Happy New Year!
Last year I completed the illustrations for Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces #114 on Ki-61 and Ki-100 Aces, written by Nicholas Millman of
www.aviationofjapan.com. Since the book has meanwhile been published, I'd like to show you a few samples.
Research by Nick and myself.
All images © Osprey Publishing.
Ki-61-I Otsu of the 78th Sentai:
Ki-61-I Tei of the 244th Sentai
Detail of the score board:
This graphic gives you an idea of the amount of research that goes into each profile:
Ki-61-I Hei of the 56th Sentai:
Colourful Ki-100-I Otsu of Akeno's 111th Sentai:
Ki-100-I Otsu of the 5th Sentai:
A close-up of the tail unit and "Nine-headed Dragon" inscription:
A Ki-100-I Ko of the 59th Sentai with P-51 victory marking under the cockpit and 3rd Chutai markings on both vertical and horizontal tail planes:
Sample line drawing of a Ki-100-I Otsu:
For those who are on Facebook, I have an artwork page at
https://www.facebook.com/AviationArt.Aero and a group dedicated to the Ki-61/100 at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Ki61Tony/
Many thanks for looking!
Ronnie Olsthoorn