Special Hobby 1:32 Nakajima Ki-27 Otsu ‘Nate’ – Malaya & Philippines Theater Variant

Description

Limited reissue of the Special Hobby 1/32 scale Ki-27 Otsu kit with markings for aircraft that saw service over Malaya and the Philippines.

The Ki-27 was the main fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service up until 1940. Its Allied nickname was “Nate”, although it was called “Abdul” in the “China Burma India” (CBI) theater by many post-war sources. Allied Intelligence had reserved that name for the nonexistent Mitsubishi Navy Type 97 fighter, expected to be the successor to the carrier-borne Type 96 (Mitsubishi A5M) with retractable landing gear and an enclosed cockpit.

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