAAF hairyokushoku (gray green), belonging to...
Monday, 26 May 2025

Mitsubishi C5M "Babs", 12th Kokutai 九八式陸上偵察機, 第十二海軍航空隊 - video

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A small clip from the 1942 movie " Umiwashi " (Wild Sea Eagles) showcases a Mitsubishi C5M2 "Babs," the IJNAF version of...
Monday, 19 May 2025

Kawasaki Ki-48 "Lily Unit Identified! 九九式双発軽爆撃機 飛行部隊　発見！

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Do you remember this Lily we first saw here ? Here are the stills from the clip again. The stills show the tail marking and the most unusual...
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Sunday, 18 May 2025

Shizuoka 2025 - Oshiire Modeler's Club

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The table of our friends "Oshiire Modeler's Club". All photos from Sayabu-chan. This year's main theme was "Japanese ...
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Friday, 16 May 2025

Mitsubishi Ki-15 Karigane "Kamikaze-Go" 九七式司令部偵察機 神風号 - video

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The 25th episode, entitled " Suicide For Glory " from the 1952 documentary series " Victory at Sea " includes a variety ...
Wednesday, 14 May 2025

"Toraware no Nihonki" #20 - Omura Base 紫電改 - video

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After the end of the war, the US forces found a large number of Japanese aircraft at Omura Airfield, Nagasaki Prefecture. It was the base of...
Monday, 12 May 2025

"Toraware no Nihonki" #19 - Tachikawa Ki-54"Hickory" in White Crosses 一式双発高等練習機, ラブアン, ボルネオ島

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From various AWM photo captions: "As a result of leaflets dropped by RAAF over Sapong Estate on mainland of Borneo, contact was made wi...
Saturday, 10 May 2025

"Toraware no Nihonki" #18 - Hankow, China 漢口, 中国

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A collection of Japanese aircraft types found at the end of the war at Hankow Airfield . Kawasaki Ki-48 "Lily" with Green crosses....