Aviation of Japan 日本の航空史: Aoshima 1/72 Ki-100-II Announced

Tuesday 15 April 2014

Aoshima 1/72 Ki-100-II Announced

Due from Aoshima in May and following on from their two excellent Ki-100 kits is a new 1/72nd scale kit of the Kawasaki Ki-100-II which they describe as the 'Type 5 Fighter II Exhaust Turbine Type'. Three prototypes were built and it was the lightest turbo-supercharged fighter of WWII. This will be good news for those who like prototypes and experimentals or creating development line ups, also offering plenty of scope for 'what if' builds.

3 comments:

Madoc Pope said...: How is this kit different from the RS Models rendering?

What are the particular differences between this and other K-100 Type 5 kittings?

I have the FineMolds Ki-100 in both "early" and "late" versions. What is different about this one?

Thanks,

Madoc; 16 April 2014 at 18:32
Straggler 脱走兵 said...: Hi Madoc

I don't know how this compares to the RS Ki-100-II kit as I haven't seen this one yet. I guess it is based on their recently released Ki-100 Ko and Otsu kits which compare favourably with the RS Ki-100 kits.

The RS kits sell for £13-14 each whereas the Aoshima and the Fine Molds kits are approx £8.50 each (direct from Japan).

Fine Molds do not make a Ki-100-II. I'll try to do a proper kits comparison in a future blog.

Regards
Nick; 17 April 2014 at 15:39
Madoc Pope said...: Nick,

Any word on this kit since then?; 26 October 2015 at 05:04

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