Saturday, 24 October 2026

Starter Trucks & IJAAF Aircraft

A collection of photos featuring starter trucks and various Imperial Japanese Army Air Force aircraft types.

Kawasaki Ki-100, 5th Sentai

Nakajima Ki-84 "Hayate" (Frank) having its engine started and Nakajima Ki-43 "Hayabusa" (Oscar) fighters, all probably belonging to the Akeno School.

Nakajima Ki-43 "Hayabusa" (Oscar), Akeno School

Kawasaki Ki-45 "Toryu" (Nick), Hitachi Kyoiku Hiko Shidan (Hitachi Training Air Division)

Kawasaki Ki-32 "Mary", unit unknown

Kawasaki Ki-48 "Lily", unit unknown

Tachikawa Ki-9 "Akatonbo" (Spruce), Rikugun Koku Shikan Gakko (Army Air Academy)

Tachikawa Ki-55 "Ida", Kumagaya Army Air School

3 comments:

carlo said...

Hello George,
very interesting subject. A part from the Hasegawa starter in 1/72 and the truck in 1/48 I do not know of any other model in 1/72 or 1/48 of ground vehicles. Do you know of any other ? Or bibliography on the subject including plans from which would be possible to start making 3D printed models ?
Thanks
Carlo

arawasi_shop2@hotmail.com said...

Thank you for the comment. For starter truck kits and other field equipment check here: https://arawasi-wildeagles.blogspot.com/2024/09/japanese-airfields-equipment-more-46.html

arawasi_shop2@hotmail.com said...

As for bibliography, I'm afraid I don't know of any books dedicated on the subject or of publications with enough useful information.