Aviation of Japan 日本の航空史: Pete Quartet For Sale!

Thursday, 8 January 2026

Pete Quartet For Sale!

Not one, not two, not even three, but FOUR surviving Mitsubishi F1M2 'Pete' airframes for sale from Classic Aircraft Sales Ltd.! Hat tip to Chad Atkins for this astonishing news, who discovered it whilst looking for internal details for a potential Hasegawa Pete build project

And to round off this Pete presentation here is a look at an early Hasegawa version - in 1/75 scale circa 1965!

This simple kit is moulded in green plastic with scribed engine detail on the cowling face and no cockpit detail. Two head and shoulders crewmen mouldings plug into the cockpit apertures. The underwing bombs shown on the box art are not included. The small decal sheet has six hinomaru, four with white borders, the red and white warning band for the main float and alternative tail codes for 'P3-18' and 'RI-15'.

Thanks to Chad for alerting to this sale.

4 comments:

Danilo said...: Absolutely astonishing news!; 9 January 2026 at 23:58
Baronvonrob said...: Now I wonder if I buy all four, could I potentially put together one aircraft ? ...Well, I have enough issues just completing a 1/72 version :))

Thanks, Nick, for letting me dream a bit !; 10 January 2026 at 08:19
Michael Thurow said...: Great - I found an empty corner in my attic!
Wonderful that these fuselages still exist. They should probably go to a museum.
Thanks for relaying this to us, Nick.; 10 January 2026 at 17:08
WK said...: As being someone who hoards old Toyota trucks, I do not find the purchase of four Pete’s out of place. Hopefully someone with deep pockets and a willingness to restore at least one plane buys these .; 10 January 2026 at 17:42

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