The kit instructions show that the control panel decal must be cut in half for application on the fuselage sides. By pure luck I managed to have it in the exactly right place.
The Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate (キ84 疾風, lit. "Gale") is a single-seat fighter flown by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service in the last two years of World War II. The Allied reporting name was "Frank"; the Japanese Army designation was Army Type 4 Fighter (四式戦闘機, yon-shiki-sentō-ki). The Ki-84 is generally considered the best Japanese fighter to operate in large numbers during the conflict.
The Tamiya kit was from a half a century mold, but I like it very much.
