Nakajima Ki-27B 92137

Nakajima Ki-27B 92137

Plastic assembly kit, scale 1/72, ready to assemble and decorate.

Requires paints, brushes, cutter and adhesive.

In 1935 the Japanese Army held a competition between Nakajima, Mitshubishi and Kawasaki to desing a low-wing monoplane. The results were Ki- 27, Ki- 28 and Ki -33, and the army chose the Nakajima aircraft for its outstanding performace, and officially adopted it for use in 1937. The new Ki -27 was created as a modern, streamlined design, ther chief design engineer was Koyama Yasushi. The Ki- 27 was the army main fighter until start of WW II. In the 1939 Battle of Chalchin-Gol where the Japanese Army gought the Soviets twice in Mongolia, it faced I-15 and I-16, and owerwhelmed them with its maneuvrability, downing total of 1252 enemy aircraft, the Ki-27 served until the beginning of WWII in the Pacific, and was replaced by the Ki-43, continuing to serve as a trainer. It was also exported for use with Manchukuo and Thai forces, seeing combat with both.