1/72 Fujimi Tachikawa Ki 55 (Ida)

by Mark Davies

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I picked this Fujimi kit up some years ago when I was in Tokyo. Like many 1930's Japanese single engine planes, the Ki 55 has very clean and quite elegant lines, and I have always thought it was a very pretty little plane. The kit is very straight forward with quite basic interior detail, and offers markings for three options of a an orange military trainer, a camouflaged version on operations in China, or the scheme I chose to use. No contest really as I feel the simple grey scheme and civil registrations suited it very well. There was also a choice of undercarriage with spatted or un-spatted wheels, and I seem to recall two canopies were included as well. All in all, this was a nice simple kit to build with good options.

Mark

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