News from Gerry Paper Models - aircrafts

[Gerry1966]

And here is the Model 22:
- Aichi D3A-2 Model 22 (Nippon Kaigun Kōkūtai, 2. Koku Sentai, IJN Junyo, battle of Santa Cruz Islands, September 1942)
- Aichi D3A-2 Model 22 (Nippon Kaigun Kōkūtai, 3. Koku Sentai, IJN Tayio, conwoy escorts in Guadalcanal area, September 1942)
- Aichi D3A-2 Model 22 (Nippon Kaigun Kōkūtai, 652. Kōkūtai , IJN Junyo, battle in Phillipines Sea, June 1944)
- Aichi D3A-2 Model 22 (Nippon Kaigun Kōkūtai, Dai 3 Hachiman Gonu Tai, Kaigun-tai-i Sumio Shima, Kokubu No.2 AB, kamikaze attack around Okinawa, 16.4.1945)

[gomidefilho]

Awesome my friend!

[Gerry1966]

The next series of Japanese aircraft involves Kawanishi. The first type is the Kawanishi N1K Kyofu float plane:
- Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu early (Nippon Kaigun Kōkūtai, 903rd Kōkūtai, Tateyama AB, Spring 1945)
- Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu early (Nippon Kaigun Kōkūtai, 951. Kōkūtai, Sasebo Detachment, Sasebo AB, August 1945)
- Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu late (Nippon Kaigun Kōkūtai, Otsu Kōkūtai, Biwa Lake AB, Spring 1945)

[Gerry1966]

The second group is its ground variant N1K1-J Shiden:
- Kawanishi N1K1-J Shiden Model 11 (Nippon Kaigun Kōkūtai, 762. Kōkūtai,Tokunoshima Island AB, Amami-gunto, Spring 1945)
- Kawanishi N1K1-J Shiden Model 11 (Nippon Kaigun Kōkūtai, Tsukuba Kōkūtai, Jōtōheisō Tomeshiro, Tsukuba AB, February 1945)
- Kawanishi N1K1-Ja Shiden Model 11A (Nippon Kaigun Kōkūtai, 201. Kōkūtai, Clark Field AB, Philippines, Autumn 1944)
- Kawanishi N1K1-Ja Shiden Model 11A (Nippon Kaigun Kōkūtai, 341. 'Shishi' Kōkūtai, 402. Hikotai, Kaigun-shōsa Iyōzō Fujita, Clark Field AB, Philippines, Summer 1944)
- Kawanishi N1K1-Jb Shiden Model 11B (Nippon Kaigun Kōkūtai, 210. Kōkūtai, Kaigun-tai-i J. Sonoike, Meiji AB, Japan, April 1945)
- Kawanishi N1K1-Jb Shiden Model 11B (Nippon Kaigun Kōkūtai, Genzan Kōkūtai, Wonsan AB, Korea, Spring 1945)

[Rata]

Nice set of Gerrys George. Sorry, nice set of Georges Gerry

[gomidefilho]

Awesome japan invasion!

[Gerry1966]

Hello, everybody,
I'm here with another part of my Japanese saga.
This time it's the turn of the Japanese heavy fighter / attack "Dragonslayer", the Kawasaki Ki-45 KAI Toryu.
Total 12 models of 4 versions.

First up is the Ko version:
- Kawasaki Ki-45 KAIa Toryu (Nippon Rikugun Kōkūtai, 2. Chutai, 4. Hikō Sentai, Rikugun-Chūi Isamu Kashiide, Kozuki AB, late 1944)
- Kawasaki Ki-45 KAIa Toryu (Nippon Rikugun Kōkūtai, 2. Chutai, 21. Hikō Sentai, China, Summer 1942)
- Kawasaki Ki-45 KAIa Toryu (Nippon Rikugun Kōkūtai, 84. Dokuritsu Hikō Chutai, attacks against Kweilin, Canton AB, China, June 1942)

[Gerry1966]

The second is an attack version of Otsu:

- Kawasaki Ki-45 KAIb Toryu (Nippon Rikugun Kōkūtai, 1. Chutai, 21. Hikō Sentai, Palembang AB, Sumatra, July 1945)
- Kawasaki Ki-45 KAIb Toryu (Nippon Rikugun Kōkūtai, 5. Hikō Sentai, New Guinea, Spring 1944)

[Gerry1966]

Number 3 - the long-nosed version of Hei:

- Kawasaki Ki-45 KAIc Toryu (Nippon Rikugun Kōkūtai, 3. Chutai, 53. Hikō Sentai. Matsudo AB, Japan, December 1944)
- Kawasaki Ki-45 KAIc Toryu (Nippon Rikugun Kōkūtai, 3. Shinten Seikutai, 53. Hikō Sentai. Matsudo AB, Japan, June 1945)
- Kawasaki Ki-45 KAIc Toryu (Nippon Rikugun Kōkūtai, 5. Hikō Sentai. Gunsō Yoshio Sakaguchi, Kyoshu AB, Japan, April 1945)
- Kawasaki Ki-45 KAIc Toryu (Nippon Rikugun Kōkūtai, 71. Dokuritsu Hikō Chutai, Kallang AB, Singapore, August 1945)

[Gerry1966]

And finally the last one - this is the Tei version from the end of the war:

- Kawasaki Ki-45 KAId Toryu (Nippon Rikugun Kōkūtai, 3. Chutai, 5. Hikō Sentai, Rikugun-tai-i Totaro Ito, Kyoushu AB, Japan, November 1944)
- Kawasaki Ki-45 KAId Toryu (Nippon Rikugun Kōkūtai, 53. Hikō Sentai, Matsudo AB, Japan, April 1945)
- Kawasaki Ki-45 KAId Toryu (Nippon Rikugun Kōkūtai, 53. Hikō Sentai, Matsudo AB, Japan, July 1945)