Sword Ki-84 markings "357FR"

[KennyK]

Hello all! I'm building the Sword 1/72 Ki-84 and one of the marking options is for a natural metal machine from the "357th FR" with a tail marking that roughly looks like a 1164....but I don't know much about Japanese markings and I can't see anything on Google.

Picture of the instructions included.

Does anyone have any references to this plane or unit? Thanks!

 

[CATCH 22]

Hello all! I'm building the Sword 1/72 Ki-84 and one of the marking options is for a natural metal machine from the "357th FR" with a tail marking that roughly looks like a 1164....but I don't know much about Japanese markings and I can't see anything on Google.

Picture of the instructions included.

Does anyone have any references to this plane or unit? Thanks!View attachment 725147

Judging by the single exhaust pipe this is one of the so called "supplementary prototypes" (pre-production series) and not a production model. 125 supplementary prototypes have been built and they differed in minor details, impossible to list or describe AFAIK.
164 could be the serial, not the unit identification.

 

[Viking1066]

Hello all! I'm building the Sword 1/72 Ki-84 and one of the marking options is for a natural metal machine from the "357th FR" with a tail marking that roughly looks like a 1164....but I don't know much about Japanese markings and I can't see anything on Google.

Picture of the instructions included.

Does anyone have any references to this plane or unit? Thanks!View attachment 725147

I do have some Japanese publications. I will take a quick look.

 

[Shinpachi]

IJA hiko-sentai (飛行戦隊 or FR) ends with the 248th.
Is the 357th correct?
Take apology if I am wrong

 

[fubar57]

Agree Shipachi. I went through all my Ki.84 specific books (7) and though there wasn't a photo, the profiles all said 248th. None of the profiles had numbers. I have the Emblems of the Rising Sun book as well and nothing to add there

 

[Viking1066]

Agreed. I couldn't find anything that looks like that.

 

[KennyK]

Thank you VERY much for that !

 

[Viking1066]

Thank you VERY much for that !

My pleasure.

 

[Shinpachi]

Here is a strange Ki-84 which belonged to IJN Yokosuka Air Corps with designation "コ・八四・１ (Ko-84-1)"

Source: 陸軍四式戦闘機 疾風 塗装図

 

[CATCH 22]

Here is a strange Ki-84 which belonged to IJN Yokosuka Air Corps with designation "コ・八四・１ (Ko-84-1)"


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Source: 陸軍四式戦闘機 疾風 塗装図

Shinpachi, arrigato for the photo. Photo (of course!) is correct, profile is wrong. Photo shows the single exhaust pipe or the pre-production a/c, profile shows the multiple exhaust pipes of the standard production.
BTW what's the first letter/digit (on the left side, like mirrored C) - is this 1?
Cheers!

 

[Shinpachi]

Shinpachi, arrigato for the photo. Photo (of course!) is correct, profile is wrong. Photo shows the single exhaust pipe or the pre-production a/c, profile shows the multiple exhaust pipes of the standard production.
BTW what's the first letter/digit (on the left side, like mirrored C) - is this 1?
Cheers!

You have good eyes, CATCH22
It's "コ (ko)". Probably "ko" for "Yo-ko-suka".

 

[CATCH 22]

You have good eyes, CATCH22
It's "コ (ko)". Probably "ko" for "Yo-ko-suka".

Thank you, sir!
I know only the other KO 甲(maybe it's Koh) for the variant designation and was looking for the same symbol.
Cheers!

 

[Shinpachi]

Thank you, sir!
I know only the other KO 甲(maybe it's Koh) for the variant designation and was looking for the same symbol.
Cheers!

Someone will understand "ko" for "甲" but it's unnatural in this case as "甲" makes little sense being put on the head that should show affiliation.

 

[KennyK]

Thankyou for the picture and info! Same unit marking and exhaust system as what's offered in the Sword kit. The start of a pattern?