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A Tony (Hase, 1/72) of
the 19th Sentai taking on a P-47N (1/72 High Planes) out of
Ie Shima. (14 Feb 01) |
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A Ki-44 (Hasegawa 1/72)
over the Phillipines being pursued by P-47Ds (Hase, 1/72) of the 348th.
By Ryan Boerema. (14 Feb 01) |
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A
couple of Hamps chase a 68th Squadron P-39 over a beach in the
Solomons, late summer 1943. (The P-39 is Heller's 1/72 offering
and the Hamps are Hasegawa's old mold, also 1/72.)
By Ryan Boerema (28
Feb 01) |
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A 50th Sentai
Oscar II (Hasegawa 1/72) wounds a 155 Sqdn. Mohawk IV (Monogram's
1/72 P-36 with a resin aftermarket Cyclone engine and cowling)
near Imphal, early November, 1943.
By Ryan Boerema (28
Feb 01) |
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Here's
Hasegawa's 1/72 A6M2 21 ot the 6th Air Corps taking on Hasegawa's
1/72 P-40E of the 49FG, 8th FS, let's say, oh, over Buna.
By Ryan Boerema (26 Feb 01) |
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Hasegawa's
1/72 Jack and F4U Corsair. By Ryan Boerema (26
Feb 01) |
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Nishizawa's A6M3 22 Zero smokes an F4U over the Solomons, early summer 1943. Unfortunately the censor has removed the "UI" from his rudder. Both Hasegawa 1/72.
By Ryan Boerema (01 May 01) |
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P-40Ns (Hasegawa, 1/72) of the 7th Sq., 49th FG, intercept Ki-49 Helens
(Revell, 1/72, and
Hasegawa, 1/144) of the 7th Sentai along New Guinea's northern coast.
By Ryan Boerema (01 May 01) |
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Ki-61s of the 55th Sentai tangling with Hellcats over the
Phillipines, October, 1944. Hasegawa, 1/72.
By Ryan Boerema (01 May 01) |
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On Feb. 1, 1942, Lieutenant jg Wilmer Rawie of VF-6, in F4F-3A, BuAer #3914, after bombing Taroa in the Marshalls, sneaks up on Lieut. Kurakane Akira of the Chitose Air Group in his A5M4 Type 96 and fires into his fuselage |
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and bailed out. Rawie went on to accidentally ram Kurakane's wingman, PO3c Atake Tomita. This was the first aerial victory of a USN pilot in the Pacific War. The Wildcat is Hasegawa 1/72, and Claude is Nichimo 1/72.
By Ryan Boerema (01 May 01) |
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